Prostatitis is usually referred to as inflammation that causes tissue edema and covers the man's prostate, which is just below the bladder. Treatment for prostatitis is now done using many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physical therapy, hirudotherapy, herbal medicine, immune corrective therapy, prostate massage, and lifestyle correction.
When a patient is admitted to a medical facility, the doctor examines the patient for the reasons that caused prostatitis. Treatment of the disease is prescribed precisely depending on what factors contributed to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which initially includes an interview with a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate with a finger, and inserts it into the rectum. During this test, the doctor may diagnose enlargement, swelling, and tenderness of the prostate.
After the rectal examination, the urologist instructs the patient to donate semen, urine and prostate secretions. These tests can help assess the presence or absence of signs of infection. Sometimes seed culture is required.
By appointing urodynamic studies, the doctor can understand how serious the effect of the disease is on the urination process.
Transrectal ultrasound and ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder allow the urologist to know the volume and structure of the prostate, the volume of residual urine, the presence of a tumor or stones in the bladder, the presence of a blood clot or stones in the lowerAssess third of the ureter.
Based on the above analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for such an insidious and difficult to cure disease as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is complex and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate is often infectious, doctors prescribe the treatment of prostatitis as antibiotic therapy. The result of treatment is positive only if the urologist selects the correct therapy and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be noted that the started course of antibiotic therapy cannot be stopped - in this way you can harm not only the diseased organ, but the whole body as a whole.
The patient must inform the doctor about all, sometimes not even significant, changes in his body. If the patient did not feel any absolute changes during 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not stop it.
The most commonly prescribed drugs for treatment are broad spectrum drugs - penicillins.
Also in modern medicine, active ingredients of the fluoroquinolone group are often used. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important properties of the group of these antibiotics.
In addition, many doctors prescribe drugs from the tetracycline group for treatment.
Such highly effective new generation drugs are sometimes used. They should only be used after consulting a doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis takes about a month and a half. In advanced cases, prostatitis treatment is extended by up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, the patient will develop intestinal dysbiosis during antibiotic therapy. In this regard, the patient is prescribed to take drugs that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dosage and the dosage regimen are each prescribed by the urologist individually.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis by physiotherapy consists in the use of various methods, the main ones of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, electroplating, medical electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclysters, baths and mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as a high frequency wave that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common, almost painless method. It is the effect of laser beams on the tissue of a diseased organ or on reflexogenic zones.
Treatment of prostatitis with electrical stimulation is the action of a pulsed electrical current that causes muscle contractions in an organ. The electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is a treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a constant magnetic and alternating low frequency field in the tissue of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy is the effect of a high-frequency electromagnetic field on the affected tissue.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures using capacitor plates that are connected to the tissue.
Electroplating is a treatment method in which a low current consisting of continuous current and low voltage is applied.
Medical electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on tissue of low-strength direct current and special drugs that are introduced into the tissue with its help. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues while the pharmacological effect of drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a treatment method using a rapidly extinguishing high-frequency pulse current with low power and high voltage.
Medical microclysters - enemas, for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths for the treatment of the disease are prescribed generally or locally seated. Different medicinal fluids at different temperatures are used during the baths.
Mud process - the use of healing mud. Treatments may include the use of external mud applications or the insertion of mud swabs into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift from nature to humanity. With the help of these living things, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with leeches is carried out according to the following scheme: leeches are placed at points 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the setting should be similar to the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, the ends of the letter are the position of the leeches.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: leeches are installed that deviate from the midline suture of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction. It is not recommended to place leeches directly on the perineal suture. The course includes about 4-5 treatment procedures. 4 leeches are used in one session. Take a break of 5-6 days after each session.
Herbal Medicine
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices and infusions made from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs must be taken internally, while others are applied externally and injected into the urethra. Herbal medicine is an additional treatment that helps the body deal with the disease faster.
Bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used to make decoctions, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a wide variety of recipes for drug preparation.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch buds and oats mixed with a rosehip infusion (1: 1), taken half a glass once or twice a day.
Tincture of horse chestnut shells (250 ml pour 25 g finely chopped peel, insist in the dark for 10 days and shake occasionally)Then strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Juice the parsley and mix with honey (1: 1), consume 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. Spoon.
Immune corrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also consists in increasing immunity and activating the body's defenses. In this case, doctors will prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It includes the patient's intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, bio-stimulants, herbal remedies, and other means.
The use of Afala in patients with chronic prostatitis, the treatment of which has been carried out extensively, increases the effectiveness of therapy and contributes to the longer maintenance of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated and has no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy. Afala is indicated for patients with chronic prostatitis of categories II and III A from the 1st day of treatment.
Prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with prostate massage is an uncomfortable but very effective way to cure the disease. The massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First of all, with the help of a gloved index finger, he feels the prostate and tries to determine its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, and also to examine the quality of the mucus in the rectum. The doctor then begins the massage process directly.
Lifestyle correction
To avoid blood congestion in the prostate, the patient has to move around a lot, walk, do sports, etc.
The occurrence of prostatitis is very often caused by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work and infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stasis in the prostate. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (doable), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, a special diet, etc.
Therefore, the complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibiotic therapy (only in patients with chronic prostatitis of an infectious nature, including latent ones);
- symptomatic treatment aimed at eliminating the main manifestations of the disease;
- pathogenetic therapy to restore microcirculation in the prostate, to restore drainage of the prostate along the excretory ducts, to normalize urination, to stabilize the immune and endocrine systems and to prevent excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many indications that prostatitis has "settled" in his body. Treatment of this disease is very complex and long-term and will only give positive results if the patient strictly adheres to all the prescriptions of the urologist.