Inflammation of the prostate gland - prostatitis - is increasingly common in men of reproductive age, that is, from 20 to 50 years old. A few years ago, this disease was most often attributed to men over 60. The reason for this change, of course, is the spread of factors that depress the body.
Thus, today this insidious disease has become a real problem in modern urology: patients, not knowing the consequences, prefer to keep quiet about their poor health. However, this dizziness can lead to sad consequences such 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), lymphogenic and hematogenous (due to inflammation of others 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 inflammation mechanism 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 requiring both general and individual therapeutic approaches.
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 rule out the cause of its appearance, and then cure the disease itself.
Diagnostics: a stain from the urethra to calculate if there are viruses, protozoa or bacteria in the gland. If one is identified, antibacterial therapy (antibiotic treatment) will be required for a bacterial infection and for preparations of viral etiology, interferon, or gamma globulin. Depending on the degree of the lesion, how long this stage of treatment will last is determined.
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 there are no obvious signs of infection.
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 allow you 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 antibiotics penetrates well into the tissues of the prostate gland, unlike antibiotics from the penicillin, cephalosporin and macrolide series.
Antibiotic therapy can take a long time, up to three months. However, do not forget that the reckless use of antibiotics did not bring any benefit to anyone - be sure to consult a specialist so that he can advise you 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 fertilization capacity of the sperm is fully restored.
Along 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 fungal (that is, fungal) diseases appears.
It is also possible to prescribe alpha-blockers, which suppress pain and relieve spasm of the gland by 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 must lead an active lifestyle - to move more, sit or lie down less.
For a complete and effective treatment of prostatitis, a man will likely be prescribed additional medications that include natural and natural ingredients. These drugs significantly improve the prognosis of treatment.
We repeat: the intake of these drugs does not exclude all the above treatment stages, but only complements them. In no case can you replace taking 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 chronic and acute prostatitis are widely represented. However, it should not be forgotten that the selection of drugs is a purely individual matter and before starting to take any drugs on your own, you should consult a urologist. In fact, self-medication can sometimes do a lot more harm than good.
Neglect is the enemy of health
What will happen if the disease can run its course? If a man is "lucky" to have 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 into the chronic stage, long-term remissions are possible, during which the patient will temporarily stop being bothered by pain in the groin when urinating, the body temperature will not differ much from normal, the man can 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 severe exacerbations, the symptoms of which are much brighter than the previous ones.
Neglect in relation to your own health can lead to many unpleasant complications: abscesses, loss of potency, infertility. In addition, infertility in the advanced stages of inflammation of the prostate gland can rarely be treated.
Attention! Don't try to self-medicate. A medical consultation and examination at the clinic are required.