Prostatitis is commonly referred to as inflammation that causes swelling of the tissues and covers the male prostate, located just below the bladder. The treatment of prostatitis today takes place through many modern methods including antibiotic therapy, physical therapy, hirudotherapy, herbal medicine, immunocorrective therapy, prostate massage, lifestyle correction.
When a patient enters a medical 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 which factors contributed to the onset of the disease.
The treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which, first of all, includes a consultation with a urologist. Next, the doctor proceeds to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate with a finger, inserting it into the rectum. During this examination, the doctor may diagnose an enlarged, swollen, and tender prostate.
After a rectal examination, the urologist advises the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. These analyzes allow judging the presence or absence of signs of infections in them. Sometimes a semen culture is necessary.
Scheduling urodynamic studies will allow the physician to understand how strong the impact of the disease is on the urination process.
Transrectal ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, allow the urologist to assess the volume and structure of the prostate, the volume of residual urine, the presence of a tumor or bladder stones, the presence of a blood clot or stones. in the lower third of the ureter.
Based on the above analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for a disease as insidious and difficult to treat as prostatitis. The treatment of prostatitis will only give positive results if it is comprehensive and selected 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 like antibiotic therapy. The treatment result will be positive only if the urologist chooses the right therapy and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be remembered that the started course of antibiotic therapy cannot be interrupted - in this way, it is possible to harm not only the diseased organ, but the entire organism as a whole.
The patient needs to inform the doctor about any changes, sometimes not even significant, in their body. If the patient does not feel any changes during 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another one, but not cancel it.
Most often, broad-spectrum drugs - penicillins - are prescribed for treatment.
In addition, modern medicine widely uses the means of the fluoroquinolone group. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of these antibiotics.
Also, for treatment, many doctors prescribe drugs from the tetracycline group.
Sometimes highly effective drugs of the new generation are used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts approximately 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 medication are prescribed by the urologist in each case individually.
physical therapy activities
The treatment of prostatitis through physical therapy consists of the use of several methods, the main ones being ultrasound, laser therapy, electrostimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclysters, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as high frequency waves that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common, almost painless method. It is the effect of laser beams on the tissues of a diseased organ or 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 and alternating low-frequency magnetic field in the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy involves exposing affected tissues to a high-frequency electromagnetic field.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of capacitor plates connected to tissues.
Galvanizing is a treatment method by applying low direct current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on the tissues of a low-power direct current and special drugs introduced with its help into the tissues. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues, while the pharmacological effect of the drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by means of a pulsed current of high frequency and low power of rapid quenching with high voltage.
Therapeutic microclysters are enemas for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
The baths used to treat the illness are prescribed in general or local session. During baths, various medicinal liquids of different temperatures are used.
Mud Procedures - The Use of Therapeutic Mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of external applications of mud or the introduction of mud swabs into the anus.
hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift from nature to mankind. With the help of these living beings, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with leeches occurs according to the following scheme: leeches are placed on points located 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the setting should resemble the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, the ends of the letter are the location points of the leeches.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: having retreated from the median suture of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction, leeches are installed. It is not recommended to install 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 for 5 to 6 days.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs must be taken internally, while others are used externally, injected into the urethra. Herbal medicine is an additional method of treatment that helps the body deal with illness more quickly.
For the manufacture of decoctions, the bark, seeds, roots, shoots and rhizomes of plants are usually used, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a huge number of recipes for the preparation of medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch buds and oatmeal mixed with a rosehip infusion (1: 1), which is taken in half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut shell tincture (pour 250 ml of 25 g of finely chopped shell, insist in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). After that, strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice of parsley and mix with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tables. spoons.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
The treatment of prostatitis also consists of increasing immunity and activating the body's defenses. Doctors in this case prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It includes the patient's intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal medicines and other means.
The use of resources by patients with chronic prostatitis, whose treatment was performed in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of the therapy and contributes to a greater preservation of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated, it has 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 condition. Massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, with the help of a gloved index finger, he feels the prostate, trying to fix its parameters, the degree of pain, the proportion of the right and left lobes of the gland, and also examine the quality of the mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor starts the massage procedure itself.
lifestyle correction
To avoid stagnation of blood in the prostate, the patient must move a lot, go for walks, play sports, and so on.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, rare sexual intercourse. They cause stagnation of blood in the prostate. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (feasible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the open 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 ones);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the main manifestations of the disease;
- pathogenic therapy aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring drainage of the prostate glands through the excretory ducts, normalizing urination, stabilizing the immune and hormonal systems and preventing excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs indicating to the patient that prostatitis has "settled" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and time-consuming, giving positive results only if the patient strictly adheres to all the instructions of the urologist.