Inflammation of the prostate gland - prostatitis - is becoming more common in men of reproductive age, ie from 20 to 50 years. A few years ago, the disease was more commonly attributed to men over 60. The reason for this change, of course, is the spread of depressing factors.
So today this insidious 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 such sad consequences as irreversible infertility and inflammation of many organs.
Prostatitis occurs due to a bacterial infection, the causes 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 tooth decay). ). However, in addition to the infection itself, there are a number of factors that trigger the mechanism of inflammation of the prostate gland.
Hypothermia, weakened immunity, hormonal disorders, urinary tract damage, sexually transmitted 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 both general and individual approach to treatment.
Treatment
Treatment of the disease is to eliminate stagnant or inflammatory process in the prostate gland. But in order to finally deal with this disease, you must first rule out the cause of its occurrence and then treat the disease itself.
Diagnosis - smear of the urethra to calculate whether there are viruses, protozoa or bacteria in the gland. If such are identified, then antibacterial therapy (antibiotic treatment) will be required for bacterial infection and for viral etiology, interferon or gamma globulin preparations. Depending on the extent of the lesion, it is determined how long this stage of treatment will be.
Medicines - you can't do without them
You must first make sure that the process is infectious. 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 test for bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics - this will make it possible 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 gland, unlike 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 pointless use of antibiotics has not brought any benefit to anyone - be sure to consult a specialist so that he can advise you on which drug you need.
Patient's note - many drugs in this category have a depressant effect on sperm, but this is only during treatment! You do not 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, as antibiotics act only on bacteria and against the background of reduced immunity there is a predisposition to fungal (ie fungal) diseases.
It is also possible to prescribe alpha-blockers, which suppress pain and relieve spasms of the gland, relaxing the smooth muscles of the neck of the bladder and prostate.
In parallel with antibiotic therapy, a man is prescribed prostate massage - the procedure is quite uncomfortable and painful, but absolutely necessary to cure prostatitis. Also, 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 - to get through the treatment faster, to provide a better blood supply, the patient must lead an active lifestyle - to move more, sit or lie down less.
For the overall effective treatment of male prostatitis, additional medications that include natural, natural ingredients are likely to be prescribed. 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 antibiotics with any herbal tincture - they have completely different directions of action. Let's look at the most common herbal remedies for prostatitis.
In the modern pharmaceutical market, drugs for both chronic and acute prostatitis are very widely represented. However, we must not forget that the choice of drugs is a purely individual matter and before you start taking any drug alone, you should consult a urologist. In fact, sometimes self-medication can do much more harm than good.
Negligence is the enemy of health
What will happen if the disease is allowed to take over? If a man is "lucky" to get an acute form of prostatitis, it is extremely important to consult a doctor at the first symptoms - this will help to deal with the disease much faster and more effectively.
If the pathology becomes chronic, long-term remissions are possible, during which the patient will temporarily stop experiencing groin pain when urinating, body temperature will not differ much from normal, the man may decide that his sexual function is alsorestored.
However, during this "deceptive euphoria", the inflammatory process that originated in the prostate gland penetrates deeper into all human organs. In addition, remissions are replaced by acute exacerbations, the symptoms of which are much brighter than before.
Neglect of their own health can lead to many unpleasant complications - abscesses, loss of potency, infertility. In addition, infertility in the advanced stage of inflammation of the prostate gland can rarely be treated.
Attention! Do not try to self-medicate. A doctor's consultation and examination at the clinic is required.