Prostate is a complicated, sensitive issue to all people, especially shy, they are afraid that the diagnosis is, therefore, postponed the visit to the doctor. But we should remember that the sooner treatment is started, the greater the chance to achieve positive results, as well as many years to live a full life. Treatment of prostatitis requires a comprehensive approach to get rid of the symptoms of the disease and avoid complications, ask your doctor for advice and not to self-medicate.
Diagnosis of prostate
Before you start treatment of prostatitis that every man should be examined. This is necessary in order to determine the cause and form of the disease. The diagnosis usually does not cause difficulties for the urologist, so the chance of setting incorrect diagnosis, prescription, the incorrect treatment is negligible.
Diagnostic procedures for prostate is a small inconvenience, discomfort to the patient, but without them, unfortunately, impossible.
After collecting the history and general examination, the urologist performs digital rectal examination of the prostate, that the secret of the gland for analysis. The acute form of the disease, this procedure, too, because not only patient discomfort, but also pain. The prostate secretion is sent to the laboratory for analysis, which allows you to create a form of the disease (infectious prostatitis or abacterial). If biological substances to be detected in the pathogen of the disease, and the sensitivity to antibiotics, which significantly increases the effectiveness of treatment, and may shorten the duration.
If necessary, the finger examination, supplemented by ultrasonic examination of the prostate, which allows you to visualize and precisely determine the status. Ultrasound of the prostate can be performed in two ways: transabdominal (through the abdominal wall), and transrectal (through the rectum).
Transabdominal method, because the patient any discomfort, but informative, way worse than the second method. With this access, the doctor can determine the parameters of the glands, but to obtain data on the condition of the prostate, that's impossible. However, the Transabdominal method, protegendo diagnosis.
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUST) the prostate is a very informative method of examination, because the ultrasonic transmitter isolation, the tissues of the prostate only, the ampoule of the rectum. Thanks to modern tools, this procedure is the minimal discomfort to the patient, and the high frequency transducer allows the physician to see even very subtle structural changes in the prostate tissue.
A blood test for PSA (prostate specific antigen)
Prostate-specific antigen – a substance produced by prostate gland, while increasing the blood, the doctor may suspect disease of the prostate gland, including the prostate. Normal value of PSA of 4 ng/ml. the blood test is not only diagnostic screening method (recommended every year to a test to men over 50), but also helps the doctor to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of prostate diseases.
Treatment of prostate
Treatment of acute prostatitis, acute exacerbation of chronic forms of the disease are carried out according to similar systems. Adequate treatment leads to complete healing, acute prostatitis, or to achieve long-term remission, the chronic form of the disease.
Antibiotic therapy
Selection of the medicines approved treatment of prostatitis, shall be submitted to the doctor based on the results of the tests. Incorrectly prescribed antibiotic therapy can lead to the emergence of resistance to the pathogen that causes the prostate to the drugs, which greatly complicates the further treatment, and may contribute to the transition of acute prostatitis, the chronic form. If the patient shortly before the treatment, the prostate was taking antibiotics for approximately another illness, it is necessary to inform the doctor.
A course of antibiotics for prostatitis may be more than 2-3 weeks, but cut short when the relieve symptoms it is impossible to reduce the dose of the assigned drug, and to change the system in the betting.
Detoxification therapy, and receiving analgesics may be necessary in severe acute inflammation of the prostate. In such cases, the treatment is carried out in a hospital.
Local treatment
Physical therapy
Physiotherapy improves trophic prostate tissue, accelerate the healing process. Is it possible to use the following methods of physiotherapy: transrectal microwave hyperthermia, diadynamophoresis, laser therapy, ultrasound phonophoresis.
Candles, prostate
Rectal suppositories treatment of prostate highly effective because they contain active substances in the focus of inflammation, the greatest concentrations. Candles may contain, antispasmodic, antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory agents. Their use is often recommended by the doctor, as well as the prevention of exacerbations of chronic prostatitis.
Most popular rectal suppositories propolis, sea buckthorn Ichthyol candles, cones, which include the peptides extracted from prostate.
Prostate massage
This procedure is one of the most effective method in the treatment of prostate. Thanks to him, accumulated in the prostate, the secret squeezed out of it, then independently discharged through the urethra. In addition, the prostate massage improves the blood supply to the tissues of the glands that increases the effectiveness of antibiotics and local treatment.
To carry out prostate massage in the acute phase of inflammation is contraindicated, because it may prevent the spread of infection. The procedure is performed with the subsidence of acute inflammatory phenomena. Unfortunately, this treatment gives many patients the physical and moral discomfort, but to deny I don't, it's still not worth it.
Correction of immunity
Strengthening of immunity is required for all patients suffering from inflammatory diseases of the prostate. The good immune status of the body helps to avoid the development of chronic form of the disease. The patients are encouraged to strengthen the body's resistance to the disease in the natural methods (exercise, physical activity, fresh air), a natural immunomodulatory (lemon balm, Echinacea, Eleutherococcus, ginseng), and synthetic multivitamin complex.
Surgical treatment of prostate necessary, in rare cases, when an abscess of the prostate or narrowing (stricture) of the urethra.
In addition to the drug therapy for people suffering from this disease, you need to change your lifestyle and eliminate the factors that contribute to the development of acute or exacerbation of chronic prostatitis. It is necessary to avoid hypothermia, not alcohol and lead a sedentary life. Young men who lead an active sexual life, avoid infections, sexually transmitted using barrier contraception (condoms).
To what doctor to address
Prostate treatment urologist. The detection of the infectious pathogen causing the inflammation, the possible consultation of the venereologist'. Further help in the treatment of disease a physiotherapist, immunologist.