Chronic prostatitis: causes and treatment at home

Prostatitis is one of the most common problems of the genitourinary system that occur in men. At the same time the disease "gets younger" every year, more and more often there is a chronic form that can hardly be treated.

• Causes of chronic prostatitis
• Symptoms of chronic prostatitis
• Home Treatment
• Medication
• Treatment of chronic prostatitis with folk remedies
• Candles
• Juices
• Herbs
• Other means

The chronic form is about 90-95% of all cases of prostatitis. Usually it proceeds almost imperceptibly, manifesting itself only during periods of exacerbations. However, this disease is dangerous because it can lead to infertility, prostate adenoma, inflammatory diseases of the bladder.

Therefore, when identifying a chronic prostatitis, you should as soon as possible to take up treatment.

Causes of chronic prostatitis

The mechanism of the disease is still not fully understood, but there are several obvious reasons that can cause it:

• supercooling;
• infection;
• passive lifestyle;
• bad habits;
• other advanced diseases of the genitourinary system.

Symptoms of chronic prostatitis

The chronic form of this disease proceeds modestly, reminding of itself during periods of exacerbation with such symptoms:

• discomfort with urination;
• pain in the perineum, in the lower abdomen, may be permanent or periodic;
• decreased sexual activity.

With the passage of time, all the symptoms intensify, the process of urination becomes even more painful, the patient completely ceases to have sex.

Important!At occurrence of such signs, it is necessary to address to the doctor - to the urologist.

Home Treatment

To begin to be treated it is necessary with occurrence of the first signs even if they seem insignificant as the disease will progress, bringing physical and moral discomfort.

Treatment of chronic prostatitis begins with a visit to the urologist. He, evaluating the patient's condition, the severity of the disease, its nature, appoints a set of medicines and procedures. Usually it includes a set of medicines, physiotherapy and herbal medicine. In the future, the selected scheme can be adjusted.

For a clear diagnosis and elimination of contraindications, additional studies can be prescribed: a blood test for hormones, ultrasound of the pelvic organs and the genitourinary system, and others.

Important!If suddenly there was a remission, you should go to the doctor immediately with the onset of the next exacerbation.

Prostatitis is well treated at home, if you follow all the recommendations of a doctor and attend a timely consultation, follow the course of the disease. The main task is to achieve long-term remission, preferably for life. There is a list of recommendations for this.

1. Do not tolerate, regularly visit the toilet. A constantly overcrowded bladder can trigger the return of the disease.
2. Avoid supercooling. Do not sit on cold surfaces, clothes should be warm enough during the cold season, do not freeze.
3. With sedentary work, you need to constantly take breaks. Easy warm-up for 5-10 minutes every 1-2 hours of dense work.
4. Regular physical activity. To prevent new manifestations of prostatitis, you need a high level of activity in general. Minimum - charging every morning, better - several full-time sports activities per week.
5. In this case, it is necessary to exclude the types of sports in which a perineal injury is possible. These include bicycles and equestrian sports.
6. During exacerbations of prostatitis, you must completely abandon alcohol, during remissions - as much as possible to reduce its consumption. Also it is necessary to avoid cheap alcohol, especially it concerns wines and beer drinks.
7. It is recommended to have a full sexual life, to avoid stagnation in this area.
8. For observations, you must visit the urologist twice a year, it is important to know whether the disease progresses even during remission.

The combination of these rules with official medication will help cope with the acute stage of the disease and in the prevention, when the exacerbation will pass.

Important!In the treatment of chronic prostatitis should strictly adhere to all the recommendations of the doctor.

Medication

In the treatment of this disease, the use of medications in various forms is mandatory. The main purposes of their reception: to remove pain, to remove inflammation, to destroy the infection

In some cases, antibiotics are used if it is proven that the infection that caused the disease is of bacterial origin. These drugs are effective only with a full course, with constant monitoring of changes.

With prostatitis, candles (suppositories) are often used. They are used during exacerbations to suppress unpleasant symptoms and during remission for prevention. The main active ingredients of most candles are propolis, honey, vegetable oils and extracts from the prostate glands of livestock. The most accessible suppositories are:

• ichthyol suppositories;
• Simpletons;
• candles based on diclofenac;
• Vitaprost;
• Voltaren.

Also from a prostatitis usually recommend medicines in the form of tablets. They destroy infectious infection, restore blood circulation and eliminate symptoms. The most popular drugs:

• Biseptol (analogues: Bactrim, Abacin, Septocid);
• Prostamol Uno (analogues: Prostanorm, Prostalamin);
• Nolitsin, Tsiprolet or Tavanik;
• Amoxicillin or Amoxiclav.

Tablets are usually taken as a complex of several drugs for different purposes. Some of them are produced not only in the form of tablets, but in injectable form.

Important!It is impossible to select medication independently, this can only be done by a doctor after necessary examinations.

Treatment of chronic prostatitis with folk remedies

Folk remedies do not replace a comprehensive treatment, including mandatory medication, but they can supplement it and speed up the recovery process. Some doctors even include herbal medicine in the official treatment program.

First, folk medicine knows many recipes for preparing candles at home, even pharmacies are made up of natural and quite affordable ingredients.

Candles

One of the simplest recipes is this. You can take 50 grams of propolis, the same amount of wax and 200 grams of lamb fat, all this is heated in a water bath and mix thoroughly. After cooling, cut into pieces and form candles. Keep this homemade drug in the refrigerator.

Juices

With prostatitis to maintain immunity and improve the body as a whole, it is recommended to drink more fresh juices. Traditional medicine advises juices from carrots, beets, cucumber, black elderberry.

Herbs

With a chronic disease, you can make enemas based on herbal decoctions. Most commonly used are sage, chamomile, calendula. These herbs have a strong anti-inflammatory effect and healing effect.

1. For infusions suitable for enemas, take two tablespoons of dried herbs for one hundred milliliters of boiling water, insist an hour.
2. Night microclysters of 50 milliliters are recommended.

Decoctions of the same herbs can be drunk to normalize digestion and the overall therapeutic effect.

Other means

1. When the prostate is advised to include in the diet pumpkin, especially its seeds, rich in zinc. A small handful of a day is enough.
2. It is believed that the increase of potency promotes celery. You can eat it fresh, add the dried root to the food as a seasoning or drink infusion.
3. It is useful to drink teas and infusions based on dog rose, which contains a huge amount of vitamins and nutrients that help fight many diseases. Chronic prostatitis among them.

Important!All recipes based on herbs, juices and honey can cause individual intolerance, they should be used cautiously, in case of allergy stop such treatment.

In general, phytotherapy and folk methods will help the body cope with such an unpleasant problem as prostatitis. However, some folk remedies and only home treatment will not be enough. An integrated approach and mandatory specialist advice are required.