Patient's question:
Recently, my urination has been a bit abnormal. It's slow, and I initially thought it might be stones. I tried some folk remedies, but they didn't work. At night, I go to the bathroom frequently, and there's difficulty urinating. The pain and discomfort primarily affect the perineum, groin, testicles, lower back, small abdomen, and pubic arch. The penis and urethra are also more fragile. After a thorough examination at the hospital, they said it's prostatitis and that it needs to be treated properly.What kind of help do I need: How should this prostatitis be treated?
Doctor's answer:
The Western medicine treatment for prostatitis primarily involves antibiotic therapy, which is a common clinical approach for treating prostatitis. Typically, when Western medicine is used to treat patients with prostatitis, many opt for this method. Theoretically, antibiotics are effective only against acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic bacterial prostatitis.The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment for prostatitis mainly employs 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 due to kidney deficiency, so treatment should focus on replenishing the kidneys.