This disease is one of the most common among male pathologies, which can be of different nature (acute pathology and spores). This attack occurs for various reasons.
But regardless of the causes of the pathology, the patient must undergo complex therapy to treat such a disease in order to be cured of that disease without a trace.
Here, the article reveals many aspects of such therapy, how effective its application is. Questions were also asked about the new methods used by the medical profession.
How to treat acute prostatitis
This pathology is not difficult to diagnose. It has such characteristics that are difficult to confuse: pain in the perineal area, discomfort when urinating. Treatment of the acute type of pathology includes antibiotic therapy and an anti-inflammatory complex.
Ultrasound examination allows you to determine the size and biological condition of the prostate. In case of signs of complex and acute intoxication, the patient must be referred to the hospital immediately. Milder forms of acute prostatitis can be treated on an outpatient basis.
During therapy, some complications sometimes occur, such as:
- development of the acute phase into a chronic one;
- purulent inflammation of the prostate.
More often, with proper treatment, complete recovery occurs in a fairly short period of time with the application of timely therapy. However, the growth foci of those tissues that can harm the organ can remain inside the gland. To determine if this is possible it is possible to find out by conducting a transrectal ultrasound.
How to treat chronic prostatitis
The pathology usually develops without pronounced symptoms, sometimes over a fairly long period, calculated in years. Perhaps the appearance of such symptoms:
- occurrence of increased urinary excretion;
- withdrawal 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 regeneration processes and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Doctors in the complex also prescribe alpha-blockers that reduce prostate arousal. 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 require urgent treatment.
It is enough to carry out some preventive procedures. Prevention also includes proper nutrition, active lifestyle, avoiding alcohol and taking vitamin preparations.
Complex treatment of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis
In the therapeutic complex for the treatment of this pathology such means and methods are used as:
- antibacterial drugs;
- different types of physiotherapy sessions;
- collection of herbs and various types of phytopreparations;
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
The signs of pathology are very similar to the symptoms of ordinary prostatitis, a slow form.
The most important 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 all the methods?
Anti-inflammatory therapy
A complex course of healing involves the use of various drugs that have anti-inflammatory effects.
These are basically special tools, for example:
- candles with propolis (broad-spectrum drugs, suppress the inflammatory process, increase the body's immunity);
- suppositories with ichthyol (used for sluggish 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 by using such medications if they are properly prescribed. And there will be no further complications.
The main thing in this case is the correct choice of antibacterial drugs. This takes into account how sensitive the microorganisms are to this drug, the drug’s abilities, and the patient’s body’s sensitivity to it.
The safety of the drug for the patient should be paramount when prescribing it, especially if the drug must 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, pain in the perineum appears.
Antibacterial agents from a number of macrolides are especially popular in modern medicine. These drugs have tissue penetration properties. This ability allows them to overcome tissue barriers in the prostate and enter directly into the foci of inflammation.
Such treatment is carried out, as a rule, two weeks, no more. In case there is no improvement at the end of the course, the use of the product must be stopped. If efficacy shifts are noticeable, then treatment with the prescribed drug can be continued until complete healing occurs.
Immunostimulatory therapy
In addition to the previously described methods of treatment, doctors often prescribe immunostimulatory drugs, prostatitis drugs are cheap and effective. It should also be noted that a decrease in the body's immunity or the protective function of certain organs quickly leads to the development of bacterial forms of prostatitis.
It is therefore unacceptable to forget about immunomodulatory agents. Such drugs in complex therapy are prescribed when various forms of pathology are detected. In most cases, drugs that have zinc in their chemical composition are prescribed. 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 medicines that are a combination of several herbs.
They strengthen the body's immune system well. 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.
Moreover, they contribute to the consolidation of the results of the pathologist's treatment and prevent the relapse of the disease.
Sometimes it is more useful to use complex preparations that contain vitamins and minerals, as well as herbal substances. Such means help speed up the recovery processes in the affected organs, increase the ability to resist all types of infections.
Physiotherapy
It is equally important to use physiological procedures in the complex of prostatitis therapy. Such therapy can help in complex treatment and speed up the "work" of drugs, which ultimately affects the effectiveness of treatment.
The advantages of such therapy are the following:
- Physiotherapy improves the circulation of lymph and blood, and that helps to quickly dissolve inflammatory infiltrates. The smooth flow of drugs is also ensured.
- Improved metabolic process has a positive effect on prostate regeneration.
- Membrane cell permeability facilitates drug entry.
The most popular methods of physiotherapy are:
- Electroplating sessions (low power direct current);
- Electrostimulation procedures (cause muscle contractions);
- UHF (high frequency electromagnetic field action);
- Microwave ovens (ultra-short wave operation);
- Magnetic therapy (low frequency current with constant magnetic field).
Prostate massage (prostate)
This procedure is also one of the physiotherapeutic treatments for prostatitis. In this case, several types of massage are used. According to experts, regular prostate massage sessions help to avoid stagnation in it, improve the processes of removing prostate secretions. This procedure is contraindicated only when:
- prostatitis is of an acute bacterial nature (the infection may become more widespread);
- there were complications associated with anal pathologies.
The technique of performing this type of massage
Sessions should be performed only by a highly qualified specialist - urologist or andrologist. This requirement is necessary to avoid damage. The procedure requires a clear knowledge of the location of the prostate and the origin of its malfunction. Massage:
- accelerates the penetration of drugs into prostate tissue;
- promotes increased blood flow;
- positively affects the muscles of the gland.
Surgical intervention
Surgery treatment may be required with the development of various complications of the pathology.
For example, such a problematic phenomenon is the creation of abscesses and foci of purulent inflammation, which can be removed only in this way. Surgical treatment is also necessary when there is an urgent need to restore the ability to excrete urine from the urethral canal with a sharp retention of urine that occurs when the urethral passage narrows.
Surgery is necessary even in the case when irreversible processes develop, for example prostate hyperplasia. In this case, the most effective surgical method of treatment. With it, the size of the tumor and the signs of pathology decrease.
This method can cause unwanted complications, although most male patients do not have special health problems. In modern medicine, there are several types of surgical procedures, the choice of which depends on many reasons that the doctor determines as a result of the examination.
Treatment with folk remedies
This method is worth mentioning 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 reported using well-known parsley.
Pour a liter of boiling water, put on fire and continue to cook on low heat for a third of an hour. You can use not only grass but also seeds. You can make a tincture from the seeds.
One should only remember that prostatitis is a serious pathology. It will not disappear with a wave of magic wand. Even with the disappearance of the obvious symptoms of the pathology, the procedure can go unnoticed for the patient, and "one fine day" suddenly manifests itself as acute inflammation or another problem.
For this reason, it is necessary to take a course of high-quality comprehensive treatment that includes:
- a 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 a complex treatment of prostatitis is it possible to completely get rid of this disease and get good health for many years.