Prostatitis is an inflammatory lesion of the prostate gland in men that significantly impairs quality of life.
Causes of developing prostatitis
There are the following risk factors:
- genital tract infections;
- weakened immunity;
- bad habits;
- irregular sex life;
- body hypothermia;
- sedentary lifestyle.
These factors contribute to the intensification of slow inflammatory processes in the prostate gland (prostatitis). It is easier to help a patient in the early stages of the inflammatory process than to wait for the clinical manifestation of the disease in the form of various injuries in urination, a decrease in the quality of sexual life or difficulty in reproduction.
Symptoms of prostatitis
The lack of complaints in most patients in the early stages of the inflammatory process in the prostate (prostate gland) is due to the small number of pain receptors in the organ itself.
Of course, you should consult a urologist when you are concerned about:
- painful sensations in the perineum, in the lower abdomen;
- itching in the urethra;
- quality of sex life decreases;
- frequent (not always painful) urination appears;
- you have to go to the toilet at night;
- a sexual partner can not get pregnant.
Also, fever, weakness, and the appearance of nervousness (including those caused by fear) are possible.
You should not delay starting treatment when symptoms (complaints) appear, which may diminish for a while but will progress without medical help.
Comprehensive treatment of prostatitis
For effective treatment, you should consult your doctor. Diagnosis is based on complaints, examination data, and test results. A high quality examination guarantees success in diagnosis (by identifying its causes) and further treatment. The necessary examination can be done in a specialized clinic. If you already have the results of laboratory tests, ultrasound results, then the doctors of the clinic recommend to take them with you to your appointment. This will help you save on your family budget and shorten exam time.
In the complex therapy of prostatitis, clinic doctors use very effective modern medicines, therapeutic procedures, exercise therapy, nutritional recommendations. All this allows you to eliminate both the causes and consequences of the disease. Which leads to the fastest possible recovery of the patient's health.
Treatment of acute prostatitis
The basis of treatment is antibiotic therapy, individually tailored to a specific patient in a specific case. As adjunctive drugs, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic drugs are used. It is recommended to drink plenty of fluids and rest in bed. If it is impossible to urinate, a catheter is removed to remove the urine. If an abscess develops, the patient undergoes a transurethral or transabdominal opening of purulent focus.
With a severe stage of prostatitis, urgent hospital treatment is needed.
Effective treatment of chronic prostatitis
The complex effect on the prostate gland brings good results:
- Antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal therapy is selected individually based on the results of laboratory tests and the stage of the disease.
- Anti-inflammatory therapy.
- Preparations that restore weakened immunity.
- Massage of the prostate gland restores the structure and function of the organ and improves the supply of medicinal substances.
- Exercise therapy increases the effectiveness of the previous three points.
- Nutritional recommendations.
Prevention of prostatitis
Primary prevention means preventing the disease as such in a healthy person.
- Fighting a sedentary lifestyle. Including exercise therapy.
- The most complete diet with the mandatory use of vitamin and mineral complexes (trace elements).
- If you do not have a permanent sexual partner, then the mandatory use of condoms in sexual activity. And refusal of oral sex (the same germs live in the mouth as in the genitourinary system).
- If you have a regular sexual partner, when infections of the genitourinary system occur (and this can be a complication after colds, food poisoning and lack of hygiene), synchronous treatment is mandatory day after day and with the same drugs.
- If you and your partner have anal sex, it is imperative to use a condom every time.
- Try not to lack sleep whenever possible. Against Chronic Stress (There are many books written on this topic with results). It makes sense for athletes to check overtraining whenever possible. And try to avoid frequent hypothermia (experiment with clothes), which undermine the body's resistance as a whole.
- If your sexual desire decreases, visit your urologist to maintain a regular sex life.
Secondary prevention means preventing the exacerbations and relapses of an existing disease.
In addition to the above recommendations, it is recommended that you add the following:
- Examine by urologist for hidden infections.
- Use medications that improve the structure and function of the prostate gland.
- Treatment of any foci of infection, including sinusitis and caries.
- Limit alcohol intake if possible.
- Food should contain a sufficient amount of dietary fiber: vegetables, fruits, herbs, cereals and always bran.
- Treatment of concomitant diseases that reduce the effectiveness of therapy. The most common and important of these are diabetes mellitus, vascular disorders, metabolic syndromes, hormone deficiency (including the main male hormone - testosterone).