Not all prostatitis patients are suitable for sitz bath and Message therapies

As we all know, self-therapy is always necessary to make the disease cured completely. Thus, for the treatment of prostatitis, sitz bath and Message therapies are commonly used among the patients. However, experts explains, not all prostatitis patients are suitable for sitz bath and Message therapies.

What are the sitz bath and Message therapies?

Sitz bath and Message therapies are mainly to drain the prostate fluid, improve the local blood circulation, and promote the subsidence and absorption of inflammation through regular prostatic massage and sitz bath.

Indeed, for the patient with a lot of secretions, redness and swelling, self sitz bath and Message are easy and effective method to relieve some symptoms. However, not all patients are suitable for the sitz bath and Message therapies, for example, patients who have prostate tuberculosis, prostate tumour, acute prostatitis and prostatic atrophy or sclerosis should be cautious of taking this therapy. The therapy can’t improve patients’ symptoms but make the disease worse.

In addition, the self-therapy is only an adjuvant therapy, so it can not completely replace other treatments. Therefore, in order to get soon recovery, some more effective treatments are necessary.

Antibiotics are also the major treatment. Patients can choose ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, levofloxacin and other quinolones drugs; or they can take amikacin, netilmicin and other aminoglycoside drugs; if patients have severer pain, they can choose some antiphlogistic and analgesic drugs like acetaminophen, Mr. M piece of pain; if patients have difficult urinating, they can take some α- blockers drugs like terazosin, tamsulosin to relieve symptoms.

Besides, TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) is also an important treatment for prostatitis. For example, the herbal medicine like diuretic and anti-inflammatory pill has good effect on this disease. The medicine is made from over 50 kinds of herbs, which has the functions of clearing heat and removing toxin, promoting Qi and releasing pain, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, etc. In addition to diminishing the inflammation, it also helps to relieve the symptoms like pain, different urination and other symptoms.

All in all, through this article, I think patients can know that not all prostatitis patients are suitable for sitz bath and Message therapies. If patients suffer from prostatitis, they can take antibiotics or TCM to cure it, and they can take the therapy moderately.