Prostatitis is commonly referred to as inflammation, which causes swelling of the tissue and covers the male prostate gland, which is located directly below the bladder. Treatment of prostatitis today is done by many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, herbal medicine, immuno-corrective therapy, prostate massage, lifestyle correction.
When a patient enters a medical facility, the doctor examines the patient for the presence of the underlying causes of prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will be prescribed depending on what factors contributed to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which primarily involves an examination by a urologist. The doctor then proceeds to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the finger into the prostate gland, and inserts it into the rectum. During this examination, the doctor can diagnose enlargement, swelling and tenderness of the prostate gland.
Following a rectal examination, the urologist will direct the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. These tests make it possible to judge the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sometimes a sperm culture is needed.
The appointment of urodynamic studies will allow the doctor to understand how strong the impact of the disease on the urinary process.
Transrectal ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, allows the urologist to judge the volume and structure of the prostate gland, the volume of residual urine, the presence of tumors or stones in the bladder, the presence of blood clots. Or stones in the lower third of the urethra.
Based on the above analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for such an insidious and difficult-to-treat disease as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will bring positive results only if it is comprehensive and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Because inflammation of the prostate gland is often infectious in nature, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as antibiotic 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. We must remember that it is impossible to stop the starting course of antibiotic therapy - in this way it is possible to harm not only the diseased organ, but also the whole organism.
The patient should notify the physician of any, sometimes not significant, changes in his or her body. If the patient does not feel any change within 2-3 days of starting treatment, then the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another but not cancel it.
The most common treatment is a wide range of drugs - penicillins.
Also, modern medicine widely uses the means of the group of fluoroquinolones. Microbes 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.
Sometimes a new generation of highly effective drugs are used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about a month and a half. In advanced cases, treatment for prostatitis lasts up to 16 weeks. Sometimes 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 dose and regimen of the drug are prescribed by the urologist in each case individually.
Physiotherapeutic activities
Treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy includes the use of various methods, the main ones being ultrasound, laser therapy, electrostimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclysters, abrasives, abrasions.
Ultrasound is used as high frequency waves that people do not understand.
Laser therapy is a fairly common, almost painless method. This is the effect of laser beams on diseased body tissues or reflexogenic zones.
Treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the effect of an electrical impulse current that causes the muscles of the body to contract. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis with permanent magnetic and alternating low frequency field effects on the tissues of the affected body.
Microwave therapy involves exposing the affected tissues to high-frequency electromagnetic fields.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of tissue-related condenser plates.
Galvanization is a method of treatment using low continuous current and low voltage.
Therapeutic electrophoresis is the simultaneous effect of low-power direct current on tissues and on special medications inserted into the tissues with its help. Danny increases ionic activity in tissues, while the pharmacological effect of drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by rapidly extinguishing high-frequency, low-power pulsed current with high voltage.
Therapeutic microclysters are enemas for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed for general or local sitting. Different healing fluids of different temperatures are used during baths.
Mud procedures - use of healing mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of external mud or the insertion of a mud smear into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leks are a wonderful gift of nature for humanity. Many diseases, including prostatitis, can be cured with the help of these living things. Treatment of prostatitis in puppies is done according to the following scheme: the fleas are placed at points 3 cm from the anus (anus) and the setting should look like the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, and the ends of the letter are the points where the leks are located.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: after pulling back from the median suture of the perineum, about 2 cm in each direction, fleas are installed. It is not recommended to place the fleas directly on the perineum suture. The course is about 4-5 procedures. 4 fleas are used in one session. Rest for 5-6 days after each session.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of healing measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs should be taken internally and some externally by injection into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional method of treatment that helps the body to cope faster with the disease.
Plant bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes are usually used for decoction, flowers, leaves, grass and stems for infusion. There are many recipes for preparing medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch buds and oats mixed with a rose hip infusion (1: 1) taken in half a cup 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut bark tincture (pour 250 ml of 25 g of finely chopped peel, insist 10 days in the dark, stirring occasionally). Then strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the parsley juice and mix it with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons. Spoons.
Immunocorrection treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also includes boosting immunity and activating the body’s defenses. Doctors in this case prescribe immunocorrected therapy. It involves the patient taking a variety of vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other remedies.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis, whose treatment was complex, increases the effectiveness of therapy and helps to maintain the results obtained for a long time. The drug is well tolerated, has no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy.
Prostate massage
Treatment of 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, feel the prostate gland, try to fix its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left portions of the gland, and also examine the quality of the mucus. Rectum. The doctor then begins the actual massage procedure himself.
Lifestyle correction
To prevent blood stagnation in the prostate gland, the patient has to move a lot, walk, play sports, etc. Sh.
The emergence of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary labor, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stagnation in the prostate gland. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (possible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, special diet, etc. Sh.
Thus, 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 leading manifestations of the disease;
- Pathogenetic therapy aims to restore the microcirculation of the prostate, restore drainage of the prostate glands through the excretory ducts, normalize urination, stabilize the immune and hormonal systems, and prevent excessive production of fibrous tissue.
There are numerous signs that indicate to a patient that prostatitis has "settled" in his or her body. Treatment of this disease is very difficult and lengthy, giving a positive result only if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.