Inflammation of the prostate - prostatitis - is increasingly common in men of reproductive age, that is, 20 to 50 years. A few years ago, this disease was most often attributed to men over the age of 60. The reason for this change, of course, is the spread of depressant factors in the body.
Thus, today this insidious disease has become a real problem in modern urology: patients, not knowing the consequences, prefer to remain silent about their poor health. However, this dizziness can lead to such sad consequences as irreversible infertility and inflammation of many organs.
Prostatitis occurs due to the occurrence of a bacterial infection, the causative agents of which enter the prostate in different ways - ascending (through the urethra), descending (from the bladder), lymphogenic and hematogenous (due to inflammation of other organs - sinusitis, anal fissures, hemorrhoids and even cavities). However, in addition to the infection itself, there are a number of factors that trigger the prostate inflammation mechanism.
Hypothermia, weakened immunity, hormonal disorders, urinary tract damage, sexually transmitted diseases, irregular sex life, passive lifestyle all contribute to the development of the disease. There are two types of prostatitis - acute and chronic, each of which requires general and individual approaches to treatment.
Treatment
The treatment of the disease is reduced to the elimination of a stagnant or inflammatory process in the prostate. But to finally deal with this disease, you must first exclude the cause of its appearance, and then treat the disease itself.
Diagnosis - a smear of the urethra to calculate whether there are viruses, protozoa or bacteria in the gland. If any are identified, antibacterial therapy (antibiotic treatment) is required for a bacterial infection and for viral etiology, interferon or gammaglobulin preparations. Depending on the degree of the injury, it is determined how long this stage of treatment will take.
Medications - You Can't Do Without Them
First you need to make sure that the process is infectious in nature. If so, drugs in this category are needed. In addition, they are almost always prescribed for chronic prostatitis, even if no obvious signs of infection are found.
The best option would be to first take a swab from the urethra and examine it for the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics - this will allow you to choose the most effective drug.
Antibiotic therapy is performed with a group of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. This is due to the fact that this type of antibiotic penetrates well into the tissues of the prostate, in contrast to the antibiotics of the penicillin, cephalosporin and macrolide series.
Antibiotic therapy can take a long time - up to three months. However, do not forget that the thoughtless use of antibiotics has not brought any benefit to anyone - be sure to consult a specialist so that he can advise which drug you need.
Note to patient - many drugs in this category have a depressant effect on sperm, but this is only during treatment! There's no need to worry about it - after a few months, the sperm's ability to fertilize is fully restored.
Along with antibiotics, it is advisable to prescribe antifungal drugs, as antibiotics act only on bacteria, and against the background of reduced immunity, a predisposition to mycotic (i. e. fungal) diseases appears.
It is also possible to prescribe alpha-blockers, which suppress pain and relieve gland spasm by relaxing the smooth muscles in the bladder neck and prostate.
In parallel with antibiotic therapy, a man is given a prostate massage - the procedure is quite uncomfortable and painful, but absolutely necessary to cure prostatitis. In addition, the doctor will prescribe fortifying drugs that dissolve stagnant processes and increase the body's immunity.
The patient himself will have to do a lot - for the treatment to pass faster, to ensure a better blood supply, the patient needs to lead an active lifestyle - move more, sit or lie down less.
For a comprehensive and effective treatment of prostatitis, a man is likely to receive additionally prescribed medications that include natural and natural ingredients. These drugs significantly improve the prognosis of treatment.
We repeat - taking these drugs does not exclude all the above stages of treatment, but only complements them. In no case can you replace the intake of an antibiotic with any tincture of herbs - they have completely different directions of action. Let's take a look at the most common herbal remedies for prostatitis.
In the modern pharmaceutical market, drugs for the chronic and acute forms of prostatitis are widely represented. However, it should not be forgotten that the selection of drugs is a purely individual matter, and before starting to take any medication on your own, it is necessary to consult a urologist. In fact, sometimes self-medication can do far more harm than good.
Carelessness is the enemy of health
What will happen if the disease runs its course? If a man is "lucky" to get an acute form of prostatitis, then it is extremely important to see a doctor at the first symptoms - this will help to deal with the disease much faster and more efficiently.
If the pathology spreads to the chronic stage, long-term remissions are possible, during which the patient will temporarily stop bothering with pain in the groin when urinating, the body temperature will not differ much from normal, the man may decide that his sexual function also recovered.
However, during this "deceptive euphoria", the inflammatory process, which originated in the prostate, penetrates deeper and deeper into all human organs. In addition, remissions are replaced by sharp exacerbations, the symptoms of which are much brighter than the previous ones.
Carelessness about your own health can lead to many unpleasant complications - abscesses, loss of potency, infertility. Also, infertility in advanced stages of prostate inflammation can rarely be treated.
Heads up! Do not try to self-medicate. A medical consultation and an examination at the clinic are required.