ANTIBIOTICS TREATMENT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF PROSTATITIS
The good news is that treatment with antibiotics is usually successful, and relief is as dramatic as the symtoms were. Important: Antibiotics must be taken for six weeks even after the symptoms have disappeared. The reason is that, if it’s not obliterated right away, acute bacterial prostatitis becomes much more difficult to cure. Eradicating acute bacterial prostatitis the first time around, by relentless treatment with antibiotics, is the best way to avoid developing chronic bacterial prostatitis.
Chronic bacterial prostatitis is also caused by bacteria, and also treated by antibiotics. It can be a recurring illness, coming back periodically for years after an initial episode of acute bacterial prostatitis. Its symptoms are usually milder versions of those in the acute form. Here, too, treatment with antibiotics should continue for six weeks.
Nonbacterial prostatitis is the most common form of prostatitis, and it’s a mystery. Nobody knows what causes it, and antibiotics don’t make it go away. Men with this form of prostatitis may have many of the same symptoms as in chronic bacterial prostatitis, and white blood cells may be present in fluid made by the prostate—but as far as we know, it doesn’t involve bacteria.
Prostatodynia has basically the same symptoms as nonbacterial prostatitis; the difference is made in diagnosis. Prostatodynia can be caused by many things, particularly muscle spasms in the bladder neck, urethra, perineum, or pelvis.
Treatment for nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia is largely sy/mptomatic. Muscle relaxants and other drugs have been helpful in easing the muscle tension in the prostate and making urination easier. Some doctors recommend anti-inflammatory drugs and sitz baths, and many men have found that diet has an effect on nonbacterial prostatitis, and that some foods—particularly, spicy dishes, red wine and caffeine—seem to aggravate their symptoms.
Even if prostatitis is not always curable, it is treatable. Most men can get medical relief from their symptoms. It is not contagious; men can continue a normal sex life without worrying about giving the disease to someone else. And, having prostatitis does not mean you’re at a greater risk of getting BPH or prostate cancer.
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