Prostatitis is usually an inflammation of the male prostate gland, which causes swelling of the tissues and is located just below the bladder. Today, the treatment of prostatitis is carried out by many modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, herbal therapy, immunocorrective therapy, prostate massage, lifestyle correction.
When a patient enters a medical facility, the doctor examines the patient for the causes of prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will depend on what factors influence the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which primarily involves the consultation of a urologist. The doctor then continues to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate gland with a finger and inserts it into the rectum. During this test, your doctor may diagnose prostate enlargement, swelling, and tenderness.
After the rectal examination, the urologist directs the patient to donate sperm, urine and prostate secretions. These tests allow you to judge if they have any signs of infection. Sometimes sperm culture is required.
Assignment of urodynamic tests will allow the doctor to understand the impact of the disease on the urinary process.
Transrectal ultrasound, as well as ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, allows the urologist to judge the volume and structure of the prostate gland, the volume of residual urine, the presence of tumors or stones in the bladder, the presence of blood clots. or stones in the lower third of the urethra.
Based on the above analysis and research, a urologist prescribes therapy for an insidious and difficult-to-treat disease such as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give a positive result only if it is comprehensive and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Because 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 can not be stopped - in this way you can damage not only the patient's body, but the whole body.
The patient should inform the doctor about any, sometimes even insignificant changes in the body. If the patient does not feel any changes within 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
A wide range of drugs - penicillins - are often prescribed for treatment.
Also, modern medicine makes extensive use of fluoroquinolone drugs. Microbes are not resistant to these drugs - this is one of the most important qualities of these antibiotics.
In addition, many doctors prescribe drugs of the tetracycline group for treatment.
Sometimes a new generation of highly effective drugs is used.
In patients with chronic prostatitis, antibacterial treatment of prostatitis lasts about a month and a half. In advanced cases, treatment of prostatitis is extended to 16 weeks. Occasionally, the patient develops intestinal dysbacteriosis during antibiotic therapy. In this regard, the patient is prescribed the use of drugs that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dose and regimen of the drug are determined individually by the urologist in each case.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis with physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, including ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclusters, baths, mud procedures.
Ultrasound is used as high-frequency waves that no human can hear.
Laser therapy is a very common, almost painless method. The effect of laser beams on the tissues of the diseased organ or reflexogenic zones.
Treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the effect of an electrical impulse current that causes the muscles of the body to contract. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of prostatitis by exposure to a permanent magnetic and alternating low-frequency field in the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy involves exposing the affected tissue to a high-frequency electromagnetic field.
UHF is a complex of therapeutic measures with the help of capacitor plates attached to the tissues.
Galvanizing is a treatment method using low continuous current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis simultaneously affects low-intensity direct current tissues and specific drugs that enter the tissues with its help. Current increases ionic activity in tissues, pharmacological effects of drugs occur.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment using high-voltage, fast-switching high-frequency, low-power pulsed current.
Therapeutic microclysters are enemas that use various herbal infusions and decoctions.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed for general or local sitting. Different medicinal liquids are used at different temperatures during baths.
Mud procedures - the use of therapeutic mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of external mud applications or the insertion of mud rods into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeks are a wonderful gift of nature to mankind. With the help of these creatures can be treated many diseases, including prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with leprosy is carried out according to the following scheme: leprosy is placed at points located at a distance of 3 cm from the anus (anus), and the placement should resemble the letter "X". The central anus of the letter, the ends of the letter are the points where the leeches are located.
A slightly different treatment is also widely used: leeches are placed about 2 cm back from the median suture of the perineum in each direction. It is not recommended to install leeches directly on the perineal suture. The course consists of about 4-5 treatments. 4 leeks are used in one session. Take a break for 5-6 days after each session.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions made from medicinal plants. Some of these drugs must be taken internally, while others are used externally and injected into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional treatment that helps the body cope with the disease faster.
For the production of mildew are usually used plant bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes, for infusions - flowers, leaves, herbs and stems. There are many recipes for medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is maple buds and oatmeal infusion mixed with hip infusion (1: 1) taken 1 or 2 times a day.
Tincture of horse chestnut peel (25 g pour 250 ml of finely chopped peel, insist 10 days in the dark, shake occasionally). After that, filter the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice from the parsley and mix it with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons. spoons.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also includes boosting immunity and activating the body's defenses. In this case, doctors prescribe immunocorrective therapy. This includes the patient's intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal remedies and other means.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis treated in a comprehensive manner increases the effectiveness of therapy and helps to maintain the results obtained for a longer period of time. The drug is well tolerated, there are 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 treat the disease. Massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, he feels the prostate gland with the help of a gloved index finger, tries to determine its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, as well as checks the quality of mucus. rectum. After that, the doctor begins the actual massage procedure himself.
Lifestyle correction
In order to prevent blood stasis in the prostate gland, the patient should exercise a lot, go for a walk, do sports, etc.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stasis in the prostate gland. In this case, for therapeutic purposes, the patient should be given physical activity (possible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, a special diet, etc.
Thus, the complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibacterial therapy (only in patients with infectious chronic prostatitis, including latent ones);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the leading manifestations of the disease;
- Pathogenetic therapy is aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring the drainage of the prostate gland through the secretory ducts, normalizing urinary excretion, stabilizing the immune and hormonal systems, and preventing excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that prostatitis is "located" in the patient's body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and long, it gives positive results only if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.