This disease is one of the most common among male pathologies, which can be of a different nature (acute and slow pathology). This attack appears for various reasons.
But regardless of the causes of pathologies, the patient must undergo complex therapy for the treatment of such ailment in order to recover from this ailment without a trace.
Here, in the article, many aspects of such therapy are disclosed, how effective its application is. Questions were also raised about the new methods used by the medical profession.
How to treat acute prostatitis
This pathology is not difficult to diagnose. It has such features that are difficult to confuse: pain in the perineal region, discomfort when passing urine. Treatment of an acute type of pathology includes drug therapy with antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory complex.
Ultrasound examination allows you to determine the size and biological state of the prostate. In case of signs of complex and acute intoxication, the patient should be immediately referred to the hospital. Milder forms of acute prostatitis can be treated on an outpatient basis.
During the course of therapy, certain complications sometimes arise, namely:
- the development of an acute stage into a chronic one;
- purulent inflammation of the prostate.
More often than not, with proper treatment, complete recovery occurs in a fairly short period of time with the use of timely therapy. However, growth foci of those tissues that can damage the organ can remain within the gland. To determine if they are, you can find out by conducting a transrectal ultrasound.
How to treat chronic prostatitis
Pathology usually develops without pronounced symptoms, sometimes over a rather long period, calculated in years. Perhaps the appearance of such symptoms:
- the appearance of increased urine output;
- pulling pain in the lower abdominal cavity;
- dysfunction of the ejaculation process.
Treatment of this pathology is carried out with antibiotics for about 5-7 weeks. The course of complex therapy for prostatitis also includes the use of agents that stimulate tissue repair processes and anti-inflammatory drugs.
The doctors of the complex also prescribe alpha-blocking drugs that reduce arousal of the prostate. Among the methods of physiotherapy, the most popular for this disease are microwave therapy and myostimulation sessions.
Treatment of asymptomatic chronic prostatitis
This type of pathology develops without showing signs. Many experts believe that asymptomatic prostatitis does not need urgent treatment.
It is enough to perform some preventive procedures. Prevention also implies a correct diet, an active lifestyle, avoiding alcohol and taking vitamin preparations.
Complex treatment of chronic non-bacterial prostatitis
In the therapeutic complex for the treatment of this pathology, such means and methods are used as:
- antibacterial drugs;
- sessions of various types of physiotherapy;
- collection of herbs and different types of phytopreparations;
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
The signs of the pathology are very similar to the symptoms of ordinary prostatitis, a sluggish form.
The most relevant types of complex treatment today
The most popular types of complex therapy for prostatitis are:
- antibacterial complex;
- anti-inflammatory drugs;
- immune complex;
- physiotherapy sessions;
- massage treatments;
- operation.
What are each of the methods?
Anti-inflammatory therapy
The complex healing process involves the use of various drugs that have an anti-inflammatory effect.
Basically, they are special tools, for example:
- candles with propolis (broad-spectrum drugs, suppress the inflammatory process, increase the immunity of the body);
- suppositories with ichthyol (used for slow forms of pathology, increase blood circulation and have analgesic properties).
Antibacterial therapy
Antibiotics are used with this therapy. They are considered the basis of the entire course of complex therapy in all cases of this pathology, especially in acute prostatitis. This type of prostatitis can be completely cured with the use of such drugs, if prescribed correctly. And there will be no further complications.
The main thing in this case is the correct selection of antibacterial drugs. This takes into account the sensitivity of microorganisms to this drug, the capabilities of the drug and the sensitivity of the patient's body to it.
The safety of the drug for the patient should be the primary when prescribing it, especially if the drug is to be used for a long time. A course of antibacterial drugs with obvious symptoms of an infectious lesion is prescribed. In this case, the patient's body temperature rises, pains in the perineum appear.
Antibacterial agents of a number of macrolides are especially popular in modern medicine. These drugs have tissue penetrating properties. This ability allows them to overcome tissue barriers in the prostate gland and directly enter the foci of inflammation.
Such treatment is carried out, as a rule, for two weeks, no more. In the absence of any improvement at the end of the course, the use of the product should be discontinued. If changes towards efficacy are noted, treatment with the prescribed drug can be continued until complete recovery.
Immunostimulating therapy
In addition to the previously described methods of healing, doctors are often prescribed immunostimulating drugs, drugs for prostatitis are inexpensive and effective. It should also be noted that a decrease in the immunity of the body or the protective function of individual organs quickly leads to the development of bacterial forms of prostatitis.
Therefore, it is unacceptable to forget about immunomodulatory agents. Such drugs in complex therapy are prescribed when various forms of pathology are detected. In most cases, drugs are prescribed that have zinc in the chemical composition. It is this element that has the ability to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses.
Immunostimulating herbal preparations are no less popular here. Among them, the preparation of Echinacea deserves special attention. There are remedies that are a combination of several plants.
They well strengthen the immune forces of the body. If the patient has a chronic type of pathology, antibacterial agents are included in the complex. Immune drugs give the best results in a relatively short time.
In addition, they contribute to the consolidation of the results of the treatment of pathologists and prevent relapse of the disease.
Sometimes it is more advisable to use complex preparations containing vitamins and minerals, as well as herbal substances. Such funds help to accelerate the recovery processes in the affected organs, improve the ability to resist all kinds of infections.
Physiotherapy
It is equally important to use physiological procedures in the complex of prostatitis therapy. Such therapy can help in complex treatments and speed up the "work" of drugs, which ultimately affects the effectiveness of the treatment.
The advantages of such therapy are the following points:
- Physiotherapy improves the circulation of lymph and blood and this helps to quickly dissolve inflammatory infiltrates. The unimpeded flow of drugs is also ensured.
- Improving the metabolic process has a positive effect on the restoration of the prostate.
- Membrane cell permeability facilitates drug entry.
The most "popular" methods of physiotherapy are:
- Galvanization sessions (low power direct current);
- Electrostimulation procedures (they cause muscle contractions);
- UHF (action of a high frequency electromagnetic field);
- Microwave (ultra-short wave action);
- Magnetic therapy (low-frequency current with a constant magnetic field).
Prostate massage (prostate)
This procedure is also one of the physiotherapy treatments for prostatitis. In this case, different types of massage are used. According to experts, regular sessions of prostate massage help to avoid stagnation in it, improve the processes of removing secretions from the prostate. This procedure is contraindicated only when:
- prostatitis is of an acute bacterial nature (the infection can become more widespread);
- there were complications associated with pathologies of the anus.
Technique for performing this type of massage
Sessions should only be performed by a highly qualified professional - urologist or andrologist. This requirement is necessary to avoid damage. For the procedure, it is necessary to clearly know the location of the prostate and the origins of its malfunction. Massage:
- accelerates the penetration of medicines into the prostate tissue;
- promotes increased blood flow;
- positively affects the muscles of the gland.
Surgical intervention
Surgical treatment operation may be necessary with the development of various complications of the pathology.
For example, such a problematic phenomenon is the formation of abscesses and foci of purulent inflammation, which can only be removed in this way. Surgical treatment is also needed when there is an urgent need to restore the ability to pass urine from the urethral canal with severe urinary retention that occurs when the urethral passage is constricted.
An operation is also indispensable in the event that irreversible processes develop, for example, prostatic hyperplasia. In this case, the surgical method of treatment is the most effective. With it, the size of the tumor and signs of pathology decrease.
This method can cause side complications, although most male patients have no particular health problems. In modern medicine, there are several types of surgical operations, the choice of which depends on many reasons determined by the doctor as a result of the examination.
Treatment with folk remedies
It is worth highlighting this method separately. Scientific medicine does not consider folk remedies to be effective and correct, although some of them are quite effective and do not give complications. For example, pathologies can be performed using the well-known parsley.
It is poured with a liter of boiling water, put on fire and continue to simmer for a third of an hour. You can use not only grass, but seeds as well. You can make a tincture from seeds.
It should only be remembered that prostatitis is a serious pathology. It will not disappear with the wave of a magic wand. Even with the disappearance of obvious symptoms of pathology, the process can go unnoticed for the patient and "one fine day" suddenly manifests itself with acute inflammation or other problems.
It is for this reason that it is necessary to undergo a high-quality comprehensive treatment course, which includes:
- visit to a highly qualified and experienced specialist;
- it is necessary to strictly follow the course of treatment that the doctor will prescribe.
Only with the complex treatment of prostatitis it is possible to completely get rid of this ailment and achieve good health for many years.