Prostatitis is usually called inflammation that causes edema of tissue and covers the man's prostate, located just below the bladder. Treatment of prostatitis today occurs through many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physical therapy, hirudotherapy, herbal medicine, immunocorrective therapy, prostate massage and lifestyle correction.
When a patient is admitted to a medical institution, the doctor examines the patient for the reasons that caused prostatitis. The treatment of the disease will be prescribed precisely depending on the factors that contributed to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which first includes an interview with a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpating the prostate with his finger, introducing it into the rectum. During this exam, the doctor can 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 allow you to assess the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sometimes, semen culture is necessary.
The consultation of urodynamic studies will allow the doctor to understand the severity of the disease's effect on the urination process.
Transrectal ultrasound and kidney and bladder ultrasound allow the urologist to assess the volume and structure of the prostate, the volume of residual urine, the presence of a tumor or bladder stones, the presence of a blood clotor stones in the lower third of the ureter.
Based on the analysis and studies above, the urologist prescribes therapy for an insidious and difficult-to-cure disease such as prostatitis. Prostatitis treatment will only give positive results if it is complex and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Because the inflammation of the prostate is often infectious in nature, doctors prescribe treatment of prostatitis as an antibacterial therapy. The treatment result 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 course of antibiotic therapy cannot be interrupted - this way it is possible to harm not only the diseased organ, but also the entire body as a whole.
The patient needs to inform the doctor of any changes, sometimes not even significant, in his body. If the patient does not feel any changes during 2 to 3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another one, but not cancel it.
Most of the time, broad-spectrum drugs are prescribed for treatment - penicillins.
Furthermore, modern medicine makes extensive use of the fluoroquinolone group. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities in the group of these antibiotics.
In addition, many doctors prescribe drugs from the tetracycline group for treatment.
These 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 lasts about a month and a half. In advanced cases, treatment of prostatitis is extended for up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, during antibiotic therapy, the patient develops intestinal dysbiosis. In this sense, the patient is prescribed the intake of resources that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dosage and dosage regimen are prescribed by the urologist in each case, individually.
Physiotherapy activities
The treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy consists of the use of several methods, the main of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, medical electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclysters, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as high-frequency waves that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a very common, almost painless method. It is the effect of laser beams on the tissues of a diseased organ or reflex areas.
The treatment of prostatitis with electrical stimulation is the effect of an electric impulse current that causes muscle contractions in an organ. Electrical stimulation is subdivided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is a treatment for prostatitis through exposure to constant and alternating low frequency magnetic fields 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 that uses capacitive plates connected to tissues.
Galvanization is a treatment method by providing low current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on tissues of a low intensity direct current and special drugs introduced into the tissues with its help. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues, while the pharmacological effect of the drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a treatment method by means of a high-frequency, low-power pulse current that extinguishes quickly with high voltage.
Medical microclysters - enemas, for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed for general or local sedentary people. During baths, different medicinal liquids of different temperatures are used.
Mud procedures - the use of curative 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 creatures, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. The treatment of prostatitis with leeches occurs according to the following scheme: leeches are placed at points located 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the configuration should be similar to the letter "X". The center of the chart is the anus, the tips of the chart are the location of the leeches.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: leeches are installed, starting from the midline of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction. It is not recommended to put leeches directly into the perineal seam. The course is about 4-5 treatment procedures. 4 leeches are used in one session. After each session, take a break of 5 to 6 days.
Herbal medicines
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs must be taken internally, while others are used externally, injected into the urethra. Herbal medicines are an additional treatment that helps the body to cope with the disease more quickly.
Bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are generally used to make decoctions, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are numerous recipes for preparing medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch and oat buds mixed with an infusion of rosehip (1: 1), which is taken half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut tincture (pour 250 ml of 25 g of finely chopped bark, insist in the dark for 10 days, stirring occasionally). After that, strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice from the parsley and mix with any honey (1: 1), use 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. spoons.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
The treatment of prostatitis is also to increase immunity and activate the body's defenses. In that case, doctors prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It includes the intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other means by the patient.
The use of Afala by patients with chronic prostatitis, whose treatment was carried out comprehensively, increases the effectiveness of the therapy and contributes to a greater preservation 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 categories II and III A from the 1st day of treatment.
Prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with prostate massage is an unpleasant but very effective way to cure the disease. The massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, with the help of a gloved index finger, he palpates the prostate, trying to fix its parameters, the degree of pain, the proportion of the right and left lobes of the gland and also examining the quality of mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor starts the massage procedure directly.
Lifestyle correction
To avoid blood stagnation in the prostate, the patient must move a lot, walk, play sports, etc.
The appearance of prostatitis is often caused by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, rare sex. They cause blood congestion in the prostate. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (viable), corrective gymnastics, walking outdoors, 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;
- pathogenic therapy that aims to restore microcirculation in the prostate, restore drainage of the prostate glands along the excretory ducts, normalize urination, stabilize the immune and hormonal systems, preventing excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that tell a patient that prostatitis has "settled" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very difficult and long-term, giving positive results only if the patient strictly observes all the urologist's prescriptions.