Every year, more and more men face a common disease prostatitis.Until recently, it was believed that this problem arose only in people in old age, but in recent decades the number of very young men who have signs of inflammatory injury of the prostate gland has increased significantly.We will try to understand what the disease are, what are its symptoms, diagnosis methods, effective treatment methods.
What is prostatitis?
Prostatitis - a disease of a prostate or prostate gland - a very common disease of the parental - male urinary system.The causes of it can be both an infectious nature and caused by other factors.For example, weakening of immunity, hypothermia, sedentary lifestyle, irregular or excessively saturated sex life, nervous overloads, various infections, drinking alcohol, spices and fatty foods.
The prostate gland - one of the organs of the male reproductive system - has a size from a nut and is at the beginning of the urethra.Its function is the development of a secret responsible for the profitability of sperm.
As a rule, four types of prostatitis are distinguished: acute, chronic, chronic bacterial and chronic asymptomatic abbotoric.The first type is the rarest and most serious inflammation of the prostate gland, which occurs due to the infection.He has pronounced symptoms: high temperature, fever, acute pain in the pelvis, blood in the urine, painful ejaculation and others.When identifying the disease, urgent medical care are needed, often in the hospital.
The remaining forms are chronic and less pronounced symptoms, but more common and more difficult to diagnose.The signs of chronic prostatitis are: pain in the lower abdomen and in the back, dysuria, sexual disorders, purulent or transparent unloading from the urethra.With the asymptomatic course of the disease, there may not be evident manifestations and the diagnosis is possible only based on the results of the tests.
Prostatitis in men occurs, as a rule, after 25 years, and the representatives of the "strong half" who have reached 30-35 are more at risk.With each decade, the risk of getting sick increases.After fortyfri, according to statistics, the disease is exposed to almost 50% of the male, therefore, at this age, it is recommended to regularly undergo an exam to detect prostatitis in an initial phase.
Diagnostics
When contacting a medical institution, the first thing to do is to support a urologist that can carefully diagnose the disease or prescribe further studies.The following diagnostic methods allow to identify the presence of inflammation of the prostate gland:
- Physical examination, which includes the palpation of the gland by a doctor to determine its size and conditions;
- Transirettale ultrasound examination of the prostate - in other words, an ultrasound performed by a special sensor through the rectum;
- Study of the secret of the prostate, strip from the urethra on leukocytes and presence of pathogenic bacteria in the microflora;
- study of ejaculate;
- General urine analysis - first of all, for leukocytes, proteins and bacteria contained;
- cytological and bacteriological examination of the urine;
- Dog level identification - a special protein produced by prostate cells;
- Urodynamic examination - in difficult cases, for a more accurate diagnosis;
- Cistoscopy - is used on the basis of rigid indications, mainly for injuries and before surgery.
The need to use specific diagnostic methods is determined by a doctor and the list can significantly decrease or, on the contrary, increase.The most important thing is to identify the presence of the disease precisely and timely and determine how to treat prostatitis.
Prostatitis treatment methods
Modern methods of prostatitis treatment in men are very different and depend on the degree and type of disease, the presence of complications, its prescription and the characteristics of the patient's body.
The procedures are performed on an outpatient basis in the hospital: the method depends on the specific situation, on the patient well.You should contact a specialist-urologist and preferably in the clinic, where you can first undergo diagnostics and take the necessary tests, therefore, according to the results, you will be prescribed the corresponding course.It should be remembered that the disease can only be defeated with an integrated approach to treatment, it is impossible to neglect any doctor's advice.
Drug therapy
The pharmacological treatment of prostatitis includes: take antibiotics, drugs not healed and alpha blockers.Antibiotics are mainly used as a method for the treatment of bacterial prostatitis.Very often, doctors prescribe drugs that have existing substances such as ciprofloxacin, penicillin.The alpha-blockers are prescribed in chronic cases of the disease such as anesthetic edema and prostate removal, nonsteroid agents are used for acute forms of inflammation.
Note
It is important to remember that the drugs should be prescribed only by a urologist, an independent choice of drugs and cars -marization not only cannot alleviate the condition, but also to aggravate the course of the disease.
Surgery
For a long time, surgical manipulations have been prescribed for the treatment of prostatitis, but they have contrasting results, so recently the popularity of radical methods is not so high.
Transurereral prostate resection (tour)
It consists in removing the part of the prostate fabric or the whole prostate to weaken the pressure on the urethra.The result of the operation is to get rid of the symptoms of inflammation - pain.It is produced in the "closed" way so called - using a special apparatus, which reduces the risk of complications.
Prostatectomy
The "open" intervention is the method of removing the gland using ordinary surgical instruments.It has a longer rehabilitation period than the tour, but in some cases it is the only possible method.Leads to complete impotence of the patient.
Non -surgical treatment methods
In recent years, the minimally invasive methods for the treatment of prostatitis in men are gaining great popularity, like the most effective and at the same time not too painful.
- Thermal methods, the most common of which is microwave therapy.The reduction of the prostate is obtained from the effects of high temperatures.
- Ultrasound- One of the most effective therapy methods.It consists of the effects of ultrasound waves directly on the prostate gland.The advantages of this technique are not only in the results of the positive treatment, but in the comfort and lack of pain for the patient.
- CryodestrectionIt implies the removal of the inflamed tissue using liquid nitrogen.
- Laser methodsExhibition for the treatment of chronic prostatitis.When used, coagulation and evaporation of water from the prostate fabric occurs.In addition, the laser effect improves the protective functions of the body and promotes the renewal of the tissues.
- Magnetic laser induction therapy- This is a complex effect of a magnet and a laser, which has a beneficial effect on blood circulation, helps to accelerate the healing process of damaged tissues, has an analgesic effect.In addition, this method improves the effect of drugs.
- Dilation linked to the urethra.When using this method, a mechanical expansion of the urethra by introducing a special catheter with a can of spray at the end, which is inflated.
- StentingThe prostate urethra also involves the expansion of the walls of the urethra, but already introducing a stent: a cylindrical frame of polymer materials.It can be appointed combined with the previous method.
- MassageIt is prescribed together with other treatment methods and can significantly improve their effect.
- Methods of traditional Chinese medicine, in particular, reflected therapy is the effect on the biologically active points of the patient's body with needles, heat and other physical factors.The proven effect of reflexology is the restoration of the balance of the endocrine system, the improvement of the central nervous system, the normalization of the blood flow and the metabolic processes, the elimination of nerve pain and the obstruction of inflammatory processes.Like massage, you can use in combination with other methods.
As you know, men are often negligent of their health and in particular they avoid visiting a clinic with such a scrupulous problem as urological diseases.However, it is better to consult a doctor and get rid of the disease in the early stages rather than fighting its consequences later.