Prostatitis is usually called inflammation that causes swelling of the tissues and covers the male prostate gland, which is located just below the bladder. Treatment of prostatitis today occurs with 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 causes that caused the prostatitis. Treatment of the disease will be prescribed depending on the factors that contributed to the onset of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which, first of all, involves a study by a urologist. The doctor then continues to examine the patient's abdomen and genitals, palpating the prostate gland with his finger, inserting it into the rectum. During this examination, the doctor may diagnose enlargement, swelling, and tenderness of the prostate gland.
After a rectal examination, the urologist directs the patient to donate semen, urine, and prostate secretions. These tests make it possible to judge the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sometimes a sperm culture is required.
Scheduling urodynamic studies will enable the doctor 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 judge the volume and structure of the prostate gland, the volume of residual urine, the presence of a tumor or stones in the bladder, the presence of a blood clot. or stones in the lower third of the ureter.
Based on the above analysis and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for a disease so secretive and difficult to treat as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will give positive results only if it is comprehensive and selected by a competent doctor.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Due to the fact that inflammation of the prostate gland is often infectious in nature, doctors prescribe treating prostatitis as an antibiotic therapy. The result of the treatment 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 can not be interrupted - in this way, it is possible to damage not only the diseased organ, but the whole organism as a whole.
The patient should inform the doctor of any changes, sometimes not even significant in his body. If the patient has not felt any changes during 2-3 days of treatment, then the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another, but not cancel it.
Most often, broad-spectrum drugs - penicillins - are prescribed for treatment.
Also, modern medicine widely uses fluoroquinolone group tools. Microbes do not develop 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 very effective new generation drugs are used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts approximately one and a half months. In advanced cases, treatment of prostatitis lasts 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 dose and treatment regimen are prescribed by the urologist in each case individually.
Physiotherapy activities
Treatment of prostatitis through physiotherapy consists of the use of various methods, the main of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetotherapy, microwave therapy, UHF, galvanization, electrophoresis of drugs, darsonvalization, therapeutic microclisters, therapeutic and banistersmud.
Ultrasound is used as a high frequency wave that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common method, almost painless. It is the effect of laser beams on the tissues of a diseased organ or on reflexogenic areas.
Treatment of prostatitis with the help of electrical stimulation is the effect of an electric pulse current that causes contraction 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 continuous and alternating low-frequency magnetic field in 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 tissue-connected capacitor plates.
Galvanization is a treatment method 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 inserted with its help into the tissues. Current increases ionic activity in tissues, while the pharmacological effect of drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a method of treatment by means of a high-frequency, low-power pulsed current, which is extinguished quickly and with high voltage.
Therapeutic microclists are enemas for which various herbal infusions and decoctions are used.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed for general or local reductions. Different medical fluids with different temperatures are used during baths.
Mud procedures - the use of therapeutic mud. Therapeutic measures may include the use of external mud applications or the insertion of mud tampons into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Caterpillars are a wonderful gift of nature to humanity. Many diseases, including prostatitis, can be cured with the help of these creatures. Treatment of prostatitis with caterpillars is done according to the following scheme: the caterpillars are placed at points located 3 cm from the anus (anus) and the placement should resemble the letter "X". The center of the letter is the anus, the edges of the letter are the points of location of the caterpillars.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: pulling from the average suture of the perineum about 2 cm in each direction, the caterpillars are placed. It is not recommended to install cocoons directly on the perineum layer. The course is about 4-5 treatments. 4 caterpillars are used in one session. After each session, take a break of 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 must be taken internally, while others are used externally, injected into the urethra. Phytotherapy is an additional method of treatment that helps the body cope faster with the disease.
For the production of decoctions, the bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used, for infusions - flowers, leaves, grass and stems. There are a large number of recipes for the preparation of medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is an infusion of birch and oat buds, mixed with an infusion of rose thighs (1: 1), which is taken in half a glass 1 or 2 times a day.
Horse chestnut peel tincture (pour 250 ml of 25 g of finely chopped peel, insist in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). After that, strain the tincture, take 30 drops 3 times a day.
Squeeze the juice from the parsley and mix with some honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons. spoons.
Immunocorrective treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also consists of boosting immunity and activating the body's defenses. Doctors in this case prescribe immunocorrective therapy. It involves the patient taking various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbal medicines and other remedies.
The use of funds by patients with chronic prostatitis, the treatment of which is carried out in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of therapy and contributes to a longer preservation of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated, there are no contraindications. Can be combined with any other therapy.
prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with prostate massage is an uncomfortable but very effective way to cure the disease. The massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, with the help of a index finger with gloves, he senses the prostate gland, trying to adjust its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, as well as to examine the quality of mucus inrectum. After that, the doctor starts the actual massage procedure himself.
Lifestyle correction
To avoid stagnation of blood in the prostate gland, the patient should move a lot, take walks, play sports, etc.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, infrequent sexual intercourse. They cause blood stagnation in the prostate gland. In this situation, for therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed physical activity (feasible), 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 chronic prostatitis of an infectious nature, including latent ones);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the main manifestations of the disease;
- pathogenetic therapy aimed at restoring microcirculation in the prostate, restoring drainage of the prostate glands through excretory ducts, normalizing urination, stabilizing the immune and hormonal system, and preventing the excessive formation of fibrous tissue.
There are many signs that indicate to the patient that the prostate is "set" in his body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and lengthy, giving positive results only if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.