Prostate Health Conditioning

To regulate prostate health, you don’t need to trust those “exclusive plans” on the Internet that cost thousands of dollars. Just focus on three things - avoid long-term continuous compression of the prostate, stabilize inflammation levels, and maintain regular metabolism of the genitourinary system. 90% of mild prostate discomfort (such as occasional frequent urination, perineal swelling) can be significantly improved after 1-2 months of continuous adjustment, and there is no need to be overly anxious.

A while ago, I met a 28-year-old programmer from a gaming company. After fixing a bug, he sat for six or seven hours without moving. He had to drive an hour home from work. Later, it got so bad that he had to run to the bathroom in half an hour. He didn’t even dare to sit far away from the bathroom during meetings. He went to check for chronic aseptic prostatitis. The doctor prescribed two boxes of medicine and specifically told him to take medicine as a supplement and to change his sitting habit first. He went back and got a height-adjustable desk, set the alarm clock and sat for an hour before standing up to change the 20-minute code. The seat was cushioned with a prostate cushion with a hollow in the middle. Even when driving, he specially added a hard cushion. Within two months, his symptoms were basically gone, and even the constipation he always suffered from before was much better. I also specifically asked the deputy director of the urology department who treated him at the time. He was told that 8 of the 10 young men with prostate problems in the outpatient clinic suffered from prostate problems due to sitting for a long time. It is not a serious illness at all, but many people do not take it seriously. They either buy random prescriptions to make up for it, or put it off until it becomes chronic and recurring.

The core logic of prostate conditioning in the Western medicine system is actually very clear: first distinguish the type of problem. For bacterial prostatitis, you must take antibiotics for a full course. Do not stop taking the medicine for two days after the symptoms disappear. It is easy for residual bacteria to become chronic.； If it is sterile, it is basically not recommended to use drugs indiscriminately. The key is to avoid all behaviors that will cause continued congestion in the pelvic cavity - such as holding in urine, drinking alcohol, eating a lot of spicy food, and too frequent sexual stimulation in a short period of time. Of course, there is also controversy here: some doctors recommend regular ejaculation to help discharge inflammatory secretions from the prostate. 1-2 times a week is most suitable. ； Some doctors also think that there is no need to stick to a hard number of times. As long as there is no soreness in the waist and knees or a feeling of swelling in the perineum the next day, you can do it at your own pace. There is no need to force the number of times for the so-called "detoxification", which will increase the burden.

There are also many people who have tried traditional Chinese medicine with good results. I have a 42-year-old brother who is in the building materials business. After taking western medicine for more than half a month, he always suffered from frequent urination. Later, he went to a regular traditional Chinese medicine hospital to diagnose the condition as damp heat in the lower part of the body. He drank psyllium and dandelion instead of tea for a week, and combined it with a 15-minute sitz bath in warm water every day before going to bed. The symptoms were indeed relieved a lot. But it must be made clear here that there are great individual differences in TCM conditioning. For the same prostate discomfort, it is effective for people with damp and hot constitutions to drink heat-clearing prescriptions. However, if people with yang deficiency and fear of cold drink it randomly, they may have diarrhea for several days. ； There is also the method of sitz bathing with warm water. Young men who are infertile should not try this method. Too high local temperature will affect sperm motility, which is not worth the loss.

Oh, by the way, many people also ask whether the prostate massagers sold online and the "prostate detoxification infusion" promoted by private institutions are useful. Seriously, don't pay this IQ tax randomly. Prostate massage in regular hospitals is an operation performed by doctors for patients with chronic prostatitis to assist in the discharge of accumulated inflammatory secretions. If you massage it randomly at home, incorrect positioning and too much force will aggravate prostate congestion and may even injure the rectal mucosa. ； As for those perfusion and ablation projects that cost thousands of dollars a time, they are basically excessive medical treatment, and regular public hospitals will not recommend them to ordinary people.

There is another detail that many people overlook: not all exercise is good for the prostate. Many people think they need to exercise more and ride a mountain bike for an hour after get off work. As a result, the saddle is narrow and hard, which just presses on the prostate, causing it to swell even more after riding. In contrast, exercises that do not put pressure on the perineum, such as brisk walking, jogging, and swimming, are more suitable for people in the conditioning period. In winter, everyone likes to sit on a soft sofa and check their mobile phones. The slumped position actually puts more pressure on the prostate than sitting on a hard chair. Remember to get up and take a few steps after sitting for a long time, which is better than any other maintenance.

If you are a middle-aged or older man over 50 years old, you should pay more attention to the problem of prostatic hyperplasia. This is not the same as inflammation in young people. The core of conditioning is not to hold in your urine. Drink less diuretic drinks such as strong tea and coffee at night. Check your PSA (prostate specific antigen) level once a year. Just eliminate the risk of the disease. If you have to wake up three or four times at night and have trouble urinating, take the medicine to control hyperplasia as directed by your doctor. Do not believe in any folk remedies that can "eliminate hyperplasia". Currently, there is no oral medicine that can completely reverse hyperplasia. It can only control symptoms. Don't delay regular treatment.

After all, prostate problems are a typical "lifestyle disease". Don't keep stressing it by sitting for long periods of time, don't always stimulate it by eating spicy food and drinking alcohol, and don't always torture it by holding in your urine. Generally speaking, it won't cause trouble for you. If you really have painful urination, blood in your urine, or perineal pain that makes you unable to sit still, don’t just search Baidu at home and make adjustments at home. Go to the urology department of a regular hospital to do a B-ultrasound and check the prostate fluid first to understand the problem and make appropriate adjustments. This is more reliable than anything else.