Patient's question:
I have had prostatitis for two years and have not been treated effectively. During the Qingming Festival when school started, the doctor prescribed me two courses of Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pills to take. Now I feel much better. Should I continue taking them? They are made of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients. How effective is traditional Chinese medicine in treating prostatitis?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis can only temporarily relieve symptoms with conventional Western medications and cannot be cured. Long-term conditions often fluctuate and are difficult to treat. The reason why prostatitis is hard to self-heal mainly lies in a series of internal and external factors such as blocked subterranean channels for drug metabolism, blocked subterranean channels for decomposition metabolism, and blocked subterranean channels for nutrition, which are the key to the chronic condition. Chinese medicine, on the other hand, can nourish the body from within. For patients with prostatitis, timely treatment can reduce the incidence of the disease. If left untreated, it may affect fertility. Therefore, patients should seek timely symptomatic treatment and pay more attention to self-care in daily life, avoiding spicy foods.