According to statistics, today at least 40% of men of productive age are by no means happy owners of inflammatory diseases of the genital area. Due to some delicacy of the pathology, most of the sick turn to a specialist only if the characteristic signs of the disease significantly complicate everyday life.
A timely visit to the doctor and the start of treatment at an early stage will help get rid of prostatitis faster.
It is possible to cure the disease quickly and with the condition of using minimal therapy only in the early stages of development, when there are practically no symptoms. If the treatment is not carried out in a timely manner, the complete elimination of prostatitis can take a long time and require the use of complex therapy. Modern methods include the use of not only drugs, but also other ways to eliminate an unpleasant ailment.
General rules and regulations
Modern methods of treating prostatitis involve the use of not only medication, but also physiotherapy. In addition, the patient needs to make some adjustments to the diet and daily routine. These measures are necessary not only to eliminate the main symptoms of the disease, but also to prevent its reappearance.
Depending on the stage of the disease, its course, comorbidities, as well as some individual characteristics of the patient, specialists can apply a conservative or surgical method of treatment.
- The conservative method involves the treatment of an ailment in men using the most common methods. These can be medications, some methods of physiotherapy, adherence to the daily regimen and nutrition. The use of a conservative method is allowed both in the early stages of the development of the disease, and for the treatment of its chronic and acute forms.
- If the disease is in advanced form, that is, the pathogenic tissues of the prostate have almost completely replaced healthy ones, and the gland does not function fully, an operative method of treatment is used. It involves surgical intervention, through which pathological neoplasms are removed and the function of the prostate is completely or partially restored. This method is usually used only in extreme cases, when treatment with such means as medications and physiotherapy does not bring visible results and there is no positive dynamics.
Medical therapy
As the name implies, drug therapy is the treatment of prostatitis, as well as a number of other diseases of the genital area in men, by taking medications. Currently, there are a lot of medicines that allow not only to eliminate inflammation processes, but also to increase immunity, eliminate the negative consequences of taking antibiotics, and also completely restore productive function.
Modern drugs, which are most often used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, are combined into several main groups, each of which implies one or another effect on the body. For example:
- A characteristic feature of prostatitis is the following aspect: most often the disease develops against the background of the presence of congestive phenomena occurring in the pelvic area. Their appearance is due to the deterioration of blood and lymph flow, which is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, the lack of regular intimate relationships, and so on. In view of this, in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men, drugs are used that restore blood circulation and eliminate pathogenic phenomena.
- Antibacterial drugs. If the disease arose as a result of infection of the body, that is, prostatitis has a bacterial pathogenesis, its treatment in men involves taking antibiotics aimed at eliminating pathogens and restoring the microflora characteristic of the body.
- Problems with urination in men, expressed in the appearance of pain in the bladder area, are also due to the spread of the inflammatory process, against which a systematic spasm of the muscles of the excretory system occurs, which causes pain. To eliminate this phenomenon, modern drugs are used that effectively eliminate spasms, relaxing muscles and thereby relieving discomfort.
- If the development of prostatitis in men is the result of a change in the hormonal background, drugs are also used during treatment, the action of which is aimed at restoring and normalizing the level of hormones.
- The characteristic symptoms of prostatitis are soreness, burning sensation and itching in the prostate area. To eliminate the negative signs of the disease in men, topical preparations are used that have a calming, healing and regenerating effect on the tissues.
Prostate massage
Prostate massage can be attributed to modern methods of treatment of both prostatitis and a number of other inflammatory diseases. This is due to the fact that for direct physical impact on the prostate area, various devices and apparatuses are also used, the action of which is based on the radiation of magnetic waves. Although, in fairness, it should be noted that palpation of the prostate is most often practiced.
Massage is one of the most effective methods of treating diseases of the productive system. It allows you to effectively eliminate the phenomena of stagnant nature, restore blood circulation and reduce the inflammatory process. In addition, only with the help of massaging it is possible to remove pus and secret accumulated in the course of the disease from the prostate gland.
However, the use of this method is unacceptable in acute forms of the disease.
Physiotherapy
Almost all methods of treating prostatitis through the use of physiotherapy are modern. In general medical practice, the following are most often used:
- laser therapy. The impact on the affected organs and tissues of laser radiation allows you to quickly eliminate inflammatory processes and reduce discomfort. In addition, there is a process of activation of tissue regeneration, as well as restoration of blood circulation.
- Magnetotherapy. Currently, this method of treatment is widely used. A procedure of this kind involves the impact on the patient's tissues of a magnetic field, due to which the blood and lymph flow is restored, the adsorption of active substances into the organs and tissues, which are contained in the preparations prescribed to the patient for the treatment of prostatitis, improves.
- Microwave - therapy, the action of which is based on thermal exposure. This method contributes to the regeneration and restoration of tissues, can significantly reduce pain and contributes to the fact that the body better absorbs the medications taken.
There are also other methods of physiotherapy that are not used in modern medical practice. Accordingly, their use is possible only in accordance with the personal initiative of the patient. These include acupuncture, treatment with leeches, treatment with healing wraps, herbal medicine.
Additional Methods
Currently, almost every specialist knows that the elimination of the main symptoms of both prostatitis and other inflammatory diseases of the genital area will not bring tangible results in the absence of such measures as adherence to the daily regimen and nutrition.
Due to the fact that the disease usually occurs against the background of characteristic stagnation phenomena, for prevention and treatment it is necessary to eliminate this pathology and restore blood and lymph flow. To do this, the patient should perform daily a set of physical exercises that will strengthen blood vessels and improve blood microcirculation in the pelvic organs.
However, the abuse of loads, systematic physical overwork can have the opposite result, that is, provoke the negative phenomena of stagnation. Accordingly, when choosing exercises, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of the patient.