Prostatitis is usually an inflammation that causes tissue edema and covers the male prostate gland just below the bladder. Today, the treatment of prostatitis occurs with many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, herbal therapy, immunocritical therapy, prostate massage and lifestyle adjustments.
When a patient is admitted to a medical facility, the doctor examines the patient for the causes of prostatitis. The treatment of the disease will be determined precisely depending on the factors that cause the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which involves an interview with a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate gland with a finger and brings it to the rectum. During this examination, the doctor may determine the size, swelling and sensitivity of the prostate gland.
After the rectal examination, the urologist directs the patient to donate semen, urine and prostate secretions. These tests allow you to check for signs of infection. Sometimes sperm culture is required.
Assignment of urodynamic tests will allow the doctor to understand how severe the effect of the disease on the process of urination.
Transrectal ultrasound and ultrasound examination of the kidneys and bladder allow the urologist to judge the size and structure of the prostate gland, the volume of residual urine, whether there is a tumor or stone in the bladder, a blood clot or stone in the lower third of the urinary tract.
Based on the above analysis and research, a urologist prescribes therapy for an insidious and difficult-to-treat disease such as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is complex and chosen by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Because prostatitis is often contagious, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as antibiotic therapy. The result of treatment will be positive only if the urologist chooses the right therapy, and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be borne in mind that the course of antibiotic therapy initiated can not be stopped - in this way it is possible to damage not only the patient's body, but the whole body.
The patient should inform the doctor about any changes in the body, sometimes even insignificant. If the patient does not notice any changes during 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
The most commonly prescribed drugs for treatment are broad-spectrum drugs - penicillins.
In addition, modern medicine makes extensive use of agents of the fluoroquinolone group. Microbes are not resistant to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of this group of antibiotics.
In addition, many doctors prescribe drugs of the tetracycline group for treatment.
Sometimes such a highly effective new generation of drugs is used. It should be used only after consulting a doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about a month and a half. In advanced cases, treatment of prostatitis is extended to 16 weeks. Sometimes the patient develops intestinal dysbiosis during antibiotic treatment. In this regard, the patient is prescribed a drug that restores the intestinal microflora.
Dosage and dosage regimen are determined separately by the urologist in each case.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis by physiotherapy, based on ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclycers, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as high-frequency waves that no human can hear.
Laser therapy is a very common, almost painless method. The effect of laser beams on the tissues of the diseased body or reflexogenic zones.
Treatment of prostatitis with electrical stimulation is the effect of an electrical impulse current that causes muscle spasms in an organ. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a stable magnetic and variable low-frequency field in the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy is the effect of a high-frequency electromagnetic field on the affected tissues.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures using capacitor plates attached to tissues.
Galvanizing is a treatment method that provides a small continuous current and low voltage.
Drug electrophoresis simultaneously affects low-power direct current tissues and specific drugs that enter the tissues with its help. Increases ionic activity in existing tissues, pharmacological effects of drugs occur.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment using high-voltage, fast-extinguishing, high-frequency, low-power pulse current.
Medical microclusters - enemas using various herbal infusions and decoctions.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed in a general or local sitting position. Different medicinal liquids are used at different temperatures during baths.
Mud procedures - the use of healing mud. Treatments may include the use of external mud applications or the insertion of mud rods into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift from nature to mankind. Many diseases, including prostatitis, can be treated with the help of these creatures. Treatment of prostatitis with leech takes place according to the following scheme: leech is placed at points located at a distance of 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the reception should resemble the letter "X". The middle of the letter is the anus, the ends of the letter are wet.
A slightly different treatment is also common: the bones are placed on each side about 2 cm from the middle of the perineum. It is not recommended to place leeches directly on the groin. The course consists of about 4-5 treatment procedures. 4 leeches are used in one session. Take a break for 5-6 days after each session.
Herbal medicine
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions made from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs should be taken internally, others should be injected into the urinary tract using the outside. Herbal medicines are an additional treatment that helps the body fight the disease faster.
The bark, seeds, roots, shoots and rhizomes of plants are generally used to make decoctions, and for infusions - flowers, leaves, herbs and stems. There are many recipes for medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of maple shoots and oats mixed with a rose infusion (1: 1) in half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut tincture (pour 250 ml 25 g finely chopped peel, stir for 10 days in the dark, shake occasionally). Then strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Add parsley to water and mix with any honey (1: 1), consume 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. spoon.
Immunocretical treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also involves boosting the immune system and activating the body's defenses. In this case, doctors prescribe immunocorrective therapy. The patient includes the use of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal medicines and other means.
The use of afal in patients with chronic prostatitis who have been treated comprehensively increases the effectiveness of therapy and helps to maintain the results obtained for a longer period of time. The drug is well tolerated and there are no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy. Afala is prescribed for patients with chronic prostatitis category II and III A from the first day of treatment.
Prostate massage
Treatment of prostatitis with prostate massage is an unpleasant but very effective way to treat the disease. Massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, he feels the prostate gland with the help of a gloved index finger, trying to adjust its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, as well as to examine the quality of mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor begins the massage procedure itself.
Lifestyle adjustment
To prevent blood clots in the prostate gland, the patient should exercise a lot, walk, exercise, etc.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood clots in the prostate gland. In this case, for therapeutic purposes, the patient should be given physical activity (possible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, a special diet, etc.
Thus, comprehensive treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibiotic therapy (only in patients with chronic prostatitis of infectious nature, including occult);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the leading manifestations of the disease;
- Pathogenetic therapy aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring the drainage of the prostate glands along the secretory ducts, normalizing urinary excretion, stabilizing the immune and hormonal systems, preventing the formation of excessive fibrous tissue.
The patient has many signs that the prostate is "located" in the body. The treatment of this disease is very difficult and long-lasting, it gives positive results only if the patient strictly follows all the prescriptions of the urologist.