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, this disease was more often attributed to men over 60. The reason for this change, of course, is the spread of factors depressing the body.
Thus, today this insidious disease has become a real problem in modern urology: patients, not knowing the consequences, prefer to remain silent about their poor health. However, this lightheadedness can lead to such sad consequences as irreversible infertility and inflammation of many organs.
Prostatitis occurs due to the occurrence of a bacterial infection, the causative agents of which enter the prostate in different ways - ascending (through the urethra), descending (from the bladder), lymphogenous and hematogenous (due to inflammation of other organs - sinusitis, anal fissures, hemorrhoids and evencaries). 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, damage to the urinary tract, sexually transmitted diseases, irregular sex life, a 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 approaches to treatment.
Treatment
Treatment of the disease is reduced to the elimination of a stagnant or inflammatory process in the prostate gland. But in order to finally deal with this ailment, 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 needed for a bacterial infection, and for viral etiology, interferon or gamma globulin preparations. Depending on the degree of the lesion, it is determined how long this stage of treatment will be.
Medicines - you can't do without them
First you need to make sure that the process is infectious in nature. 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 examine it for the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics - this will make it possible to choose the most effective drug.
Antibiotic therapy is carried out with a group of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. This is due to the fact that this type of antibiotics penetrates well into the tissues of the prostate gland, in contrast to antibiotics of the penicillin, cephalosporin and macrolide series.
Antibiotic therapy can take quite a long time - up to three months. However, do not forget that thoughtless use of antibiotics has not brought any benefit to anyone - be sure to consult with a specialist so that he can advise which drug you need.
Note to the patient - many drugs in this category have a depressing effect on sperm, but this is only during treatment! There is no need to worry about this - after a couple of months, the fertilizing ability of the sperm is fully restored.
Together with antibiotics, it is advisable to prescribe antifungal drugs, since antibiotics act only on bacteria, and against the background of reduced immunity, a predisposition to mycotic (that is, fungal) diseases appears.
It is also possible to prescribe alpha-blockers, which suppress pain and relieve spasm from the gland, relaxing 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 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 - in order for the treatment to pass faster, to ensure a better blood supply, the patient needs to lead an active lifestyle - to move more, sit or lie less.
For a comprehensive effective treatment of prostatitis, a man will probably be additionally prescribed drugs that include natural, natural ingredients. These drugs significantly improve the prognosis of treatment.
We repeat - taking these drugs does not exclude all of the above stages of treatment, but only complements them. In no case can you replace the intake of an antibiotic with any herbal tincture - they have completely 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 very widely represented. However, here you should not forget that the selection of drugs is a purely individual matter, and before you start taking any medication on your own, you need to consult a urologist. Indeed, sometimes self-medication can do much more harm than good.
Carelessness is the enemy of health
What will happen if the disease is allowed to take its course? If a man is "lucky" to get sick with an acute form of prostatitis, it is extremely important to consult a doctor at the first symptoms - this will help to cope with the disease much faster and more efficiently.
If the pathology spills over into the chronic stage, long-term remissions are possible, during which the patient will temporarily cease to be bothered by pain in the groin when urinating, the 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 originated in the prostate gland, penetrates deeper and deeper into all human organs. In addition, remissions are replaced by sharp exacerbations, the symptoms of which are much brighter than the previous ones.
Carelessness in relation to their own health can lead to many unpleasant complications - abscesses, loss of potency, infertility. Moreover, infertility in advanced stages of inflammation of the prostate gland can rarely be treated.
Attention! Don't try to self-medicate. A doctor's consultation and an examination at the clinic are required.