The treatment of inflammation of the prostate, prostatitis – in most cases begins with the introduction of the antibiotic in a group of drugs in a matter of a few weeks. With significant improvement in health status, course of treatment, usually lasts for 2-3 months. If the condition does not improve, it may be necessary to conduct more research.
Treatment options
The therapeutic techniques depend on the type of prostatitis.
Useful tips to care for and maintain the health of the prostate
Medicines from prostatitis, can help alleviate the most common problems associated with inflammation and the extension of the prostate, ease the pain and difficulty to urinate, reduce the rate of false stimuli to urinate during the day and the night. Effective drugs for the treatment of prostate problems are also used for the treatment of chronic inflammation of the prostate gland and helps to maintain sexual activity into advanced age.
- promptly start receiving an effective medication – when the first manifestations of prostatitis try pills, which are also suitable for the following treatment after surgery; for the treatment of chronic prostatitis pills to relieve the main symptoms of inflammation;
- take dietary supplements – pharmaceutical modern market offers a variety of products, of which the action aims to maintain the health of the prostate; they can also take preventive;
- try the effect of the herbs – to promote health of the prostate is recommended, for example, nettle or calendula; you can also ask for help at a ready herbal compounds that are sold in the pharmacy.
In case of severe symptoms of prostatitis, as a constant "dripping" urine or pain during urination, consult a doctor immediately, because there is a risk of damage to the urinary tract and kidneys.
The treatment and the etiology
The use of antibiotics during bacterial prostatitis etiology is the main method of treatment. The doctor may prescribe antibiotics, based on the history, clinical picture and other factors include the age of a person. To relieve the symptoms can be used as drugs:
- Painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs and antipyretics. These include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS); the most economic and effective presented aspirinovoj group.
- Part of the treatment is receiving laxatives to avoid potential constipation.
The treatment of chronic inflammation of bacterial may take a long period of taking antibiotics, especially if symptoms tend to appear again. In some cases, it is assigned a long-term therapy with the introduction of low doses of drugs, which aims to reduce the spread of infection and prevention of recurrence of urinary tract infection (UTI).
Inflammatory and non-inflammatory prostatitis
Inflammatory and non-inflammatory prostatitis initially, usually requires an antibiotic treatment because the infection is not immediately detectable in the course of the research. However, experts warn of non-feasibility of prolonged antibiotic therapy in the absence of suspicion about the presence of a bacterial infection. Drugs, that apply in the case of this disease include:
- Antibiotics. Any medication to a group of antibiotics is the most rapid tool. In the case of surveillance to improve the state of health, probably, has not previously diagnosed an infection.
- Painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDS).
- Muscle relaxants – drug, relaxing the muscles of the whole body, or alpha-blockers – are assigned to relax the prostate muscle.
- Inhibitors of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors – drugs inhibiting (delaying) the growth of the prostate.
- Benzodiazepines are medications that reduce anxiety. The drugs of this group are able to facilitate urination by relaxing the muscles around the prostate.
- Anticonvulsants – drugs used for the treatment of chronic pain in nature.
Alpha-blockers
Alpha-blockers cause the release of subverticillate obstruction by lowering the muscle tone of the smooth muscle of the bladder neck and prostate, which comes as a result of blocking alpha-1 receptors. The drugs of this group have a rapid onset of action (1-2 weeks), do not affect PSA levels and their role in the sexual function. They can bring about a rapid improvement in symptoms and urinary flow.
The most common side effects of alpha-blockers include:
- orthostatic hypotension,
- headaches,
- dizziness,
- fatigue,
- peripheral edema,
- tachycardia and palpitations,
- the retrograde ejaculation.
These effects are due to peripheral and central action, even if many of the drugs uroselective. Alpha-blockers are an option for people with moderate or severe symptoms that require quick relief. All alpha-blockers have a similar efficacy in the clinic. If a person does not register an improvement in symptoms within 6-8 weeks of treatment, therapy should be discontinued, as well as the probability of the effect after prolonged use is negligible. The combination of the natural enzymes of vegetable origin and of animal origin is a cure for prostatitis, which contains a proteolytic enzyme, has a positive effect on the immune system and inflammation (acute, recurrent, and chronic). When you make complex quickly reabsorbed swelling, bruising, and hematomas, reduces the pain. The drug accelerates the healing. Such medicines are suitable as a supportive therapy in various inflammations:
- infection of the respiratory tract and the urinary tract,
- inflammation, gynecological,
- the inflammation of the prostate,
- the inflammation of superficial veins (including haemorrhoids).
Also suitable for the pain and swelling associated with injury, states after operations (including surgical interventions in dentistry and plastic surgery). The medication also helps with the inflammatory activity of chronic degenerative diseases of the joints (arthritis) and other inflammation of the muscle and skeletal. It is a good alternative for people who cannot tolerate analgesics non-steroidal. The tool is useful even in those cases, when there is the violation of the lymphatic drainage.
Plants extract from the fruit of Serenoa repens. The drug plant is a product used for the treatment of prostate problems (urology), is designed for men who suffer from urinary disorders of benign prostatic hyperplasia, in The I and II stages of this disease, and prostatitis. Before starting treatment, you should consult your doctor. Visit the specialist also recommended in the case in which a person suffers from difficulty in urination, and also by the frequent infections of the urinary tract, kidney stones (education and the presence of calculi in the urinary tract) or, if a person is a smoker. It is non smoking there is an increased risk of developing cancer of the urinary tract. The drug improves only the problems connected with the extension of the prostate, not by the exercise of hyperplasia. Then were adapted to a medical examination at regular intervals. To a specialist is necessary to contact immediately, if it is detected the blood in the urine or semen, or painful urge to urinate, accompanied by the inability to urinate (acute urinary retention). If a family history of cancer, prior to treatment, consult a doctor.
There is still a urological medication plant-based. It is a combination of extracts from the fruit of the palm tree Serenoae Extractum and nettle root. This combination acts in a targeted manner into the tissue of the prostate gland or reduce the activity level of male hormones androgens in the body, in the first place, through the inhibit (block) the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. This reduces the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (the active form of the male sex hormone) and inhibits the enzyme aromatase, with a consequent reduction in protein synthesis, intracellular formation of intracellular protein). As a result, limited to a further increase in the volume of the prostate tissue. The combination of extracts leads to an increase of the flow of urine and improvement in the difficulty of urination; in addition, the drug has an anti-inflammatory and a decongestant (reduces swelling) effect.
Without consulting a doctor similar medication may be used in the following cases:
- benign prostatic hyperplasia, in particular, in the initial stage (stage I – II),
- the men of middle age and the elderly have difficulty with functional associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia such as frequent urination (especially at night), disorders of urination, weak urinary stream, sensation of incomplete emptying of the bladder, etc.,
After consultation with the doctor, the drug is also used in the following cases: in the alternative, during the follow-up after prostate surgery, chronic forms of prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate), or (in some cases) in women with irritation of the bladder.
Conclusion
Prostatitis is a disease, able to bring a lot of difficulties and discomfort. It is, without doubt, requires a treatment. The therapeutic techniques should be assigned to a physician, self-medication in this case is not allowed!