Prostate Health Tips

More than 90% of prostate discomfort in young adults is not a serious disease. Don't scare yourself by searching for supplements. Adjusting your living habits can usually alleviate the problem significantly in 3 months. If you really have a problem, go to a regular urology department. Don't believe in the "special detoxification therapy" of private men's hospitals. You will just pay the IQ tax.

I just received a doctor last week from a 27-year-old Internet operator. He was working on a project for a month. He sat for more than 12 hours a day and held it in when he went to the toilet. Later, he had frequent and urgent urination and had to run to the toilet every half an hour. After watching a short video, he said, "Prostatitis can affect fertility and can cause cancer if it is not cured." I was so scared that I bought more than 3,000 health patches and imported supplements overnight. After half a month of use, I came to register. The prostate fluid and B-ultrasound were checked and there was no problem. It was just the prostate congestion caused by sitting for a long time. I told him a method of taking a sitz bath with warm water. He was required to get up and walk for 2 minutes every 40 minutes of sitting. Don't hold back urine. Within a month, he came back for a follow-up visit and said that all symptoms were gone.

In fact, many people's anxiety about the prostate is caused by online marketing. There have been different voices in the industry regarding dietary supplements. Some epidemiological studies believe that long-term supplementation of lycopene and pumpkin seed oil can reduce the risk of prostatic hyperplasia in middle-aged and elderly people. Other clinicians believe that as long as the daily diet is balanced, eating tomatoes two or three times a week and occasionally eating pumpkin seeds, there is no need to buy additional supplements. My personal experience is that for friends who eat takeout every day and can’t see fresh fruits and vegetables for half a month, it doesn’t hurt to take some basic supplements from regular brands, but don’t believe in the products that claim to be “can cure chronic prostate inflammation”. There is currently no such miracle drug.

Many people ask me whether prostate problems are caused by "indiscretions in private life". This is really not the case. The most extreme case I have ever encountered was a King of Glory power leveling. In order to compete in the national server, he stayed away from the table for 7 consecutive hours. He had to hold in his urine until he had acute urinary retention. He called 120 in the middle of the night and was taken to the emergency room. Think about it, the prostate is located at the outlet of the bladder. If you hold it in until the bladder is swollen, you will press it directly and it will become congested and swollen. It may be fine once or twice. If it is like this all year round, it is strange that it doesn't get angry. There are also friends who like to wear tight pants in winter and always sit on the bench. It is also easy to stimulate the prostate and cause discomfort. Don't think it is a small problem. Anyone who has experienced the feeling of restlessness when it is really uncomfortable knows.

As for the issue of life frequency that everyone is most concerned about, there are indeed differences in the views of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Western medicine generally believes that regular ejaculation can help clear the prostate ducts and prevent secretions from accumulating and causing inflammation. ； Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive ejaculation will deplete kidney qi and aggravate the symptoms of soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, and bloating in the lower abdomen. In fact, there is really no need to stick to the standard of "a few times a week". Your own feeling is the most accurate - you will be in normal spirits the next day after you finish, and there will be no backache or abdominal discomfort. This frequency is suitable for you. Just don't go to extremes. Either you don't have sex for several months, or you don't have sex multiple times a day, it's easy to cause problems. By the way, if you have not given birth yet, if you take a sitz bath, the water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees, and do not soak for more than 10 minutes at a time to avoid affecting sperm activity. Those who have given birth do not have this concern. Soaking at around 42 degrees for 15 minutes is particularly effective in relieving bloating.

If any of the following situations occur, don’t worry about it: painful urination or blood in the urine for more than a week, straining to urinate so much that you have to hold your breath, or getting up more than twice at night in a month. Go directly to a regular hospital to check the prostate fluid and urinary system B-ultrasound. For more than 100 yuan, most problems can be diagnosed. Don’t diagnose yourself on Baidu. It is just a small inflammation, which can even cause psychological problems. Uncles over 50 years old should pay more attention to the annual physical examination plus a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. This is currently the gold standard for detecting prostate cancer. If detected early, the cure rate is very high. Don’t be reluctant to spend a little money for a physical examination. If you really have difficulty urinating before you can do it again, it will delay things.

To put it bluntly, the prostate is just a delicate little gland, just like the laptop in your bag that is afraid of being dropped or crushed. You don't have to worry about it. Give it more air and don't press it or freeze it. Generally, it won't cause trouble for you. Don’t panic if you have a minor problem. See a regular doctor, which is more reliable than any wild folk remedies.