Is Antibiotic Injection Reliable to Treat Chronic Prostatitis?

Chronic prostatitis is the third prostate disease after benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. It refers to diseases characterized by pain or discomfort in the pelvic area and abnormal urination in patients due to pathogens or non-infectious factors.

Some doctors usually treat chronic prostatitis clinically with antibiotic injections. Since some of the antibiotics initially discovered mainly killing bacteria, antibiotics were once called antibiotics.

However, this is not an effective treatment for chronic prostatitis. Antibiotics have a significant effect on sterilization. If it is bacterial prostatitis, injecting antibiotics can kill bacteria and reduce inflammation to cure it in a short period of time. Chronic prostatitis is a sterile inflammation, so antibiotic injection is useless.

Meanwhile, it can also cause some adverse reactions:

1. The prostate is deep and direct injection is not easy. A puncture will cause damage to surrounding tissues and cause hematuria. It will also cause direct damage to the prostate glandular tissue, which will not be self-repaired by the body over time. 

2. The pain caused by puncture to patients cannot be underestimated. If it is repeated, it will be difficult for patients to accept.

3. Puncture through the skin or rectum will bring bacteria into the gland, causing repeated prostate infections.

4. Repeated antibiotic injections without a complete cure can easily lead to drug resistance in patients, making chronic prostatitis, which is already difficult to treat, even more difficult to cure.

The following principles should be followed in the treatment:

Don't miss the moment. The symptoms of different prostatitis patients vary greatly. Some patients have a large number of pus cells in the prostatic fluid but no symptoms, while some have normal or near-normal prostatic fluid examinations but very heavy clinical symptoms. 

These patients are often prone to delaying treatment timing, which can negatively impact the correct treatment in the future.

Take targeted medicine. To treat prostatitis, patients must first diagnose and go to the hospital to check whether they have bacterial or aseptic prostatitis. Another thing is to check the severity of prostatitis and then treat it under the doctor's advice.

Prostatitis can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine, such as Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill that clear away heat, cool blood, and relieve pain. Patients can also take Western medicine and make their own decisions based on the situation. While undergoing medication treatment, daily prevention and maintenance are also crucial.

To protect the prostate, men must pay attention to the following issues:

Check the foreskin. If the foreskin is too long, circumcision should be performed as soon as possible to prevent bacteria from hiding and retrogradely entering the prostate through the urethra.

Clean the perineum, keep it dry and clean, and prevent bacteria from entering the prostate from the blood.

Establish a correct concept of sex and avoid excessive sexual life. Exercise can be used to release energy to prevent hyperemia of the prostate due to excessive sexual life. 

Drink water frequently every day, cultivate a good habit, and promptly expel the urge to urinate without holding it.

Do not sit or ride a bicycle for a long time to avoid poor blood flow of the prostate.

Perform prostate massage regularly to drain out prostate fluid.

As long as you insist on treatment, do daily health care, and maintain a good attitude, prostatitis is not a "monster" and can be cured.

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