I am a physical therapist, recently studying up to specialize in women s health issues. In my gradulate program, the pelvic floor was simply omitted from our curriculum. I doing my research, I have learned that there is evidence to support the existence of a female prostate, that may actually be functional. Today I did an inpatient mobility evaluation on a 49 y/o female who was admitted with complaints of severe abdominal pain, N&V, and LBP. She has had abdominal, lumbosacral and chest x-rays, and abdominal and pelvic CT scan, and colonoscopy, all unremarkable, except her pelvic CT was notable for some inflammation in the inguinal lymph nodes. Her labs indicate elevated monocytes, lymphocytes, RDW and HgB. She is being given Dilaudid for pian, and is constipated. She is physically fit and works full time as a warehouse order selector (probably moves 20-30K lbs daily, my husband used to do this) and has no significant medical history other than some suggestion of Chrone s disease from a previous similar episode. Upon evaluation, she attempted to stand up, but double over with severe abdominal pain and cramping. Her attending physician happened to come in at that time to discuss the inconclusive results of her tests, and that she will probably be discharged despite her 10/10 pain. During the visit, the patient told the MD jokingly, that she felt like she needed to have sex, and that it had to be longer than 10 minutes. In PT school, we were taught that we were attentive listeners and could guide a subjective by asking exploratory and clarifying questions, often our patients would tell us exactly what was wrong and how to treat them. I could not stop thinking about this woman s outrageous comment, and have been wondering if she might be correct. Is it possible that she could have female prostatitis?