Prostatitis is often referred to as inflammation that causes tissue to swell and cover the prostate in men, which is located below the bladder. Prostatitis is treated today through many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, leech therapy, herbal medicine, immunocorrective therapy, prostate massage, and lifestyle modification.
When a patient enters a medical facility, a doctor will check the patient for a cause of prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will depend on the factors that lead to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease and, first of all, includes a survey of a urologist. The doctor then begins to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpating the prostate with a finger and inserting it into the rectum. During this test, doctors can diagnose enlargement, swelling, and tenderness of the prostate.
After a rectal exam, a urologist instructs the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. These analyses make it possible to determine whether there are signs of infection. A semen culture is sometimes required.
The appointment of a urodynamic study will allow doctors to understand how much the disease affects the process of urination.
Transrectal ultrasound, along with kidney and bladder ultrasound, allows urologists to determine the size and structure of the prostate, 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 ureter.
Based on the above analysis and research, urologists have treated insidious and intractable diseases such as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will only yield positive results if it is comprehensive and selected by a competent physician.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Because prostate inflammation is often contagious in nature, doctors prescribe the treatment of prostatitis as antibiotics. Treatment results will only be positive if the urologist chooses the correct treatment and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed treatment. It should be remembered that the initiation process of antibiotic therapy cannot be stopped - in this way, it is possible to harm not only the diseased organ, but also the entire organism.
The patient needs to inform the doctor of any changes in his body, sometimes not even significantly. If the patient does not feel any change after 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should switch to another antibiotic, but not cancel it.
In most cases, a broad-spectrum drug -- penicillin -- is used for treatment.
In addition, fluoroquinolones are widely used in modern medicine. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs—one of the most important properties of these antibiotics.
Also, for treatment, many doctors prescribe tetracyclines.
Newer generations of highly potent drugs are sometimes used.
Antibacterial therapy for prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about one and a half months. In advanced cases, prostatitis treatment can be extended to 16 weeks. Sometimes, during antibiotic treatment, patients develop intestinal dysbiosis. In this regard, patients are prescribed drugs that restore the intestinal flora.
The urologist prescribes the dosage and regimen of the drug individually in each case.
physical therapy activities
The treatment of prostatitis by physiotherapy includes the use of various methods, among which are mainly ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetic therapy, microwave therapy, ultra-high frequency, electroplating, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microperfusion, bathing, mud procedures.
Ultrasounds are used as high frequency waves that humans cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common and almost painless method. It is the effect of the laser beam on the tissue or reflection area of the diseased organ.
The treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the action of electrical impulse currents, which cause the contraction of the muscles of the organs. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetic therapy is the treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a constant magnetic field and alternating low-frequency fields on the affected organ tissue.
Microwave therapy involves exposing the affected tissue to high-frequency electromagnetic fields.
UHF is a comprehensive treatment with the help of capacitor plates attached to the tissue.
Galvanizing is a method of processing by applying low continuous current and low voltage.
Medicinal electrophoresis is the simultaneous action on tissue of a low-power direct current and a special drug introduced into the tissue with its help. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissue, while the pharmacological effects of the drug occur.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by rapidly extinguishing high-frequency, low-power pulsed current and high voltage.
Therapeutic microenemas are enemas using various herbal infusions and decoctions.
Baths used to treat this condition are prescribed for general or partial sitting. Use a variety of liquid medicines at different temperatures when bathing.
Mud Procedure - Use healing mud. Treatment may include using an external mud application or introducing a mud swab into the anus.
Leech Therapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift from nature to human beings. With the help of these organisms, many diseases, including prostatitis, can be cured. The method for treating prostatitis with leeches is as follows: place the leech at a point 3 cm from the anus (anus), the setting should be similar to the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, and the ends of the letter are the locations of the leeches.
A slightly different treatment is also widely used: set back about 2 cm in each direction from the median perineal suture to install leeches. It is not recommended to install leeches directly on perineal joints. The course of treatment is about 4-5 courses of treatment. Use 4 leeches at a time. After each class, take a 5-6 day break.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a comprehensive treatment of medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, and infusions made from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs should be taken internally, while others are applied externally and injected into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional treatment that helps the body cope with the disease faster.
For the manufacture of decoctions, the bark, seeds, roots, shoots and rhizomes of plants are usually used for infusions - flowers, leaves, grasses and stems. There are numerous recipes for preparing medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is to combine birch sprouts and oats with rose hips (1: 1) and take a half cup 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut bark tincture (pour 250ml of chopped peel 25g, keep in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). After that, strain the tincture with 30 drops 3 times a day.
Juice parsley and mix with any honey (1: 1) and use 3 times a day for a total of 2 tables. spoon.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Prostatitis treatment also includes boosting immunity and activating the body's defenses. In such cases, doctors prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It includes patient intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other modalities.
Patients with chronic prostatitis use funds to treat in a complex way that increases the effectiveness of the treatment and helps to preserve the results obtained for a longer period of time. The drug is well tolerated and has no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy.
prostate massage
Prostatitis with prostate massage is an unpleasant but very effective treatment. Massages are performed by experienced doctors. First, with the help of a gloved index finger, he feels the prostate, trying to determine its parameters, the level of pain, the ratio of the left and right lobes of the gland, and to check the quality of the mucus in the prostate. rectum. After that, the doctor begins the actual massage procedure itself.
lifestyle modification
To avoid stagnation of blood within the prostate, the patient must be active, walking, exercising, etc. regularly.
Prostatitis is usually caused by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, and infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood to stagnate in the prostate. In this case, for therapeutic purposes, the patient requires physical activity (available), therapeutic exercise, walking in fresh air, a special diet, etc.
Therefore, comprehensive treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- Antibacterial therapy (only for patients with infectious chronic prostatitis, including latent prostatitis);
- Symptomatic treatment to eliminate the main manifestations of the disease;
- Pathogen therapy aims to restore the microcirculation of the prostate, restore the drainage of the prostate through the excretory ducts, normalize urination, stabilize the immune and hormonal systems, and prevent the excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many indications that prostatitis has "settle" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and lengthy, and positive results can only be achieved if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.