According to statistics, today at least 40% of men of productive age are by no means happy owners of inflammatory diseases of the genital area. Due to some delicacy of the pathology, most patients turn to a specialist only if the characteristic signs of the disease significantly complicate daily life.
A timely visit to the doctor and starting treatment at an early stage will help eliminate prostatitis faster.
It is possible to cure the disease quickly and with the condition of using minimal therapy only in the early stages of development, when there are practically no symptoms. If treatment is not performed in a timely manner, complete elimination of prostatitis can take a long time and require the use of complex therapy. Modern methods include the use of not only drugs but also other ways to eliminate an unpleasant disease.
General rules and regulations
Modern methods of treating prostatitis include the use of not only medication but also physiotherapy. In addition, the patient should make some adjustments to the daily diet and routine. These measures are necessary not only to eliminate the main symptoms of the disease, but also to prevent its recurrence.
Depending on the stage of the disease, its course, concomitant diseases, as well as some individual characteristics of the patient, specialists may apply a conservative or surgical treatment method.
- The conservative method involves treating a disease in men using the most common methods. These can be medications, some methods of physiotherapy, adherence to daily regimen and diet. The use of a conservative method is allowed both in the early stages of disease development, as well as for the treatment of its chronic and acute forms.
- If the disease is in advanced form, that is, the pathogenic tissues of the prostate have almost completely replaced the healthy ones and the gland is not fully functioning, an operative method of treatment is used. It involves surgical intervention, through which pathological neoplasms are removed and prostate function is fully or partially restored. This method is usually used only in extreme cases, when treatment with tools such as medication and physiotherapy does not bring visible results and there are no positive dynamics.
Medical therapy
As the name implies, drug therapy is the treatment of prostatitis, as well as a variety of other diseases of the genital area in men, taking medication. Currently, there are many drugs that allow not only the elimination of inflammatory processes, but also the increase of immunity, the elimination of the negative consequences of taking antibiotics and also the full restoration of productive function.
Modern medicines, which are most often used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, are combined into several main groups, each of which implies one or another effect on the body. For example:
- A characteristic feature of prostatitis is the following aspect: most often the disease develops against the background of the presence of congestive phenomena occurring in the pelvic area. Their appearance is due to the deterioration of blood and lymph flow, which is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, lack of regular intimate relations, etc. In view of this, in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, drugs are used that restore blood circulation and eliminate pathogenic phenomena.
- Antibacterial drugs. If the disease appeared as a result of infection of the body, that is, prostatitis has a bacterial pathogenesis, its treatment in men involves taking antibiotics aimed at eliminating pathogens and restoring the characteristic microflora of the body.
- Problems with urination in men, expressed in the appearance of pain in the bladder area, are also due to the spread of the inflammatory process, against which appears a systemic muscle spasm of the excretory system, which causes pain. To eliminate this phenomenon, modern drugs are used that effectively eliminate spasms, relax the muscles and thus alleviate anxiety.
- If the development of prostatitis in men is the result of a change in the hormonal background, medications are also used during treatment, the action of which is aimed at restoring and normalizing hormone levels.
- Characteristic symptoms of prostatitis are pain, burning sensation and itching in the prostate area. To eliminate the negative signs of the disease in men, topical preparations are used that have a calming, healing and regenerating effect on the tissues.
Prostate massage
Prostate massage can be attributed to modern methods of treating prostatitis and a variety of other inflammatory diseases. This is due to the fact that for direct physical impact on the prostate area are used various devices and apparatus, the action of which is based on the radiation of magnetic waves. Although, fairly, it should be noted that prostate palpation is practiced more often.
Massage is one of the most effective methods for treating diseases of the productive system. This allows you to effectively eliminate the phenomena of stagnant nature, restore blood circulation and reduce the inflammatory process. In addition, only with the help of massage it is possible to remove pus and secretion accumulated in the course of the disease from the prostate gland.
However, the use of this method is unacceptable in acute forms of the disease.
Physiotherapy
Almost all methods of treating prostatitis through the use of physiotherapy are modern. In general medical practice, the following are most often used:
- laser therapy. The impact on the organs and tissues affected by laser radiation allows you to quickly eliminate inflammatory processes and reduce discomfort. In addition, there is a process of activating tissue regeneration as well as restoring blood circulation.
- Magnetotherapy. Currently, this method of treatment is widely used. A procedure of this type involves the impact on the patient's tissues of a magnetic field, due to which the blood and lymphatic flow is restored, the adsorption of active substances in organs and tissues, which are contained in the preparations prescribed to the patient. treatment of prostatitis, improves.
- Microwave - therapy, the action of which is based on thermal exposure. This method contributes to the regeneration and restoration of tissues, can significantly reduce pain and contributes to the fact that the body better absorbs the medication taken.
There are other methods of physiotherapy that are not used in modern medical practice. Therefore, their use is possible only in accordance with the personal initiative of the patient. These include acupuncture, treatment with caterpillars, treatment with healing wraps, herbal medicine.
Additional Methods
Currently, almost every specialist knows that eliminating the main symptoms of prostatitis and other inflammatory diseases of the genital area will not bring tangible results in the absence of measures such as adherence to daily regimen and diet.
Due to the fact that the disease usually appears against the background of the characteristic phenomena of stagnation, for prevention and treatment it is necessary to eliminate this pathology and restore blood and lymphatic flow. To do this, the patient must perform daily a set of physical exercises that will strengthen blood vessels and improve blood microcirculation in the pelvic organs.
However, the abuse of loads, systematic physical work can have the opposite result, thus provoking negative stagnation phenomena. Therefore, when choosing exercises, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of the patient.