Prostatitis is commonly referred to as inflammation that causes the tissues to swell and cover the male prostate gland, which is located just below the bladder. The treatment of prostatitis today is done with many modern methods, such as antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, irudotherapy, herbal therapy, immuno-corrective therapy, prostate massage, lifestyle correction.
When a patient enters a medical facility, the doctor examines the patient for the presence of the causes that caused the prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will be prescribed 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, involves an examination by a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate with his finger, inserting it into the rectum. During this test, your doctor may diagnose swelling, swelling, and tenderness of the prostate gland.
After a rectal examination, the urologist instructs the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. These analyzes make it possible to judge the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sperm culture is sometimes required.
The appointment of urodynamic studies will allow the doctor to understand how strong the impact of the disease is on the process of urination.
Corrective ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, allow the urologist 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 blood clot. in the lower third of the ureter.
Based on the above analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes treatment for such an insidious and difficult to treat disease as prostatitis. The treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is complete and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate gland is often contagious, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as an antibiotic treatment. The result of the treatment will be positive only if the urologist chooses the right treatment and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed treatment. We must remember that starting antibiotic treatment can not stop - in this way, it is possible to damage not only the diseased organ, but the whole organism as a whole.
The patient needs to inform the doctor about any, sometimes not even significant changes in his body. If the patient did not feel any changes during 2-3 days of treatment, then the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
Most often, broad-spectrum drugs - penicillins - are prescribed for treatment.
Also, modern medicine widely uses the means of the fluoroquinolone group. Germs do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important properties of these antibiotics.
In addition, for treatment, many doctors prescribe drugs of the tetracycline group.
Extremely effective new generation drugs are sometimes used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about one and a half months. In advanced cases, treatment of prostatitis is extended for up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, during antibiotic therapy, the patient develops intestinal dysbacteriosis. In this regard, the patient is prescribed the use of drugs that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dosage and regimen of the medication are prescribed by the urologist in each case separately.
Physiotherapy activities
The treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, the main ones of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microsurgery.
Ultrasound is used as high frequency waves that a person cannot hear.
Laser treatment is a fairly common, almost painless method. It is the effect of laser beams on the tissues of a diseased organ or on the reflex zones.
The treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the effect of an electrical impulse current that causes contractions of the muscles of the organ. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a constant low frequency magnetic field and alternating field in the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy involves exposing the affected tissues to a high-frequency electromagnetic field.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of capacitor plates connected to the tissues.
Galvanizing is a processing method with application of low direct current and low voltage.
Drug electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on low-power DC tissues and on specific drugs that are introduced into the tissues with its help. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues, while the pharmacological action of the drugs appears.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment through a high frequency and low power pulse current with fast extinguishing with high voltage.
Therapeutic micro-envelopes are enemas for which various infusions and herbal infusions are used.
The baths used to treat the disease are generally or topically prescribed. Various medicinal liquids of different temperatures are used during the baths.
Mud procedures - the use of therapeutic mud. Remedies may include the use of external mud applications or the introduction of smears into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift of nature to humanity. With the help of these living creatures, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. The treatment of prostatitis with leeches is done according to the following scheme: the leeches are placed in places located 3 cm from the anus (anus) and the arrangement should look like the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, the ends of the letter are the location of the leeches.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: having receded from the middle suture of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction, leeches are placed. It is not recommended to place leeches directly on the seam of the perineum. The course is about 4-5 treatments. 4 leeches are used in one session. After each session, take a break of 5-6 days.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a set of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, infusions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs must be taken internally, while others are used externally, by injection into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional method of treatment that helps the body to deal with the disease faster.
For the preparation of infusions, the bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a huge number of prescriptions for making medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch and oat buds mixed with rose infusion (1: 1), which is taken in half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Chestnut peel tincture (pour 250 ml 25 g 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 with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons. spoonful.
Immunodeficiency treatment of prostatitis
The treatment of prostatitis also consists in increasing the immunity and activating the body's defenses. Doctors in this case prescribe immunosuppressive therapy. It includes the intake by the patient of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other means.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis, the treatment of which was carried out in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of the treatment and contributes to the greater preservation of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated, has no contraindications. It can be combined with any other treatment.
prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with prostate massage is an unpleasant but very effective way to treat the disease. The massage is done by an experienced doctor. First, with the help of a gloved index finger, he feels the prostate gland, trying to correct 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 anus. After that, the doctor starts the massage process itself.
Lifestyle correction
To avoid stagnation of blood in the prostate gland, the patient must move a lot, take walks, exercise, etc.
The onset of prostatitis is often caused by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stasis in the prostate gland. In this condition, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (feasible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, special diet, etc.
Thus, the complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibacterial 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 the microcirculation in the prostate, restoring the drainage of the prostate glands through the excretory ducts, normalizing urination, stabilizing the immune and hormonal system and preventing the excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that the patient has prostatitis "installed" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complicated and time consuming, giving positive results only if the patient strictly adheres to all the instructions of the urologist.