Acute prostatitis is an inflammatory process in the prostate gland from which no person is protected. According to experts, this disease is detected in half of men of reproductive age. Acute prostatitis is infectious damage to the prostate gland, accompanied by edema and pus formation in this organ. Some symptoms appear immediately, while others are only detectable in diagnosis. What causes the disease, how does it manifest and what are the treatment options available?
Why did it arise?
The cause of the acute illness in men is infection of organs with gram-negative bacteria (E. coli, Proteus, Klebsiela and others) and gram-positive (streptococcal, staphylococci).
Acute bacterial prostatitis usually develops as a result of an urogenital infection that is transmitted through unprotected sex, such as:
- Chlamydia.
- Candidiasis.
- Gonorrhea.
- Trichomoniasis and some other diseases.
In addition, urethritis is often the cause of acute prostatitis: pathogenic bacteria penetrate through the open prostate tubes in the urethral wall. Less often, infections occur when men have acute cystitis and bacteria from the bladder enter the prostate gland. There is also a method of blood-borne infection in which the pathogen is spread throughout the body through the bloodstream.
Apart from these reasons, there are other reasons too:
- Intimate life disorder (interrupted intercourse and short intercourse, erectile dysfunction).
- Hypothermia.
- Inactive due to sedentary work or lifestyle.
- Pathology of the rectum.
- Consequences of surgical interventions on genitals.
- Infection of the respiratory tract virus.
- Stagnation forms in the pelvic vessels and often leads to impaired drainage of the ducts of the prostate gland.
- Difficulty defecation, varicose veins.
Various, but all, contributing to the onset of acute prostatitis.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms usually depend on the stage of inflammation.
During the catarrhal period, the following symptoms of acute prostatitis are observed:
- Severe and painful symptoms in the genital area.
- Painful and frequent bladder emptying, especially annoying for men at night.
- There may be a slight increase in temperature.
- There is no sign of drunk.
When palpated, changes may not be detected or a slightly enlarged prostate may be observed. In men, this test causes mild pain. Symptoms of an acute type of prostatitis are also detected through tests. In the bile of the gland, the amount of leukocytes is increased, the presence of mucous and purulent fibers, in the urine, leukocytes appear. Prompt treatment of the catarrhal type of prostatitis will allow a person to recover in a week and a half.
Acute prostatitis has more severe symptoms. Men worry about pain in the perineum, or sacrum, anus. At this stage, the person feels a little burning. The pain also leads to difficult bowel movements. The temperature rises to 37, 5-38 ° C.
Several symptoms were discovered and diagnosed. On probing, the doctor determined that this gland was enlarged and thickened, asymmetric, and when pressed, it caused severe pain. The number of purulent and leukocyte fibers in the urine increases, they are deposited in the urine as residues. If adequate treatment is indicated, the prognosis is favorable.
If the disease is not treated, the next stage will develop - acute parenchymal prostatitis. Symptoms of this form of the disease in men are as follows:
- The temperature increases up to 39-40 ° С.
- The patient shivered.
- There are signs of general weakness.
- Anorexia but constant thirst.
- At first, urinating a lot of time, with difficulty and after a while, disappears.
- Patient has constipation and flatulence.
Symptoms of this type of acute prostatitis are more obvious, for example, pain spreading to the rectal area, becomes fluttering. Sometimes the symptoms are complemented by swelling of the rectal tissues, in this case it is not possible to apply a rectal study method. A pus mixture is observed in the urine. Acute illness requires urgent treatment, otherwise an abscess may develop. In the event that the pathogen with a weak virulence enters the body, the actual symptoms do not appear, it is said that the patient has subacute prostatitis.
How to be treated?
Are men interested in the question of how to cure acute prostatitis? According to experts, the treatment of acute prostatitis is mainly based on the elimination of the causes of the disease. As a rule, drugs with an antibacterial effect are used. Antibiotics are selected individually in each case based on the diagnoses made. Take antibiotics for a long time until complete recovery. Such treatment, according to the judgment of doctors, will allow the suppression of acute processes that lead to the active reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms in the tissues of a man's infected organ. . Treatment of acute prostatitis should be comprehensive.
Not only antibiotics, but also other medicines:
- Immunostimulating drugs.
- Mean to improve blood circulation.
- Nonsteroidal inflammatory drug.
- Vitamin complex.
- Herbal medicine.
- Sedatives and antidepressants.
Preparations with antispasmodic and analgesic effects can reduce unpleasant painful sensations for men. The same effect is produced by suppositories for administration to the anus with anesthetic in the composition. Suppositories, as a rule, have antibacterial properties, which gently act directly on the cause of the disease - the causative agent. At home, rectal suppositories with sea buckthorn oil, propolis, honey, as well as douching with warm herbal decoctions will help relieve pain.
In order to normalize metabolism in the prostate gland in men and accelerate the regeneration of damaged tissues, a biosregulation peptide process is prescribed. Treatment also includes stimulants and immunomodulators, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (tablets or injections), injection solutions, and vitamin complexes.
If antibiotics or NSAIDs do not cure the infection, then the treatment will be hormonal.
After the main symptoms of acute prostatitis have been eliminated, the treatment is complemented by physical therapy:
- Electrophoresis.
- Massage the prostate gland.
- microwave oven and another one.
A good effect, proven by patient reviews, is the treatment of prostatitis with phytopreport preparations.
These medications are recommended for home use for preventive purposes. Plant-based pills can replace the decoction and infusions of home-made herbs.
Symptoms of acute prostatitis will completely eliminate the color of flowers, insects, and royal ligands. Horsetail grass, honeysuckle root, and chrysanthemum work.
With a significant delay in urine flow during acute prostatitis, a catheter is not inserted; Treatment is performed by removal of the bladder wall - cyst resection.
If a prostate abscess is diagnosed, then the treatment is carried out surgically, simultaneously opening the abscess and draining the cavity. In acute form, bed rest is shown, as well as refusal to have sex, to diet food.
According to doctors' evaluation, timely identification of the causes of acute illness and a methodical treatment process can cure the disease in a quite short time.