Treatment of Acute Prostatitis

Acute prostatitis is a serious bacterial infection of the prostate gland. This infection is a medical emergency. It should be distinguished from other forms of prostatitis such as chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Men with this disease often have chills, fever, fatigue, pain in the lower back and genital area, urinary frequency and urgency often at night, burning or painful urination, body aches, and a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract, as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. Acute prostatitis may be a complication of prostate biopsy.

A number of complications may result from prostatitis:
1) dysuria, or acute urinary retention.
2) acute prostatitis amalgamates acute epididymitis, seminal vesiculitis, or deferentitis
3) acute prostatitis causes testicular lymph node swollen, with tenderness
4) acute prostatitis may cause abnormal erection, pain after sexual intercourse, impotence and premature ejaculation.

Antibiotics is the most common treatment of acute prostatitis. Acute prostate infection can be cured with antibiotic in a short time. Appropriate antibiotics should be used, based on microbial causing infection.

Traditional Chinese medicine to treat acute prostatitis can also reach the same goal in a short while. With proper traditional Chinese medicine, acute prostatitis can be treated in about 2 weeks. Treatment shouldn't be ended when the symptoms release, in this case, the bacteria are still not been completely eliminated. Medicine should be taken under the instruction of doctors.As the bacteria infection is eliminated, the lesion is not completely recovered. As a result, the prostate is not health enough when acute prostatitis has just been cured. Patients must pay attention to their daily lives to protect their prostate.