Inflammation of the prostate gland - prostatitis - is increasingly common in men of reproductive age, that is, from 20 to 50 years. A few years ago, the disease was more often associated with men over 60. The reason for this change, of course, was the spread of factors that depress the body.
Thus, today this dangerous disease has become a real problem in modern urology: patients, unaware of the consequences, prefer to remain silent about their poor health. However, this dizziness can lead to sad consequences such as irreversible infertility and inflammation of many organs.
Prostatitis occurs due to the occurrence of bacterial infections, the causative agent enters the prostate in different ways - ascending (through the urethra), descending (from the bladder), lymphogenous and hematogenous (caused by inflammation of other organs - sinusitis, anal fissures, hemorrhoids and even caries). However, in addition to the infection itself, there are several factors that trigger the inflammatory mechanism of the prostate gland.
Hypothermia, weakened immunity, hormonal disorders, damage to the urinary tract, venereal diseases, irregular sex life, passive lifestyle contribute to the development of the disease. There are two types of prostatitis - acute and chronic, each of which requires a general and individual approach to treatment.
Treatment
Treatment of the disease is reduced to the elimination of stagnant or inflammatory processes in the prostate gland. But to finally deal with the disease, you must first exclude the cause of its appearance, and then treat the disease itself.
Diagnostics - a smear from the urethra to calculate whether there are viruses, protozoa or bacteria in the gland. If any are identified, then antibacterial therapy (antibiotic treatment) will be required for bacterial infections, and for viral etiology, interferon or gamma globulin preparations. Depending on the stage of the lesion, it is determined how long this stage of treatment lasts.
Medications - you can't do without them
First you need to make sure that the process is contagious. If so, medications in this category are required. In addition, they are almost always prescribed for chronic prostatitis, although no obvious signs of infection are found.
The best option is to first take a swab from the urethra and check it for bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics - this will make it possible to choose the most effective medication.
Antibiotic therapy is carried out with a group of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. This is due to the fact that antibiotics of this type penetrate well into the tissues of the prostate gland, in contrast to the series antibiotics of penicillins, cephalosporins and macrolides.
Antibiotic therapy can take quite a long time - up to three months. However, do not forget that the reckless use of antibiotics does not bring any benefit to anyone - be sure to consult a specialist so that he can advise you on the medication you need.
Note to patients - many drugs in this category have a depressing effect on sperm, but this is only during treatment! No need to worry about this - after a few months, the ability to fertilize sperm is fully restored.
Along with antibiotics, it is advisable to prescribe antifungal drugs, because antibiotics act only on bacteria, and with a background of reduced immunity, a predisposition to mycotic diseases (i. e. fungal) appears.
It is also possible to prescribe alpha blockers, which block pain and relieve cramps from the glands, relieve the smooth muscles of the bladder neck and prostate gland.
In parallel with antibiotic therapy, a man is prescribed a prostate massage - the procedure is quite uncomfortable and painful, but indispensable to cure prostatitis. Also, the doctor will prescribe toning drugs that dissolve the stagnant process and increase the body's immunity.
Patients themselves need to do many things - in order for treatment to pass faster, to ensure a better blood supply, patients need to lead an active lifestyle - to move more, sit or lie less.
For a comprehensive effective treatment of prostatitis, a man may be given additional medications that contain natural and natural ingredients. These drugs significantly improve the prognosis of treatment.
We repeat - taking this drug does not exclude all of the above stages of treatment, but only complements it. You cannot replace the intake of antibiotics with any herbal tincture - they have different directions of action. Let’s take a look at the most common herbal remedies for prostatitis.
In the modern pharmaceutical market, drugs for both chronic and acute forms of prostatitis are widely represented. However, one should not forget that the selection of medications is a purely individual matter, and before you start taking any medications on your own, you should consult a urologist. In fact, sometimes the drugs themselves can do more harm than good.
Negligence is the enemy of health
What will happen if the disease is left untreated? If a man is "lucky" to get a form of acute prostatitis, it is very important to consult a doctor at the first symptom - this will help to overcome the disease faster and more efficiently.
If the pathology spills to a chronic stage, long -term remission is possible, where the patient will stop temporarily bothered by pain in the groin when urinating, body temperature will not differ much from normal, the man may decide that his sexual function has also recovered.
However, during this "deceptive euphoria", the inflammatory process, which originates in the prostate gland, penetrates deeper and deeper into all human organs. In addition, remission is replaced by a sharp worsening, symptoms that are brighter than before.
Negligence in relation to their own health can lead to many unpleasant complications - abscesses, loss of potency, infertility. Moreover, infertility in advanced stages of prostate gland inflammation can rarely be treated.
Attention! Do not try the medicine yourself. Doctor's consultation and examination at the clinic are required.