This disease is one of the most frequent among male pathologies, and can be of a different nature (acute and slow pathology). This attack appears for several reasons.
But regardless of the causes of the pathologies, the patient must undergo complex therapy for the treatment of said ailment in order to heal from this ailment without leaving a trace.
Here in the article many aspects of such therapy are described, how effective is its application. Questions have also been raised about new methods used by the medical profession.
How to treat acute prostatitis
This pathology is not difficult to diagnose. It has such characteristics that it is difficult to confuse: pain in the perineal region, discomfort when urinating. Treatment of one type of acute pathology includes drug therapy with antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory complex.
Ultrasound examination allows you to determine the size and biological status of the prostate. In case of signs of acute and complex poisoning, the patient should be immediately referred to a hospital. Milder forms of acute prostatitis can be treated on an outpatient basis.
During the course of therapy, some complications sometimes arise, namely:
- the development from an acute to a chronic stage;
- Purulent inflammation of the prostate.
Most often, with proper treatment, full recovery occurs in a fairly short period of time with the use of timely therapy. However, tissue growth foci that can damage the organ can remain within the gland. To determine if they are, it is possible to find out by doing a transrectal ultrasound.
How to treat chronic prostatitis
The pathology usually develops without pronounced symptoms, sometimes for a fairly 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.
The 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.
Doctors of the complex also prescribe alpha-blocking drugs that reduce the excitement of the prostate. Among the physiotherapy methods, the most popular for this disease are myostimulation and microwave therapy 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 carry out some preventive procedures. Prevention also involves a proper 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.
Signs of pathology are very similar to the symptoms of ordinary prostatitis, a slow form.
The most relevant types of complex treatments 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 course of healing provides for 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 body's immunity);
- suppositories with ichthyol (used for slow forms of pathology, increase the circulation of blood flows 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 acute prostatitis. This type of prostatitis can be completely cured with the use of such medications, if they were prescribed correctly. And there will be no more complications.
The main thing in this case is the correct selection of antibacterial drugs. This takes into account how sensitive microorganisms are 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 main one when prescribing it, especially if the drug is to be used for a long time. A course of antibacterial drugs is prescribed with obvious symptoms of an infectious lesion. In this case, the patient's body temperature rises, pains appear in the perineum.
The antibacterial agents of various macrolides are especially popular in modern medicine. These drugs have properties that penetrate the tissues. 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, then the use of the product should be discontinued. If changes towards efficacy are noted, treatment with the prescribed medication can be continued until complete healing occurs.
Immunostimulating therapy
In addition to the healing methods described above, doctors are often prescribed immunostimulating drugs, drugs for prostatitis are inexpensive and effective. It should also be borne in mind that a decrease in the body's immunity 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 that have zinc in the 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 remedies that are a combination of several plants.
They well strengthen the immune forces of the body. If the patient has a type of chronic 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 with complex treatments and speed up the "work" of medications, ultimately affecting the effectiveness of the treatment.
The advantages of such therapy are the following points:
- Physical therapy improves lymph and blood circulation, and this helps to quickly dissolve inflammatory infiltrates. The unhindered flow of drugs is also guaranteed.
- The improved metabolic process has a positive effect on the restoration of the prostate.
- The permeability of the membrane cells facilitates the entry of drugs.
The most "popular" physical therapy methods are:
- Galvanizing sessions (low power direct current);
- Electrostimulation procedures (cause muscle contractions);
- UHF (action of a high frequency electromagnetic field);
- Microwave (ultrashort 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, various types of massage are used. According to experts, regular sessions of prostate massage help to avoid stagnation in it, improve the processes of elimination of secretions from the prostate. This procedure is contraindicated only when:
- prostatitis is acute bacterial in nature (infection can be generalized);
- there were complications associated with pathologies of the anus.
Technique to perform 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 origin of its malfunction. Massage:
- accelerates the penetration of drugs into the prostate tissue;
- promotes increased blood flow;
- It positively affects the muscles of the gland.
Surgical intervention
Surgical treatment operation may be necessary with the development of various complications of pathology.
For example, such a troublesome phenomenon is the formation of abscesses and foci of purulent inflammation, which can only be eliminated in this way. Surgical treatment is also necessary when there is an urgent need to restore the ability to urinate from the urethral canal with acute urinary retention that occurs when the urethral passage narrows.
An operation is indispensable even 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 secondary 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 home remedies.
This method is worth highlighting separately. Scientific medicine does not consider home 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, set on fire and simmering for a third of an hour. You can use not only grass, but also seeds. You can make a tincture with the seeds.
It should only be remembered that prostatitis is a serious pathology. It won't disappear with the flick of a magic wand. Even with the disappearance of the obvious symptoms of the pathology, the process may go unnoticed by the patient, and "one fine day" suddenly manifests itself with acute inflammation or other problem.
That is why it is necessary to undergo a high-quality comprehensive course of treatment, which includes:
- visit a highly qualified and experienced specialist;
- it is necessary to strictly follow the course of treatment that the doctor will prescribe.
Only with complex treatment of prostatitis it is possible to completely get rid of this ailment and obtain good health for many years.