Prostatitis is commonly referred to as inflammation that causes tissue swelling and covers the male prostate, which is located just below the bladder. Today, the treatment of prostatitis takes place through many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, herbal therapy, immunocorrective therapy, prostate massage, and lifestyle correction.
When the patient enters the health institution, the doctor examines the patient for the presence of the causes that caused the 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 includes an examination by a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate with his finger and inserts it into the rectum. During this examination, the doctor can diagnose enlargement, swelling and sensitivity of the prostate.
After the rectal examination, the urologist instructs the patient to donate sperm, urine and prostate secretion. These analyzes make it possible to assess the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sometimes a seed culture is needed.
The appointment of urodynamic studies will allow the doctor to understand how strong the disease is on the process of urination.
Transrectal ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and urinary bladder, allow the urologist to assess the volume and structure of the prostate, the volume of residual urine, the presence of tumors or stones in the bladder, the presence of a blood clot. or stones in the lower third of the ureter.
Based on these analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for such an insidious and difficult-to-treat disease as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is comprehensive and if it is chosen by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate is often infectious in nature, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as antibiotic therapy. The result of treatment will be positive only if the urologist chooses the right therapy, and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be borne in mind that the ongoing course of antibiotic therapy can not be stopped - in this way it is possible to harm not only the diseased organ, but the whole organism as a whole.
The patient should 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.
Broad-spectrum drugs are most often prescribed for treatment - penicillins.
Also, modern medicine widely uses agents from the group of fluoroquinolones. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of these antibiotics.
In addition, for treatment, many doctors prescribe tetracycline drugs.
Newly highly effective drugs are sometimes used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about a month and a half. In advanced cases, the treatment of prostatitis is extended 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 dose and regimen of medication are prescribed by a urologist for each case individually.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis with physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, the main of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrostimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microenema, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as high-frequency waves that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common, almost painless method. This is the effect of laser beams on the tissues of the diseased organ or on the reflexogenic zones.
Treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the action of an electrical impulse current that causes contractions of the muscles of the organs. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis by exposing a constant magnetic and alternating low frequency field to the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy consists of exposing the affected tissues to a high-frequency electromagnetic field.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of tissue-related capacitor plates.
Galvanization is a method of processing using low continuous current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis is the simultaneous action on the tissues of a low-power direct current and special drugs that are introduced into the tissues along with it. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues, while the pharmacological effect of the drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment with high-speed high-frequency high-frequency pulsed current with high voltage.
Therapeutic microenemas are enemas for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed by general or local sitting. During bathing, various medicinal liquids of different temperatures are used.
Mud treatments - use of therapeutic mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of external mud applications or the introduction of mud swabs into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift of nature to humanity. With the help of these living beings, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with leeches is carried out according to the following scheme: leeches are placed at points located 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the setting should resemble the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, and the ends of the letter are the points where the leeches are located.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: after withdrawing 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 perineum suture. The course is about 4-5 treatments. 4 leeches are used in one session. After each session, take a break for 5-6 days.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal herbs. Some of these drugs should be taken internally, while others are used externally, by injection into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional method of treatment that helps the body cope with the disease faster.
Bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used for the production of decoctions, and flowers, leaves, grass and stems are used for infusions. There are a huge number of recipes for the preparation of medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is the infusion of birch buds and oats mixed with the infusion of rose hips (1: 1), which is taken half a cup 1 or 2 times a day.
Tincture of wild chestnut bark (pour 250 ml of 25 g of finely chopped bark, insist in the dark for 10 days, shake occasionally). After that, strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the primrose juice and mix with any honey (1: 1), use 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. spoons.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also consists of raising immunity and activating the body's defenses. Doctors in this case prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It includes the intake by the patient of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal medicines and other means.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis, whose treatment is carried out in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of therapy and contributes to longer preservation of the obtained results. The drug is well tolerated, there are no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy.
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 the index finger in the glove, he feels the prostate, trying to fix its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, as well as to examine the quality of mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor starts the massage procedure itself.
Lifestyle Correction
To avoid blood stagnation in the prostate, the patient has to move around a lot, walk, play sports and so on.
The appearance of prostatitis is often caused by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stagnation in the prostate. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (feasible), therapeutic exercises, walks in the fresh air, special diet, etc.
Thus, complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibacterial therapy (only in patients with chronic prostatitis of infectious nature, including latent);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the leading manifestations of the disease;
- Pathogenetic therapy aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring prostate drainage through the excretory ducts, normalizing urination, stabilizing the immune and hormonal systems, and preventing the excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that indicate to the patient that prostatitis has "settled" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and long-lasting, and gives positive results only if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.