Prostate Health Tips

The vast majority of prostate problems are preventable and controllable. There is no need to talk about it and become blind and anxious, nor do you ignore it and ignore it, let alone rely on folk remedies and pay IQ taxes.

I really didn’t say this casually. Last week, I just picked up a 32-year-old programmer from an Internet company in the clinic. When he walked in, he took out a bunch of examination sheets from a private hospital and said that he had been diagnosed with "severe prostatitis" and that it would cost him 20,000 yuan to undergo intubation and perfusion treatment. I prescribed a 15-yuan prostate fluid routine for him, and it turned out that there were no problems. After asking for a long time, I found out that he had stayed up late for 10 days in a row to work on a project, drank three glasses of iced Americano a day, sat for 12 hours without moving his buttocks, and had no symptoms except occasional frequent urination. I asked him to go back to drink less coffee and sit for one hour and stand for two minutes. I will check again this week to find out if there are any problems.

Many people are scared to death when they see frequent urination and distended lower abdomen. They think they must have prostatitis. They even think that it is a precursor to cancer when they see reports of prostate calcification. It is really unnecessary. To put it bluntly, prostate calcification means that the gland has been slightly inflamed before. After recovery, a "scar" is left, just like an acne mark on your face. If there is no discomfort, no special treatment is needed. Annual physical examination and follow-up will be enough.

Many people ask me if I want to buy a bottle of lycopene health food worth a few hundred yuan? Said to prevent prostate cancer. There is really no conclusion in the academic circles on this. Some cohort studies have shown that long-term and sufficient intake of lycopene can reduce the risk of prostate hyperplasia and cancer. There are also large-sample controlled studies saying that there is no statistical correlation between the two. Anyway, my advice to my friends is that there is no need to spend so much money on health care products. Usually fry tomato scrambled eggs, stew tomato beef brisket, and eat two more bites of ripe tomatoes. The little lycopene is enough and delicious.

Don’t always sit on the sofa or hunched over the table when sitting. Think about the position of the prostate, which is right at the bottom of the pelvic cavity. If you sit for several hours, it is squeezed between the chair and the body, like a sponge that has been squeezed for a long time. If the blood circulation is not smooth, it is easy to cause problems. When I am in the outpatient clinic, I sometimes sit all morning. I will also deliberately stand up and take a few steps between appointments to get a glass of water. I treat it as an activity, which is more effective than any physical therapy.

There is another question that everyone is embarrassed to ask: How often is sexual intercourse good for the prostate? Some say that you should abstain from sex to nourish your sperm, and some say that you need to drain more semen glands. To be honest, there is no unified standard number at all. The key is to make yourself comfortable: a young man in his 20s will wake up refreshed and refreshed the next day three or four times a week, which is totally fine. ； Once a week is not too much for those in their 40s. What I fear the most is going to extremes. I once heard someone say that abstinence is good for the prostate. After holding it in for more than 20 days, I didn’t ejaculate. In the end, my prostate became so congested and swollen that it hurt. When I came to the clinic, I had to walk with my legs crossed. Sometimes, several times a day, I ended up urinating frequently and urgently, running to the toilet non-stop. It was really unnecessary.

Oh, by the way, men who are over 50 years old should not be careless. Many people think that frequent nocturia and difficulty urinating are normal as they age. In fact, this is not the case. Most of them are caused by prostate hyperplasia. If you urinate more than twice at night, or if you have to wait for half a day to urinate, and the urine line is getting thinner and thinner, go to a regular hospital to check PSA (prostate specific antigen) and urinary tract ultrasound. Early intervention can control it with some medicine, and you don’t have to wait until you can’t urinate to have a urinary catheter inserted.

To put it bluntly, the prostate is an ordinary organ in the male body. It is no different from your lungs or stomach. It is normal to have some minor problems. You don’t need to feel embarrassed to look at it, and don’t frighten yourself by just reading some popular science. If you really feel uncomfortable, go to the urology department of a regular hospital to register. It costs more than ten yuan, which is much better than searching for a long time and scaring yourself.