Treatment of prostate calcification

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Prostate calcification is calcium deposition in the prostate gland, usually it doesn't cause any symptoms so no treatment is needed, but if it causes some complications or this condition goes away. associated with other diseases of the prostate gland that need to be treated.

1. Calcification of the prostate and its treatment

Patients with prostate calcification are often related to the previous inflammatory process of the prostate gland, which is quite common in middle-aged men. This condition, when newly acquired or small calcified nodules, usually does not cause discomfort to the patient, is discovered incidentally during ultrasound or x-ray.
If the calcified nodule is not too large and numerous, nor does it cause any symptoms, no treatment is needed, just take measures to prevent prostatitis and monitor the growth of the nodule regularly. calcification.
In case of prostatitis or accompanied by other diseases, it is necessary to conduct treatment, currently prostate calcification and treatment can be medical or surgical methods

1.1 Medical treatment

Calcified nodules when calcified prostate are a haven for microorganisms, increasing the risk of prostatitis. Medical treatment mainly uses the following methods:
Use of oral antibiotics Antibiotics are used to kill the bacteria that cause prostatitis, it is quite effective in cases of prostatitis. In acute inflammation, however, chronic inflammation is limited due to the low ability of antibiotics to penetrate into tissues via oral route and drug-resistant bacteria.
For people with chronic inflammation, it is possible to relapse when stopping drug therapy, but should not arbitrarily change the drug or increase the dose, affecting the body, especially liver and kidney function. If the infection is repeated many times, other methods of treatment such as surgical intervention may be selected.
Injectable drugs Are antibiotics injected into the prostate gland, to support oral antibiotics because oral use can be effective. lower tissue penetration. However, long-term use of this drug is also likely to be resistant to drugs and like oral antibiotics, the drug has the effect of killing bacteria to treat prostate calcification, but not losing calcification.
Prostate injections are considered adjunctive treatment with oral antibiotics. Because oral administration of the drug is not absorbed to achieve sufficient concentrations in the prostate gland, injection of the drug into the gland causes higher concentrations. However, clinical cases over the years have shown that injection is also opposed because it does not completely heal the prostate calcification.
Physiotherapy In addition to using drugs, physical therapy measures are also highly effective. Physiotherapy methods that increase perfusion of glandular tissue make it easier for antibiotics to enter the gland, reduce blockages in the gland, reduce the risk of infection, and clear blocked glands.
Physical therapy methods such as local massage, therapeutic ultrasound. Therapeutic ultrasound can warm up deep in the organ to help increase perfusion, but it increases the inflammatory response and does not kill bacteria, so it is only a supportive measure in the treatment process or prevention of the risk of complications. in patients with prostate calcification.

1.2 Surgical treatment

Surgical treatment for prostate calcification is usually indicated when:
When the calcified nodules are large, causing complications such as affecting sexual function, chronic prostatitis, internal treatment Department of recurrent recurrence... may consider surgical intervention to remove. If there is calcification accompanied by prostatic hypertrophy and the degree of enlargement indicates surgical intervention, the doctor will simultaneously remove the calcified nodules during surgery. If the calcifications by cytological biopsy reveal malignant cells, they are also surgically removed. Surgical intervention can be laparoscopic or open surgery. It depends on the specific case that the doctor prescribes.

2. Methods to prevent prostate calcification

Prevent prostate calcification by:
Drink enough water every day Clean body, regularly clean genital organs to reduce inflammation Limit the use of alcohol, beer, coffee, tobacco and stimulants If you have a family, you should maintain a regular sex life to help limit prostate congestion. Exercise mode: Exercise every day, especially pelvic exercises such as walking , yoga... When having prostate calcification, the patient needs to be monitored regularly, detect abnormal symptoms, thereby treating the disease early. Treatment is carried out when the calcification causes adverse symptoms for the patient. Currently, there are no drugs proven to remove calcifications, so currently only surgical excision can remove calcifications.
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