Prostatitis is commonly referred to as an inflammation that causes swelling of tissues and covers the male prostate gland, which is located just below the bladder. Treatment of prostatitis today occurs through many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, 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 cause that causes prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will be prescribed depending on what factors contribute to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which, first of all, includes a survey of a urologist. Then the doctor proceeds to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, groping the prostate gland with a finger, inserting it into the rectum. During this examination, the doctor can diagnose enlargement, swelling and tenderness of the prostate gland.
After a rectal examination, the urologist instructs the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. This analysis makes it possible to assess the presence or absence of signs of infection in it. Sometimes semen culture is needed.
The appointment of urodynamic studies will allow the doctor to understand how strong the effect of the disease on the process of urination.
Transrectal ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, allows the urologist to assess the volume and structure of the prostate gland, the amount of urine waste, 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 studies, urologists prescribe therapy for dangerous and difficult to treat diseases such as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is comprehensive and it is selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate gland is often contagious, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as antibiotic therapy. The outcome 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 initiated course of antibiotic therapy should 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 significant changes in his body. If the patient does not feel any changes for 2-3 days of treatment, then the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
Often, a broad -spectrum drug - penicillin - is prescribed for treatment.
Also, modern medicine widely uses the means of the fluoroquinolone group. Microbes do not build resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of these antibiotics.
In addition, for treatment, many doctors prescribe drugs of the tetracycline group.
Sometimes a new generation of highly effective drugs is used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts about one and a half months. In further cases, treatment of prostatitis is extended up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, during antibiotic therapy, patients develop intestinal dysbacteriosis. In this case, the patient is prescribed the use of drugs that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dose and regimen of the drug is prescribed by the urologist in each case individually.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, the main ones are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclysters, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as a high frequency wave that cannot be heard by a person.
Laser therapy is a relatively common, almost painless method. It is the effect of a laser beam on the tissues of a diseased organ or on a reflexogenic zone.
Treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the effect of electrical impulse currents that cause contraction of the muscles of the organs. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectum, perineal and urethra.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis with exposure to continuous and alternating low -frequency magnetic fields on the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy consists of exposing the affected tissue to a high -frequency electromagnetic field.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of a capacitor plate connected to a tissue.
Galvanization is a method of treatment using low constant current and low voltage.
Drug electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on the tissue of low -powered direct current and a special drug introduced with its help into the tissue. Currents increase ionic activity in tissues, while pharmacological effects of drugs occur.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by means of fast blackout of high frequency, low power pulsed current with high voltage.
Therapeutic microclysters are enemas in which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed in general or local sitting. During bathing, various medicinal liquids with different temperatures are used.
Mud procedure - the use of therapeutic mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of an external mud application or the introduction of a mud swab into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift of nature to humans. With the help of these living beings, many diseases can be cured, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with leeches takes place according to the following scheme: leeches are placed at a point located 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the setting should resemble the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, the end of the letter is the location point of the leech.
Slightly different treatment methods are also widely used: after retreating from the median suture of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction, leeches are installed. It is not recommended to install the leech directly on the perineum suture. The course is about 4-5 treatments. 4 leeches were used in one session. After each session, rest for 5-6 days.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions prepared from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs should be taken internally, while others are used externally, injected into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional treatment method that helps the body cope with the disease more quickly.
For the manufacture of decoctions, bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used, for infusion - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a large 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), taken in half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Colored horse chestnut skin (pour 250 ml 25 g of finely chopped skin, insist in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). After that, filter the color, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice from parsley and mix with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons. spoon.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also consists of boosting immunity and activating the body’s defenses. The doctor in this case prescribes immunocorrective therapy. It includes the intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other means by the patient.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis, treatment of which is carried out in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of therapy and contributes to the longer preservation of the obtained results. The drug is well accepted, 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 sheathed index finger, he felt the prostate gland, tried to set its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, as well as to check the quality of mucus in the rectum. After that, the doctor begins the actual massage procedure itself.
Lifestyle Correction
To avoid blood stasis in the prostate gland, the patient must move a lot, walk, play sports, and so on.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by an inactive lifestyle, inactive work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stasis in the prostate gland. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (feasible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, special diets, etc.
Therefore, 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;
- pathogenetic therapy aims to restore microcirculation in the prostate, restore drainage of the prostate gland through the excretory tract, normalize urination, stabilize the immune system and hormones, and prevent the formation of excessive fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that indicate to the patient that prostatitis has "settled" in his or her body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and lengthy, giving positive results only if the patient strictly adheres to all instructions of the urologist.