This disease is one of the most common in male pathologies, which can be of different nature (acute pathology and sluggish). This attack occurs for a number of reasons.
However, regardless of the causes of the pathologies, the patient must undergo complex therapy for the treatment of such a disease in order to cure from this disease without a trace.
Many aspects of such therapy are revealed here in the article as to how effective it is to use. 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 properties that are difficult to confuse: pain in the perineal area, discomfort when urinating. Treatment of an acute type of pathology includes drug therapy with antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory complex.
The ultrasound scan allows you to determine the size and biological condition of the prostate. If there are signs of complex and acute intoxication, the patient must be immediately referred to a hospital. Lighter forms of acute prostatitis can be treated on an outpatient basis.
In the course of therapy, some complications sometimes arise, namely:
- the development from an acute stage to a chronic one;
- purulent inflammation of the prostate.
More often, with proper treatment, full recovery occurs in a relatively short time if timely therapy is used. However, foci of tissue growth that can damage the organ can remain in the gland. To see if this is the case, it can be found out by performing a transrectal ultrasound.
How to treat chronic prostatitis
The pathology usually develops without pronounced symptoms, sometimes over a long period, calculated in years. Perhaps the appearance of such symptoms:
- the appearance of increased urine output;
- Drawing 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 repair processes and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Doctors in the complex also prescribe alpha blocker drugs that reduce prostate excitation. Among the methods of physiotherapy, the most popular for this disease are sessions of microwave therapy and myostimulation.
Treatment of asymptomatic chronic prostatitis
This type of pathology develops without any signs. Many experts believe that asymptomatic prostatitis does not need urgent treatment.
It is enough to take some preventive measures. Prevention also requires a proper diet, an active lifestyle, avoiding alcohol and taking vitamin supplements.
Complex treatment of chronic non-bacterial prostatitis
In the therapeutic complex for the treatment of this pathology, such means and procedures are used as:
- antibacterial drugs;
- Sessions of various types of physiotherapy;
- Collection of herbs and various types of phytopreparations;
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
The signs of pathology are very similar to symptoms of ordinary prostatitis, a sluggish form.
The main types of complex treatment today
The most popular types of complex therapy for prostatitis are:
- antibacterial complex;
- anti-inflammatory drugs;
- Immune complex;
- Sessions of physiotherapy;
- Massage treatments;
- Business.
What are the individual methods?
Anti-inflammatory therapy
The complex healing course involves the use of various drugs that have anti-inflammatory effects.
Basically, these 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 sluggish forms of pathology, increase blood circulation and have analgesic properties).
Antibacterial therapy
Antibiotics are used in this therapy. In all cases of this pathology, especially with acute prostatitis, they are considered the basis of the entire course of complex therapy. This type of prostatitis can be completely cured with such drugs if properly prescribed. And there won't be any further complications.
The main thing in this case is the correct choice of antibacterial drugs. This takes into account how sensitive microorganisms are to this drug, what capabilities the drug has and how sensitive the patient's body is to it.
The safety of the drug for the patient should be a priority when prescribing, especially if the drug has to be used over a long period of time. Treatment with antibacterial drugs is prescribed with obvious symptoms of an infectious lesion. In this case, the patient's body temperature rises, pain appears in the perineum.
Antibacterial agents made from a number of macrolides are particularly popular in modern medicine. These drugs have tissue penetrating properties. This ability allows them to overcome tissue barriers in the prostate and go straight to the foci of inflammation.
Such treatment is usually not given for two weeks. If there is no improvement at the end of the course, use of the product must be discontinued. If there are any shifts in effectiveness, treatment with the prescribed drug can be continued until complete healing occurs.
Immune stimulating therapy
In addition to the methods of healing described above, doctors are often prescribed immunostimulating drugs, drugs for prostatitis are inexpensive and effective. It should also be noted 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 different forms of pathology are detected. Most often, drugs are prescribed, the chemical composition of which includes zinc. It is this element that can destroy harmful bacteria and viruses.
Immune stimulating herbal preparations are no less popular here. Among these, the manufacture of Echinacea deserves special attention. There are remedies that are a combination of several plants.
They strengthen the body's immune powers well. If the patient has a chronic pathology, then antibacterial agents are included in the complex. Immune drugs give the best results in a relatively short amount of time.
In addition, they help consolidate the results of the treatment of pathologists and prevent relapse of the disease.
Sometimes it is more advisable to use complex preparations that contain vitamins and minerals, as well as herbal substances. Such funds help accelerate the processes of recovery in the affected organs and improve resistance to all types of infection.
physical therapy
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 the treatment.
The advantages of such therapy are the following:
- Physiotherapy improves blood flow to lymph and blood and helps to quickly dissolve inflammatory infiltrates. The unimpeded flow of drugs is also guaranteed.
- The improved metabolism has a positive effect on the restoration of the prostate.
- The permeability of the membrane cells facilitates the penetration of drugs.
The "most popular" physiotherapy methods are:
- Electroplating sessions (low power direct current);
- Electrostimulation procedures (causing muscle contractions);
- UHF (effect of a high frequency electromagnetic field);
- Microwaves (effect of ultra-short waves);
- Magnetic therapy (low frequency current with constant magnetic field).
Prostate (prostate) massage
This procedure is also one of the physiotherapy treatments for prostatitis. In this case, different types of massage are used. According to experts, regular sessions of prostate massage will help prevent stagnation and improve the processes of removing prostate secretions. This procedure is contraindicated only if:
- Prostatitis is of an acute bacterial nature (the infection can spread);
- There were complications related to pathologies of the anus.
Technique for performing this type of massage
The sessions should only be carried out by a highly qualified specialist doctor - urologist or andrologist. This requirement is necessary to avoid damage. For the procedure, it is necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the location of the prostate and the causes of its malfunction. Massage:
- accelerates the penetration of drugs into the prostate tissue;
- promotes increased blood circulation;
- has a positive effect on the muscles of the gland.
Surgical intervention
Surgical treatment may be required if various complications of the pathology appear.
For example, such a problematic phenomenon is the formation of abscesses and foci of purulent inflammation, which can only be eliminated in this way. Surgical treatment is also needed when there is an urgent need to restore the ability to restore urine from the urethral canal with sharp urinary retention that occurs when the urethral passage becomes narrowed.
Surgery is also essential if irreversible processes develop, such as prostatic hyperplasia. In this case, the most effective method of treatment is surgical. With it, the size of the tumor and the signs of pathology decrease.
This method can cause side effects, although most male patients do not have any particular health problems. In modern medicine there are several types of surgical intervention, the choice of which depends on many reasons determined by the doctor on the basis of the examination.
Treatment with folk remedies
This method should be highlighted separately. Scientific medicine does not consider folk remedies to be effective and correct, although some of them are very effective and do not cause complications. For example, pathologies can be carried out using the well-known parsley.
It is poured with a liter of boiling water, set on fire and continued to cook on a slow flame for half an hour. You can use not only grass, but also seeds. You can make a tincture from the seeds.
It should only be remembered that prostatitis is a serious pathology. It won't go away with the wave of a wand. Even if obvious symptoms of the pathology go away, the process may go unnoticed to the patient, and "have a nice day" suddenly manifests itself with acute inflammation or some other problem.
Because of this, it is necessary to undergo high-quality comprehensive treatment, which includes:
- Visit by a highly qualified and experienced specialist;
- It is necessary to strictly follow the course of treatment prescribed by the doctor.
Only with the complex treatment of prostatitis is it possible to get rid of this disease completely and get healthy for many years.