According to statistics, today at least 40% of men of productive age are by no means happy owners of inflammatory diseases of the genital area. Due to some delicacy of the pathology, most patients turn to a specialist only if the characteristic signs of the disease significantly complicate everyday life.
A timely visit to the doctor and starting treatment at an early stage will help you get rid of prostatitis faster.
The disease can be cured quickly and with minimal therapy only in the early stages of development, when there are virtually no symptoms. If treatment is not carried out in time, complete removal of prostatitis can take a long time and require the use of complex therapy. Modern methods include the use of not only drugs, but also other ways to eliminate the unpleasant disease.
General rules and regulations
Modern methods of treating prostatitis include the use of not only drugs but also physiotherapy. In addition, the patient must make some adjustments in diet and daily routine. These measures are necessary not only to eliminate the main symptoms of the disease, but also to prevent its recurrence.
Depending on the stage of the disease, its course, comorbidity, as well as some individual characteristics of the patient, specialists can apply a conservative or surgical method of treatment.
- The conservative method involves treating the disease in men with the most common methods. These can be medications, some methods of physiotherapy, adherence to a daily regimen and diet. The use of conservative methods is allowed both in the early stages of disease development and for the treatment of its chronic and acute forms.
- If the disease is in an advanced form, that is, the pathogenic tissues of the prostate are almost completely replaced by healthy ones, and the gland does not function fully, an operative method of treatment is used. It includes surgical intervention that removes pathological neoplasms and completely or partially restores prostate function. This method is usually used only in extreme cases, when treatment with such means as drugs and physiotherapy does not give visible results and there is no positive dynamics.
Medical therapy
As the name suggests, drug therapy is the treatment of prostatitis, as well as a number of other diseases of the genital area in men, by taking medication. Currently, there are many drugs that allow not only the elimination of inflammatory processes, but also increase immunity, eliminate the negative consequences of taking antibiotics, and also completely restore productive function.
Modern drugs, most commonly used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, are combined into several main groups, each of which involves one or another effect on the body. For example:
- A characteristic feature of prostatitis is the following aspect: most often the disease develops against the background of the presence of congestive phenomena that occur in the pelvic area. Their appearance is due to the deterioration of blood and lymph flow, which is due to a sedentary lifestyle, lack of regular intimate relationships and so on. Therefore, in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, drugs are used that restore blood circulation and eliminate pathogenic phenomena.
- Antibacterial drugs. If the disease is caused by an infection of the body, ie prostatitis has a bacterial pathogenesis, its treatment in men includes taking antibiotics aimed at eliminating the pathogen and restoring the microflora characteristic of the body.
- Problems with urination in men, expressed in the appearance of pain in the bladder, are also due to the spread of the inflammatory process, as opposed to the systematic contraction of the muscles of the excretory system, which causes pain. To eliminate this phenomenon, modern medicines are used that effectively eliminate cramps, relax muscles and thus alleviate discomfort.
- If the development of prostatitis in men is the result of a change in hormonal background, during treatment, drugs are used, the action of which is aimed at restoring and normalizing hormone levels.
- Characteristic symptoms of prostatitis are pain, tingling and itching in the prostate area. To eliminate the negative signs of the disease in men, local preparations are used that have a calming, healing and regenerating effect on the tissues.
Prostate massage
Prostate massage can be attributed to modern methods of treating both prostatitis and a number of other inflammatory diseases. This is due to the fact that for direct physical impact on the prostate area are used and various devices and apparatus whose action is based on the radiation of magnetic waves. Although, to be honest, it should be noted that palpation of the prostate is most commonly practiced.
Massage is one of the most effective methods of treating diseases of the productive system. It allows you to effectively eliminate the phenomena of stagnant nature, restore blood circulation and reduce the inflammatory process. In addition, only with the help of massage it is possible to remove pus and secretions accumulated during the disease from the prostate.
However, the use of this method is unacceptable in acute forms of the disease.
Physiotherapy
Almost all methods of treating prostatitis using physiotherapy are modern. In general medical practice, the most commonly used are:
- laser therapy. The effect of laser radiation on the affected organs and tissues allows you to quickly eliminate inflammatory processes and reduce discomfort. In addition, there is a process of activating tissue regeneration, as well as restoring blood circulation.
- Magnetotherapy. Currently, this method of treatment is widely used. This type of procedure involves the action of a magnetic field on the patient's tissues, which restores blood and lymph flow, adsorption of active substances into organs and tissues contained in preparations prescribed to the patient to improve the treatment of prostatitis.
- Microwave oven - therapy whose action is based on thermal exposure. This method contributes to the regeneration and regeneration of tissues, can significantly reduce pain and helps the body better absorb the drugs taken.
There are other methods of physiotherapy that are not used in modern medical practice. Accordingly, their use is possible only in accordance with the personal initiative of the patient. These include acupuncture, leech treatment, medicated dressings, herbal treatments.
Additional methods
Currently, almost every expert knows that the removal of the main symptoms of prostatitis and other inflammatory diseases of the genital area will not bring tangible results in the absence of measures such as adherence to daily routine and diet.
Due to the fact that the disease usually occurs in the background of the characteristic phenomena of stagnation, for prevention and treatment it is necessary to eliminate this pathology and restore blood and lymph flow. In order to do that, the patient needs to perform a set of physical exercises every day, which will strengthen blood vessels and improve blood microcirculation in the pelvic organs.
However, the abuse of the load, systematic physical overload can have the opposite result, ie cause negative stagnation. Accordingly, the individual characteristics of the patient should be taken into account when choosing exercises.