Prostatitis is commonly referred to as an inflammation that causes tissue edema and covers the male prostate gland, located just below the bladder. Treatment of prostatitis today occurs through many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, herbal medicine, immuno-corrective therapy, prostate massage, lifestyle correction.
When a patient is admitted to a medical institution, the doctor examines the patient for the reasons that caused the prostate. Treatment of the disease will be described exactly depending on the factors that contributed to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which, first of all, includes an interview with a urologist. The doctor then continues to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpating the prostate gland with one finger, inserting it into the rectum. During this test, the doctor can diagnose enlargement, swelling, and tenderness of the prostate gland.
After examining the colon, the urologist instructs the patient to donate semen, urine, and prostate secretions. These tests allow you to judge the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sperm culture is sometimes required.
The appointment of urodynamic studies will enable the doctor to understand how severe the effect of the disease is on the urination process.
Transrectal ultrasound and ultrasound of the kidneys and urological bladder allow to judge the volume and structure of the prostate gland, 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 lower third of the urethra.Based on the above analysis and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for a disease as insidious and difficult to cure as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is comprehensive and a competent doctor chooses it.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate gland is often infectious, doctors prescribe treating prostatitis as an antibacterial therapy. The result of the treatment will be positive only if the urologist chooses the right therapy and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be remembered that the started course of antibiotic therapy can not be stopped - in this way, it is possible to damage not only the diseased organ, but also the whole body as a whole.
The patient should inform the doctor of any changes, sometimes not significant, in his body. If the patient has not felt absolutely any change during 2-3 days of treatment, then the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
The most prescribed drugs for treatment are broad-spectrum drugs - penicillins.
Also, modern medicine makes extensive use of fluoroquinolone group agents. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of this group of antibiotics.
In addition, many physicians prescribe tetracycline drugs for treatment.
Such highly effective new generation drugs are sometimes used. They 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 lasts up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, during antibiotic therapy, the patient develops intestinal dysbiosis. In this regard, the patient is prescribed medication that restores the intestinal microflora.
Dosage and dosing regimen is prescribed by the urologist in each case separately.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, the main of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, medical electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microcirculation, therapeuticmud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as a high frequency wave that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common method, almost painless. It is an effect of laser beams on the tissues of a diseased organ or on reflexogenic areas.
Treatment of prostatitis with electrical stimulation is the effect of an electric pulse current that causes muscle contraction in an organ. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectum, perineal and ureter.
Magnetotherapy is a treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a constant, low-frequency magnetic 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 tissue-linked condenser plates.
Galvanizing is a method of treatment by supplying a low direct current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on the tissues of a direct current with low strength and special drugs inserted into the tissue with its help. Current increases ionic activity in tissues, while the pharmacological effect of drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by means of a high-frequency, low-power pulse current that goes out quickly and with high voltage.
Medicinal microclickers - enemas, for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are described as general or local sitting. During the baths, different medicinal liquids with different temperatures are used.
Mud procedures - use of healing mud. Treatments may include using external mud applications or inserting mud swabs into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Lilacs are a wonderful gift from nature to humanity. With the help of these living creatures, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with caterpillars occurs according to the following scheme: the caterpillars are placed at points located 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the placement should resemble the letter "X". The center of the paper is the anus, the edges of the paper are the location of the caterpillars.
A slightly different method of treatment is widely used: the caterpillars are placed, moving about 2 cm away from the midline of the perineum in each direction. It is not recommended to place caterpillars directly in the perineal vein. The course is about 4-5 treatment procedures. In one session, 4 caterpillars are used. After each session, take a break of 5-6 days.
Herbal medicine
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions made from medicinal plants. Some of these medications need to be taken inside, while others are used externally, injected into the urethra. Herbal medicine is an additional treatment that helps the body to cope faster with the disease.
The bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are commonly used for decoction, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a large number of prescriptions for preparing medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch buds and oats mixed with an infusion of roses (1: 1), which is taken half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut skin tincture (pour 250 ml 25 g of finely chopped peel, insist in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). After that, drain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice from the parsley and mix it with any honey (1: 1), use 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. spoon
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also consists of boosting immunity and activating the body's defenses. In this case, doctors prescribe immunosuppressive therapy. It involves taking the patient various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other remedies.
The use of afala by patients with chronic prostatitis, whose treatment was performed in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of therapy and contributes to a longer preservation of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated and has no contraindications. Can be combined with any other therapy. Afala is indicated for patients with chronic prostatitis of categories II and III A from the first day of treatment.
Prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with a prostate massage is an uncomfortable but very effective way to cure the disease. The massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, with the help of a index finger with gloves, he senses the prostate gland, trying to adjust its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland and also to examine the quality of mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor directly starts the massage procedure itself.
Lifestyle correction
To avoid blood stagnation in the prostate gland, the patient should move a lot, walk, play sports, etc.
The onset of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood clots in the prostate gland. In this situation, with a therapeutic purpose, the patient is prescribed physical activity (achievable), improving gymnastics, walking in the fresh air, a special diet, etc.
Thus, the complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibiotic therapy (only in patients with chronic prostatitis of an infectious nature, including latent);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the main manifestations of the disease;
- pathogenetic therapy aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring drainage of prostate glands along the excretory ducts, normalization of urination, stabilization of the immune and hormonal system, prevention of excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that indicate to a patient that the prostate is "placed" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and long-term, giving positive results only if the patient strictly adheres to all the prescriptions of the urologist.