Prostatitis is a common disease in men of all ages;The particular pathology is often diagnosed in patients over 50 years of age.The disease significantly impairs quality of life, leading to problems with urination, fertility and fertility, and is also painful.
The disease must be treated promptly and comprehensively.To do this, the patient is prescribed medication, physical therapy and a healthy lifestyle.Antibiotics for bacterial prostatitis are one of the main treatments, but it is very important to choose the right medication and dosage for the treatment to be effective.
Indications for use of antibacterial compounds
Before thinking about using antibiotics to treat prostatitis, you need to understand the cause of its appearance.Contrary to the opinion of many patients, prostatitis occurs not only due to infection but also due to degenerative disorders in this organ.In the latter case, non-infectious prostatitis is detected.
To diagnose the disease, tank culture or PRC analysis is performed, thanks to which the doctor will detect the pathogen.If the bacteria cannot be identified, antibiotics are not needed.In this case, appropriate symptomatic therapy, diet, physiotherapy and sexual activity are prescribed.
If leukocytes are found in prostatic secretions and pathogens are also identified, the diagnosis is bacterial or tuberculous prostatitis.Both diseases require specific treatment with antibiotics.
Usually, PRC analysis is sufficient and will give results the next day.Once the bacteria are identified, the doctor prescribes the appropriate antibiotic for prostatitis.If treatment is ineffective, a culture of the prostate fluid will have to be performed to determine sensitivity to the antibacterial agent.
Antibiotic group
Only a doctor can accurately answer which antibiotic to use for prostatitis.Because bacteria must first be detected.If you self-treat, there is a high risk of not being able to guess the group and turning the disease into a chronic form, which will significantly complicate the treatment process.
You also need to understand that the cause of the disease may be a fungal infection, not a bacterial one.In this case, antibiotics will not help;you will need to take an antifungal medication.
Treatment of acute and chronic forms of the disease is carried out using the following groups of drugs:
- Tetracycline.Prescribe if bacteria are detected: ureaplasma, mycoplasma, enterobacteria, chlamydia, klibsiella, enterococci, pseudomanada, seratia, E. coli.
- Fluoroquinolone.Prescribed for the following bacteria: ureaplasma, mycoplasma, gonococci, chlamydia, Proteus, Klebsiella, Escherichia coli and Koch's bacillus.
- Penicillin.Indicated if detected: gonococci, enterobacteria, enterococci, Klebsiella, Proteus, Seratia, Escherichia coli.
- Cephalosporins.Prescribed for the following bacteria: enterobacteria, enterococci, Klebsiella, Proteus, E. coli.
- Macrolides.Indicated if: gonococci, chlamydia, ureaplasma, mycoplasma are detected.
- Aminoglycosides.Prescribed for the following bacteria: Klebsiella, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas.
- Hydroxyquinoline.Effective against the following bacteria: ureaplasma, mycoplasma, trichomonas, klibsiella, E. coli, etc.
Most often, drugs from the penicillin and cephalosporin groups are prescribed.Macrolides are extremely rarely used because they are not particularly effective for prostatitis.Tetracycline has side effects so it is rarely prescribed if other medications cannot be used.
Aminoglycosides are effective for acute prostatitis.They enter the prostate and accumulate in it, which helps you get rid of the infection.For the treatment of chronic diseases, such antibiotics are usually not prescribed because the necessary concentration of the substance in the gland cannot be achieved.
For chronic bacterial prostatitis, doctors often choose the fluoroquinolones group.For prostatitis, they are the most effective.
But it's worth noting that fluoroquinolones have serious side effects and they should not be taken until tuberculosis has been diagnosed.These drugs for treating prostate tuberculosis must be used in combination with other antibiotics, otherwise the treatment will not be effective and the patient will just waste time.
List of antibiotics to treat prostatitis
The best antibiotics for prostatitis are those selected based on the results of an examination by an experienced doctor.There is no magic pill that cures every disease;All drugs are effective in one case or another.It is very important to choose exactly the right agent for the treatment of a specific type of prostatitis caused by an identified pathogen.
The pharmaceutical market offers a variety of drugs from each group:
- penicillin;
- cephalosporins;
- aminoglycoside.
Tetracycline drugs are rarely prescribed.Macrolides are indicated mainly in the fight against mycoplasma and chlamydia.
One of the most effective drugs for the treatment of prostatitis is drugs from the group of hydroxyquinolines.The product helps eliminate most microorganisms that cause inflammation of the prostate and urinary tract, and the drug also has antifungal effects.
Dosage for men is prescribed individually, depending on the cause of the disease, the characteristics of taking a particular drug and its release form.
For example, an antibiotic is prescribed to take 3 tablets per day, in the morning at lunch and in the evening.And another can be prescribed for intramuscular injection of 1 ampoule per day at the same time.Treatment is carried out according to schedule;The medication cannot be stopped ahead of time even if there is improvement.
Conclude
Every patient should remember that antibiotics are very serious drugs, whose uncontrolled use can lead to complications.Therefore, if a man has symptoms of prostatitis, he needs to consult a urologist-endocrinologist as soon as possible and get tested.Only on the basis of an accurate diagnosis can antibiotics be prescribed.