Prostate Health Tips

Do not hold urine for a long time, do not sit for more than 2 hours in a row, and maintain a regular frequency of ejaculation. 90% of the physical therapies, supplements, and folk remedies on the market that are marketed as "prostate maintenance" are useless and may increase the burden on the gland.

Don’t think these 3 things are clichés. Not many people can actually do them. Last month, a 26-year-old programmer from an Internet company was admitted to the emergency department. He worked hard for three days to get the project online. He basically stayed at his workstation except for going to the toilet. In the end, he couldn't urinate and the pain made him unable to straighten his waist. He was brought over by a colleague. It was found that he had acute prostate congestion and edema. It took him three days to have a urinary catheter inserted for him to recover. Nowadays, many people think that prostate problems are exclusive to middle-aged and elderly people. In fact, in clinical practice, the proportion of young adults aged 20-35 who suffer from prostatitis is higher than that of people over 60 years old. Most of them are caused by bad living habits.

Oh, by the way, there are still many people arguing about whether it is better to drink more water or less water. In fact, there is really no unified answer: as long as you don’t feel any discomfort at ordinary times, it’s perfectly fine to drink 1.5-2L of warm water every day. Just don’t use milk tea or ice cola instead. High-sugar drinks will stimulate gland congestion. ； But if you already have inflammatory symptoms of frequent urination and urgent urination, don’t drink half the bottle at once, take small sips several times, and try not to drink water one hour before going to bed. Otherwise, staying up late at night will repeatedly stimulate the glands, and the symptoms will only get worse.

The first thing many people ask when they come to the clinic is "Doctor, what can I eat to replenish the prostate?" ”, the most frequently asked questions are lycopene and pumpkin seeds. There are indeed long-term follow-up studies in the academic field that show that regular intake of lycopene can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. However, this is the cumulative effect of eating fresh fruits and vegetables all year round. It is not the imported soft capsules that you spend hundreds of dollars to buy and take for a week. There is enough lycopene in a daily stir-fry of tomatoes and eggs, two bites of watermelon, and grapefruit, so there is no need to spend this wasted money. As for pumpkin seeds, European and American alternative medicine schools do recommend that patients with mild symptoms eat a few seeds a day. There is no large-scale evidence-based medical evidence to support it. However, there is no harm in eating less than 10 seeds a day. Just don't fry them too salty and oily. Eating too much will cause internal heat and aggravate the inflammatory reaction.

There is another question that people ask a lot: Can sitz bath relieve prostate discomfort? This also needs to be divided among people. Young men who have not yet given birth should never soak their buttocks in hot water above 40 degrees Celsius. High temperature will affect sperm activity and make the perineum swollen and uncomfortable. Applying a warm towel at about 35 degrees Celsius for three to five minutes is enough. ； Middle-aged and elderly men who no longer need to have children can take a sitz bath appropriately. Each time should not exceed 10 minutes. The temperature should be controlled at about 38 degrees, which can effectively relieve the feeling of swelling caused by hyperplasia. As for the prostate physiotherapy devices and self-service anal plug massagers sold in the circle of friends that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, you should not buy them blindly and use them blindly. In my outpatient clinic, I met three people who pressed the wrong position at home. It was only a slight inflammation. After pressing, the prostate capsule was directly damaged, and it was so swollen that they could not even urinate. They suffered from the same sin.

When I went to the outpatient clinic with the old director of the department, he always told patients that the prostate is an organ that "bullies the weak and fears the strong". The more you torture it - holding back urine for a long time without urinating, sitting for four or five hours without moving, staying up late and drinking for several days in a row, either deliberately abstaining from sex or overindulging - the more it will show its temper to you. Many people occasionally experience frequent urination and perineal swelling for a day or two. In fact, they don't need to take medicine at all. They can get better by adjusting their work and rest for a week. Instead, they blindly search Baidu to scare themselves. The mental stress is too great and the symptoms will get worse. This is not a psychological effect, but a conclusion confirmed by psychosomatic medicine.

One last thing to mention, if you really have frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, or even blood in the urine for more than a week, don’t be embarrassed. Go directly to the urology department of a regular hospital to register. A urine routine plus a prostate fluid routine only costs a few dozen yuan. It can clarify more than 90% of the problems. Don’t go to any private men’s hospital. They can make up a bunch of serious problems for you even if you don’t have the disease. Spending tens of thousands of dollars is just a minor matter.