Prostatitis is an inflammatory condition of the prostate gland in men that significantly reduces quality of life.
The reasons for the development of prostatitis
The following risk factors exist:
- genital tract infections;
- weakened immunity;
- bad habits;
- irregular sex life;
- hypothermia of the body;
- sedentary lifestyle.
These factors contribute to the enhancement of sluggish inflammatory processes in the prostate gland (prostatitis). It is easier to help patients in the early stages of the inflammatory process than to wait for clinical manifestations of the disease in the form of impaired urinary function, decreased quality of sex life or difficulty in reproduction.
Symptoms of Prostatitis
The absence of complaints in most patients in the early stages of the inflammatory process in the prostate gland (prostate) is due to the small number of pain receptors in this organ.
Naturally, you should consult a urologist when concerned about:
- painful sensations in the perineum, in the lower abdomen;
- itching in the urethra;
- reduced quality of sex life;
- frequent urination (not always painful);
- have to go to the toilet at night;
- Your partner cannot get pregnant.
In addition, fever, weakness, and anxiety may occur (including those caused by fear).
You should not delay starting treatment when symptoms (complaints) appear, which may subside for a while, but will progress without medical assistance.
Comprehensive treatment of prostatitis
For effective treatment, you need to consult a doctor. Diagnosis is based on complaints, examination data, and laboratory results. A high-quality examination ensures success in diagnosis (with identification of its cause) and further treatment. The necessary examination can be done in a specialist clinic. If you already have the test results and ultrasound results on hand, the clinic's doctors recommend that you bring them with you to your appointment. This will help you save your family budget and shorten your medical examination time.
In the treatment of complex prostatitis, the clinic's doctors use highly effective modern drugs, treatment courses, exercise therapy, nutritional recommendations. All this allows you to eliminate both the cause and the effect of the disease. Leading to the fastest recovery of the patient's health.
Treatment of acute prostatitis
The basis of treatment is antibiotic therapy, which is tailored to a particular patient in a particular case. As auxiliary drugs, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs are used. Drink plenty of water and rest in bed. If urinating is not possible, a catheter is placed to remove the urine. If an abscess develops, the patient will undergo transabdominal or transabdominal puncture to focus the pus.
With an advanced stage of prostatitis, urgent treatment in the hospital is necessary.
Effective treatment of chronic prostatitis
The complex action on the prostate gives good results:
- Antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal therapy is selected individually based on the results of laboratory tests and the stage of the disease.
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
- Preparations restore weakened immunity.
- Prostate massage restores the structure and function of the organ and improves the delivery of medicinal substances.
- Exercise therapy increases the effect of the previous three points.
- Nutritional recommendations.
Prostatitis prevention
Primary prevention means preventing disease in a healthy person.
- Fight a sedentary lifestyle. Including exercise therapy.
- The most complete nutrition with the obligatory use of vitamin and mineral complexes (trace elements).
- If you do not have a long-term sexual partner, the use of condoms during sex is mandatory. And refuse oral sex (all the same microorganisms live in the mouth as in the genitourinary system).
- If you have a frequent sexual partner, when an infection of the genitourinary system occurs (and this can be a complication of colds, food poisoning, and lack of hygiene), synchronous treatment is mandatory from day to day. different days and with the same medication.
- If you and your partner do anal sex, it's imperative to use a condom every time.
- Try not to be sleep deprived whenever possible. Fights Chronic Stress (There are many books written on this subject with results). It makes sense for athletes to control overtraining whenever possible. And try to avoid frequent hypothermia (clothing experiment) that lowers the body's resistance.
- If your sex drive has decreased, see a urologist to maintain a regular sex life.
Secondary prevention means preventing exacerbations and recurrences of an existing disease.
In addition to the above recommendations, the following should be added:
- Get checked by a urologist for urinary tract infections.
- Use of drugs that improve the structure and function of the prostate gland.
- Treat any foci of infection, including sinusitis and tooth decay.
- Limit alcohol if possible.
- Foods should have adequate amounts of fiber: vegetables, fruits, herbs, whole grains and always bran.
- Simultaneous treatment of diseases reduces the effectiveness of therapy. In which the most frequent and significant are diabetes, vascular disorders, metabolic syndrome, hormone deficiency (including the main male hormone - testosterone).