Inflammation of the prostate is commonly referred to as an inflammation that causes tissue swelling and covers the male prostate gland, which is located just below the bladder. Prostatitis is treated today by a number of modern methods, including antibiotic therapy, physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, herbs, immune correction therapy, prostate massage, and lifestyle correction.
When a patient enters a health care facility, the doctor examines the patient for the presence of causes of prostatitis. Treatment of the disease is prescribed depending on the factors that contributed to the development of the disease.
Treatment of prostatitis begins with the diagnosis of the disease, which primarily involves an examination by a urologist. The doctor then examines the patient’s abdomen and genitals, palpates the prostate gland with a finger, and inserts it into the rectum. During the test, your doctor may diagnose prostate enlargement, swelling, and tenderness.
After rectal examination, the urologist directs the patient to donate sperm, urine, and prostate secretions. These analyzes make it possible to judge the presence or absence of signs of infection in them. Sometimes sperm culture is needed.
Designating urodynamic tests allows the physician to understand how strong the effect of the disease on the urinary process is.
Transrectal ultrasound and ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder allow the urologist to assess the volume and structure of the prostate, the amount of urine remaining, 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 analyzes and studies, the urologist prescribes therapy for an insidious and difficult-to-treat disease such as prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis will only yield positive results if it is comprehensive and selected by a competent physician.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis
Given that inflammation of the prostate is often infectious, doctors prescribe treatment for prostatitis as antibiotic therapy. The result of the treatment will be positive only if the urologist chooses the appropriate therapy and the patient strictly adheres to the prescribed therapy. It should be reminded that the antibiotic treatment started cannot be stopped - it can damage not only the sick organ but also the whole body.
The patient should tell the doctor about any changes in their body, sometimes not significant. If the patient does not feel any change during 2-3 days of treatment, the doctor should replace the antibiotic with another one, but should not discontinue it.
Most commonly, a broad-spectrum drug, penicillins, is prescribed for treatment.
In addition, the group of fluoroquinolones is widely used in modern medicine. Microbes do not develop resistance to these drugs - this is one of the most important properties of these antibiotics.
In addition, many doctors prescribe drugs in the tetracycline group for treatment.
Sometimes a new generation of highly effective drugs is used.
Antibacterial treatment of prostatitis in patients with chronic prostatitis lasts for about a month and a half. In advanced cases, treatment for prostatitis is extended for up to 16 weeks. Occasionally, during antibiotic therapy, the patient suffers from intestinal dysbacteriosis. In this regard, the patient should use drugs that restore the intestinal microflora.
The dosage and treatment regimen will be prescribed individually by the urologist.
Physiotherapy activities
Physiotherapy for the treatment of prostatitis consists of a variety of methods, the most important of which are ultrasound, laser therapy, electrical stimulation, magnetic therapy, microwave therapy, UHF, electroplating, drug electrophoresis, darsonvalization, therapeutic microtherapysludge processes.
Ultrasound is used as a high-frequency wave that a person cannot hear.
Laser therapy is a fairly common, almost painless method. This is the effect of the laser beams on the tissues of the diseased organ or the reflexogenic zones.
The treatment of prostatitis with electrical stimulation is the effect of an electrical impulse current that causes the muscles in the organ to contract. Electrical stimulation is divided into rectal, perineal, and urethral.
Magnetotherapy is the treatment of inflammation of the prostate under the influence of a permanent magnetic and alternating low frequency field in the tissues of the affected organ.
Microwave therapy consists of exposing the affected tissues to a high-frequency electromagnetic field.
A complex of UHF therapeutic interventions using capacitor plates attached to tissues.
Electroplating is a method of treatment using low continuous current and low voltage.
Medical electrophoresis is a simultaneous effect on low-performance DC tissues and special drugs delivered to the tissues. The current increases the ionic activity in the tissues, while the pharmacological effect of the drugs occurs.
Darsonvalization is a fast-quenching, high-frequency, low-power, high-voltage pulse current treatment method.
Therapeutic microclusters are enemas that use a variety of herbal infusions and infusions.
Baths used to treat the disease are prescribed at a general or local meeting. The baths use a variety of healing liquids at different temperatures.
Sludge procedures - use of medicinal sludge. Therapeutic measures may include external mud treatment or insertion of muddy wipes into the anus.
Hirudotherapy
Leeches are a wonderful gift from nature to humanity. These organisms can cure many diseases, including prostatitis. Prostatitis is treated with leeches according to the following scheme: the leeches are placed at points 3 cm from the anus (anus) and the setting should be similar to the letter "X". The center of the leaf is the anus.
A slightly different method of treatment is also widely used: leeches are retracted approximately 2 cm in each direction from the central suture of the perineum. It is not recommended to install leeches directly on the perineum suture. The course consists of about 4-5 treatments. 4 leeches are used in one session. Take a 5-6 day break after each session.
Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is a complex of therapeutic measures with medicinal tinctures, decoctions, juices, infusions made from herbs. Some of these medicines should be taken internally, while others should be injected externally into the urethra. Phytotherapy is another treatment method that helps the body cope faster with the disease.
The bark, seeds, roots, buds and rhizomes of plants are usually used to make decoctions, and flowers, leaves, grass and stems are used for infusions. There are a lot of recipes for making medicines.
One of the most popular recipes is a scald made of birch buds and oats mixed with rosehips (1: 1), which should be taken 1-2 times a day with half a glass.
Horse chestnut peel tincture (pour 250 ml of 25 g finely chopped peel, keep in the dark for 10 days, shaking occasionally). Then strain the tincture, take 30 drops three times a day.
Squeeze the parsley juice and mix with any honey (1: 1), use 3 times a day on 2 tablespoons. chicken coop.
Immune correction treatment of prostatitis
Treatment of prostatitis also involves increasing immunity and activating the body's defenses. Doctors prescribe immunocorrection therapy in this case. This includes the intake of various vitamins, immunomodulators, biostimulants, herbs and other devices.
The use of funds for patients with chronic prostatitis, which have been treated in a complex way, increases the effectiveness of the therapy and contributes to the longer preservation of the results obtained. The drug is well tolerated and has no contraindications. It can be combined with any other therapy.
prostate massage
Treating prostatitis with prostate massage is an inconvenient but very effective way to cure the disease. The massage is performed by an experienced doctor. First, he uses a gloved index finger to feel the prostate gland, try to record its parameters, the degree of pain, the ratio of the right and left lobes of the gland, and examine the quality of the mucus in the mucosa. rectum. After that, the doctor will start the actual massage procedure.
Lifestyle correction
In order to avoid blood stagnation in the prostate gland, the patient needs to exercise a lot, walk, play sports, and so on.
The appearance of prostatitis is often provoked by a sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, and rare sexual contact. They cause stagnation of the blood in the prostate gland. In this situation, the patient is given physical activity (feasible), therapeutic exercises, walking in the fresh air, a special diet, etc. for therapeutic purposes.
Thus, complex treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis should include:
- antibacterial therapy (only in patients with infectious chronic prostatitis, including latent);
- symptomatic treatment to eliminate the leading manifestations of the disease;
- pathogenetic therapy aimed at restoring the microcirculation of the prostate, restoring the drainage of the prostate glands through excretory channels, normalizing urination, stabilizing the immune and hormonal systems, and preventing the excessive formation of fibrous tissues.
There are a number of indications to the patient that the inflammation of the prostate is "established" in the body. The treatment of this disease is very complex and lengthy, only if the patient strictly follows all the instructions of the urologist.