Patient's question:
I used to have kidney stones, so I'm quite cautious about these two. But for the past two weeks, I've been constantly needing to use the restroom, and the frequency has been increasing. I can't urinate easily, and it takes a long time to produce a small amount. It's also very painful, and I have pain in the perineum, groin, testicles, lumbar-sacral area, lower abdomen, and pubic bone. The penis and urethra are even more painful. After a careful examination, it was diagnosed as a prostatic cyst. What should I do? Is there any good treatment method?Doctor's answer:
The Western medicine treatment for prostatic cysts primarily involves antibiotic therapy, which is a common clinical approach for treating prostatitis. Most patients with prostatodynia undergo Western medicine treatment, and many adopt this method. Theoretically, antibiotics are effective only against acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic bacterial prostatitis.In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the treatment for prostatodynia mainly focuses on methods such as regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, and relieving pain. TCM believes that symptoms like lower back and leg weakness, lack of energy, and impaired sexual function are caused by kidney deficiency, so the treatment should aim to replenish the kidneys.