Patient's question:
Dear doctors,Could you please tell me what kind of medication is used during the catheter treatment for chronic prostatitis? I had a prostate fluid test before, and it was said to be severe chronic prostatitis. However, I don’t know what medication is injected through the catheter. Additionally, how long does the medication injected through the catheter last? I am taking oral medication, specifically Chinese herbal medicine for (tiao li - means "regulating" or "maintaining balance"). Please provide detailed information. Thank you!
Doctor's answer:
Because many antibiotics are difficult to penetrate the prostate capsule to reach the prostate to achieve therapeutic effects, antibacterial drugs can be directly infused into the prostate to treat prostatitis. General anesthesia methods include perineal infusion, rectal infusion, or suprapubic puncture. For the selection of antibiotics, it is mainly based on the bacterial culture and drug sensitivity test results of prostatic fluid to determine the sensitive antibiotics. Commonly used antibiotics include amikacin, cefixime, gentamicin, tobramycin, etc.