Prostatitis – difficult and very delicate problem for any man, much more so, many are ashamed and are afraid of this diagnosis, and then to postpone a visit to the doctor. But you must remember that the earlier you start therapy, the more possibility to get positive results and many years of living a full life. Prostatitis treatment requires an integrated approach, to get rid of the symptoms of this disease and to avoid complications, it is necessary to consult a medical doctor and not self-medication.
The diagnosis of prostatitis
Before starting to treat prostatitis, every man must pass an examination. This is necessary in order to establish the cause and the form of the disease. Usually the diagnosis is not easy from a urologist, then the probability of the formulation of a wrong diagnosis, and the target of the improper handling negligible.
The diagnostic procedures necessary to prostatitis, expresses a certain unease and discomfort for the patient, but without them, unfortunately, is not possible.
After the collection of medical history and of the general examination urologist performs a digital rectal examination of the prostate and take secret breast for analysis. In the acute form of the disease, this procedure can lead to the patient not only uncomfortable, but also the pain. The secret of the prostate is sent to the laboratory for analysis, which allows you to set the form of the disease (infectious prostatitis, or abacterial). If the biological material is detected, the causative agent of the disease, defined by its sensitivity to antibiotics, which significantly improves the effectiveness of the treatment and can reduce its duration.
If necessary, the digital studio is completed by ultrasound examination of the prostate, which allows you to view and identify exactly his state. ULTRASOUND of the prostate can be performed in two ways: transabdominal (through the anterior abdominal wall) and transrectal (through the rectum).
Transabdominal method does not give the patient any discomfort, but its information content is significantly lower than the second method. With this access, the physician can determine the parameters of the breast, but to obtain data on the state of the tissues of the prostate is impossible. However, the Transabdominal method is used for protegendo diagnostics.
Transrectal ultrasound (transrectal ultrasound) of the prostate is very informative method of investigation, since the ultrasonic sensor separates from the tissues of the prostate, only the rectal ampulla. Thanks to modern machines, this procedure produces minimal discomfort for the patient, and the use of sensors at high frequency allows the physician to see even the smallest changes in the structure of the tissues of the prostate.
Analysis of blood PSA (prostatespecific antigen)
Prostatespecific antigen is a substance that is produced by the prostate gland, with an increase of its level in the blood, the doctor may suspect the disease of the prostate, including prostatitis. Normal value of PSA of 4 ng/ml. This analysis of blood is not only screen-diagnostic method (you should pass each year this analysis, men over the age of 50 years), but, and helps the doctor assess the effectiveness of the treatment of the diseases of the prostate.
The treatment of prostatitis
The treatment of acute prostatitis chronic form of this disease is held to the same schema. With proper treatment occurs, a complete cure acute prostatitis or you get a long remission in the chronic form of the disease.
Antibiotic therapy
The selection of a specific drug for the treatment of prostatitis, is made only by a physician, taking into account the results of the analysis. Correctly assigned antibiotic therapy can lead to the appearance of resistance of the pathogen that caused the prostatitis, to medications, which greatly complicate the treatment and may promote the transition of acute chronic prostatitis. If the patient just before starting the treatment of prostatitis has no antibacterial drugs in the occasion of another disease, it is necessary to inform the doctor.
The course of antibiotic treatment with prostatitis can last more than 2-3 weeks, but stop the to relieve the symptoms of the disease can be, and how to reduce the dose the designated drug and to change the scheme of its reception.
Detoxification therapy and taking pain medication may be necessary in severe acute prostatitis. In such cases, the treatment is carried out in a hospital.
Local therapy
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy treatment helps to improve trophic tissue of the prostate and to accelerate the healing process. You can apply the following methods of physiotherapy: transrectal microwave hyperthermia, diadynamophoresis, laser therapy, ultrasound fonoforesi.
Candles with prostatitis
Rectal suppositories for the treatment of prostatitis have high efficiency, because, in their active substances behave in an outbreak of inflammation in the largest concentration. The candles can contain anti-spasmodic, anti-bacterial, analgesic and anti-inflammatory substances. Their application is often recommended for the doctor and for the prevention of relapse of chronic prostatitis.
The most popular rectal suppositories with propolis, Ichthyol and buckthorn candles, and also suppositories, which contain peptides, extract from the material the herb of the prostate.
Prostate massage
This procedure is one of the most effective methods for the treatment of prostatitis. Thanks to you, have accumulated in the prostate gland, the secret is squeezed out of it, and then already only is expelled through the urethra. In addition to this, the massage of the prostate helps to improve the vascularity of the tissues the breast, which increases the effectiveness of antibacterial therapy and local.
In the possession of, massage of the prostate during acute inflammation, is contraindicated, as this may lead to the spread of infection. The procedure is performed when calming the acute inflammatory phenomena. Unfortunately, this method of treatment offers many patients the physical and moral discomfort, but to give him up not not worth.
Correction of immunity
The strengthening of the immune system, it is necessary to each patient, who was suffering from inflammatory diseases of the prostate. Good the immune status of the body will help you avoid the development of aggravation of the chronic form of the disease. The patients are recommended to strengthen the body's resistance to diseases with the help of natural methods (temperature, physical activity in the open air), a natural immunomodulatory (lemongrass, echinacea, eleutherococcus, ginseng), and synthetic multivitamin complexes.
The surgical treatment of prostatitis is necessary in rare cases, in the case of abscesses of the prostate, or stricture (contractions) of the urethra.
Besides the medical therapy men who suffer from this disease, it is necessary to change the style of life and to eliminate the factors that contribute to the development of acute or exacerbation of chronic prostatitis. It is necessary to prevent hypothermia, to abandon the consumption of alcohol and lead a sedentary life. The young men, leading an active sex life, you should avoid contracting sexually transmitted infections, with the help of the contraceptive barrier (condom).
To what doctor to address
Prostatitis treatment doctor-urologist. To identify the infectious agent that causes the inflammation, it is possible to consult venereologist'. A further help in the complete treatment of the disease may have a doctor-physical therapist and immunologist.