How long to treat prostatitis depends on many factors - individual parameters, the nature of the disease, the degree of neglect, etc. Equally important is the correct prescription of therapy and timely diagnosis.
What determines the duration of treatment?
The duration of treatment for prostatitis depends on the cause of the disease and its form. There are two forms of the disease:
- acute;
- chronic.
With timely treatment, you can avoid the transition from the acute to the chronic form, because it requires longer and more complex therapy.
The duration of treatment for prostatitis may also increase if the medication regimen and therapeutic procedures are violated.
If you do not pay attention to your body’s signals and do not undergo timely diagnosis of diseases, complications may develop:
- purulent inflammation (abscess);
- fibrosis;
- erectile dysfunction;
- infertility.
How long does it take to treat the chronic form?
Chronic prostatitis in men is treated from three months to six months. To cope with the disease you will need:
- Take antibacterial agents. The choice of medications is determined based on the results of laboratory tests to identify the pathogen. Their reception can last from 2 to 4 weeks.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are prescribed to relieve inflammation and eliminate pain. It is necessary to take pills for chronic prostatitis for at least a week.
- During periods of recession, physiotherapeutic procedures are prescribed in parallel with drug treatment.
How long it takes to treat chronic prostatitis in men is determined depending on the body’s response to antibacterial agents. If after 14 days of use, analysis of prostate secretions does not show an improvement in the condition, it is necessary to start taking other antibacterial agents.
How long does it take to treat acute inflammation?
How long acute prostatitis is treated depends on how quickly the first symptoms are noticed, the examination is completed and the causative agent of the disease is identified.
The basis in the treatment of acute forms of the disease is the correct prescription of antibiotics. With timely diagnosis, treatment takes up to 14 days.
Then you need to take a repeat analysis of prostate secretions. If it is found that antibacterial therapy has not brought results, antibiotics of a different group are prescribed.
After the destruction of pathogenic microflora, restorative therapy is prescribed. Thus, completely acute prostatitis is treated from 30 to 90 days.
How long to treat the non-infectious form
How long non-infectious prostatitis is treated depends on how long the disease has been without symptoms. The duration of therapy may last for more than six months.
Therapy includes:
- Taking anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Use of alpha-blockers.
- Physiotherapy and exercise therapy.
How to speed up treatment
To make the treatment more effective, you can supplement it with:
- folk remedies;
- diet;
- taking vitamins and microelements;
- physiotherapeutic procedures;
- playing sports.
The use of folk remedies should be discussed with a urologist, because they can not only be beneficial, but also cause harm if used incorrectly.
Diet is also an important factor that speeds up recovery. The fact is that poor nutrition and a sedentary lifestyle themselves can cause an abacterial form of the disease. This is due to a large amount of cholesterol and a lack of essential vitamins and microelements. Because of this, blood stagnation occurs in the pelvic area, which negatively affects the functioning of all organs of the genitourinary system in men. An unhealthy diet, poor in nutrients, also leads to suppressed immunity, and this increases the risk of the development of pathogenic microorganisms when they enter the prostate gland.
Physiotherapy and sports are also aimed at eliminating congestion and increasing blood flow.
