Ultrahigh-frequency therapy in the treatment of chronic prostatitis

Ultrahigh-frequency (microwave) effects cover the ranges 300-3000 MHz and are the main acting factors of microwave therapy. A feature of the electromagnetic field of this range is the ability to localize it in certain areas of the patient's body through the use of special irradiation devices. The electromagnetic field, being a source of energy, can provide energy transformations in tissues. In the microwave range, the transition of the energy of the electromagnetic field to the thermal field is associated not only with the conductivity intervals, but also with dielectric losses due to oscillations of the dipole molecules, whose fraction increases with increasing frequency. Therefore, the absorption by tissues of microwave energy depends not only on the physical characteristics of the field, but also on the water content in the tissues. The blood, lymph, parenchymal tissue, muscles absorb the energy of radiation most strongly.

The degree of heating of tissues is also determined by the level of their blood supply, due to which thermostation is provided and the overheating of irradiated sites is prevented under local microwave influences. Along with the purely energy impact of radiation on organs and tissues, there are also informational interactions in which energy is not important, but information that is introduced into the system or the organism as a whole. In this case, microwave signals have a regulatory effect on the body, acting as triggers. The perception of information is determined by the shape and nature of the signal - continuous or pulsed. Special receptors for perception of microwave signals have not been detected, but an exceptionally high sensitivity of the whole organism to them has been established in comparison with isolated systems at the level of tissues, cells, intracellular organisms, enzyme-substrate complexes. As a result, exposure to microwave fields for the purpose of regulating the physiological state of internal organs can occur in three directions: to external receptor fields, directly to the corresponding internal organ, to the hypothalamic-pituitary system.

Depending on the frequency of the microwave exposure and the depth of penetration into the tissue, the decimeter wavelengths influence the hypothalamus and internal organs to a greater extent, and centimeter waves (CMV) - on the receptor system with the appropriate exposure localizations. We used in the treatment of patients on chronic prostatitis SMV with frequencies of 2375 MHz (wavelength of 12.6 cm) and 2450 MHz (wavelength of 12.5 cm). The depth of penetration of CMV radiation into the patient's body is 35 cm.

The absorption of the SMW is related not so much to the vibrations of the ions that cause conductivity losses, but rather to the dielectric losses associated mainly with the rotation of the free-water dipole molecules. CMV effects are characterized by a high degree of locality. They have an irritant effect on the receptors and cause reflex reactions. Thermal intensities of CMW more than 10 mW / cm ² contribute to an increase in tissue temperature, increased blood flow and activation of metabolic processes in them. These changes are accompanied by corresponding shifts in the activity of hormonal systems, the nature of which changes as the intensity of the CMW effect increases. Thus, low-thermal effects cause an increase in the functional activity of the organism and its individual systems. Therefore, they are used in acute inflammatory processes. The average thermal effects that form the activation reaction are recommended for slow inflammatory processes.