According to statistics, today at least 40% of men of productive age are not at all happy owners of inflammatory diseases of the genital area. Due to a certain delicacy of the pathology, most sufferers 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, then 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 get rid of an unpleasant ailment.
General rules and regulations
Modern methods of treating prostatitis involve the use of not only drugs, but also physiotherapy. In addition, the patient has to make some changes 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 recurrence.
Depending on the stage of the disease, its course, comorbidities and 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 drugs, 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 an advanced form, that is, the pathogenic tissues of the prostate have almost completely replaced the healthy ones, and the gland does not fully function, then an operative method of treatment is used. It is a surgical intervention, through which pathological neoplasms are removed and the function of the prostate is restored in whole or in part. This method is usually used only in extreme cases, when treatment with such means as drugs and physiotherapy does not bring visible results and there are no positive dynamics.
Medical therapy
As the name suggests, 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 many drugs that allow not only to eliminate inflammatory processes, but also to increase immunity, eliminate the negative consequences of taking antibiotics, and also completely restore the 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 feature of prostatitis is the following appearance: 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 lymphatic flow, which is the result of a sedentary lifestyle, the lack of regular intimate relationships, and so on. In view of this, drugs that restore blood circulation and eliminate pathogenic phenomena are used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in men.
- Antibacterial drugs. If the disease arose due to an infection of the body, that is, prostatitis has a bacterial pathogenesis, then its treatment in men involves taking antibiotics aimed at eliminating pathogens and restoring the characteristic microflora 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 the muscles and thereby relieving discomfort.
- If the development of prostatitis in men is the result of a change in the hormonal background, then 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 pain, 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.
Prostatic massage
Prostate massage can be attributed to modern methods of treating both prostatitis and a number of other inflammatory diseases. This is due to the fact that various devices and apparatuses are also used for direct physical impact on the prostate area, 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 phenomena of a stagnant nature, restore blood circulation and reduce the inflammatory process. In addition, only with the help of massage it is possible to remove the 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, they are used most often:
- laser therapy. The impact of laser radiation on the affected organs and tissues allows you to quickly eliminate inflammatory processes and reduce discomfort. In addition, there is a process of activating tissue regeneration and the restoration of blood circulation.
- Magnetotherapy. Currently, this method of treatment is widely used. Such a procedure involves the impact on the patient's tissues of a magnetic field, due to which blood and lymphatic flow is restored, the absorption 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 absorbs the drugs taken better.
There are also other methods of physiotherapy that are not used in modern medical practice. Consequently, their use is possible only in accordance with the patient's personal initiative. These include acupuncture, leech treatment, treatment with healing compresses, herbal medicine.
Additional methods
Currently, almost all specialists know 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 lymphatic flow. To do this, the patient must daily perform a series of physical exercises that will strengthen the blood vessels and improve blood microcirculation in the pelvic organs.
However, the abuse of loads, systematic physical work can have the opposite result, that is, provoke the negative phenomena of stagnation. Consequently, when choosing exercises, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of the patient.