The most disgusting disease for men is not heart attack or stroke, but prostatitis. You just can't do the most ordinary thing normally - go to the toilet. When you try to urinate, everything hurts, the urine comes out drop by drop, it forces you to hang out in the bathroom for a long time and run into it again in just five minutes. And also groin cramps, fever and chills. . . Comfortable enough.
To understand how to prevent the development of the disease and what kind of prevention of prostatitis there is, we talked to experts in this field.
How to start prevention of prostatitis
Protect yourself from infection
The main cause of prostatitis is infection. Therefore, it is very important to prevent microbes from entering the prostate.
Two types of microbes can enter the prostate:
- causative agents of sexually transmitted diseases;
- inches.
In the first case, the prevention of prostatitis is understandable. As much as the girl is beautiful and as much as she wants, without a condom - no, no! And it will not only protect against prostatitis, if that.
In the second case, E. coli can get on your precious penis both from dirty hands that do not wash after the toilet, and during anal sex without a condom. Yes, even with my wife. Therefore hygiene is everything! Wash your hands, wash your dick, use a condom.
Don't catch a cold
Due to hypothermia, immunity decreases and blood stagnates in the pelvic organs. The same E. coli that is normally present in our body can multiply quickly and get to the wrong place if it freezes. Stale blood causes swelling of organs, including the prostate. As a result, urine deteriorates and it is easier for microbes to bind and multiply.
- For the prevention of prostatitis, it is important to avoid the main risk factors. It is important not to get cold and soberly assess your strength during tempering. With severe hypothermia, the body may not be able to resist infections, which it has successfully dealt with before, experts explain.
Move more!
Today, when we sit in the office most of the time, then go while sitting in the car, and then take a comfortable position on our favorite sofa, the body is catastrophically lacking in movement! No movement - blood stagnation begins, pelvic organs are compressed and work worse.
"The best prevention of prostatitis is to be as active as possible, " experts advise. Walk up to lunch, warm up in the office after long meetings and while writing reports, go up the stairs instead of the elevator. Take every opportunity to walk!
Have sex regularly
Regular sex is an excellent prevention of prostatitis. This is the key to good long-term prostate function. During sex, blood circulation is strongly increased, metabolic processes are improved. Again, the prostate actively secretes its own juice, which is the liquid part of the semen. There is no stagnation and therefore no chance of the infection solidifying. Masturbation is worse in this respect, with it there are no active pelvic movements and there is no such strong increase in blood circulation.
But remember about safety, sexually transmitted infections. Protect yourself!
Do not abuse alcohol
First, alcohol itself lowers the immune system and makes it harder for the body to fight infections. Secondly, alcohol dilates blood vessels, which leads to various stagnations and edema, which we have already talked about. Third, you can get feats out of a drunk. And there is already unprotected sex not far from an unknown woman and falling asleep in an incomprehensible place on a cold floor.
Treat chronic diseases
With hypothermia or drinking a large amount of alcohol, the infection can enter the prostate and other organs from the internal foci of infection. For example, from carious teeth. The focus can also be untreated chronic sinusitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis or sore throat. It seems where the throat is and where the prostate is, but here. Therefore, to prevent prostatitis and other diseases, it is necessary to treat foci of chronic infection.
Medications for prostatitis
A number of prostatitis medications are used for treatment:
- antibiotics, as the main cause of prostatitis is infection, it is primarily treated;
- anti-inflammatory and painkillers (scientifically "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs"), these drugs lower the temperature during acute prostatitis, relieve pain and inflammation of the prostate;
- alpha-blockers - drugs that relax the prostate and improve the passage of urine; due to inflammation of the prostate is enlarged, presses the urethra and does not allow normal urine output;
- vitamins and dietary supplements, improve the restoration of normal prostate function after the infection is defeated and the inflammation is alleviated.
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Folk remedies for prostatitis
The most popular folk remedy for prostatitis is propolis. It is recommended to use both in the form of candles and in the form of tincture. Propolis is said to have mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, but the key word is small! Neither to overcome the infection that causes prostatitis, nor to alleviate the inflammation, with hellish pains and a temperature of 40 degrees, of course, propolis will not be able to.
Another popular folk remedy for prostatitis are pumpkin seeds. Eat - and order. But in fact, you have to understand that pumpkin seeds only work on certain types of worms. And then they don't kill them, but simply cause discomfort, from which the worms can start crawling out of the person. Since earthworms do not cause prostatitis, it is pointless to treat with pumpkin seeds.
Many use burdock root to treat prostatitis. Burdock has a diuretic effect and heals wounds, and contains a lot of inulin, which is useful in diabetes. With prostatitis, there are no wounds as such, so there is nothing special to treat. But the diuretic effect will bother you. Imagine - you already have urine that cannot penetrate the urethra squeezed by the prostate, and you increase the pressure even more, increasing the pain and the frequency of going to the toilet. Do you need it?
In folk medicine for the treatment of prostatitis is advised and a decoction of bear (red) root. The main effect of its use is anti-inflammatory. But it is quite weak to lower the temperature and pain. In addition, bear root does not fight infection in any way.
"Our people are so serious that they can be treated with anything, " he saysurologist Sergei Kotov. - At the heart of all medicines that are now advertised and sold as dietary supplements are herbal components. They have a mild anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect. But as the only cure for prostatitis, they are too weak because they have extremely low efficacy. I can't recommend anything. The main problem with traditional medicine is the loss of time and the late start of normal treatment.
Prostatitis bath
- The most effective folk remedy for prostatitis is a bath! says the urologist. - Warming up, alternating heat and cold can be helpful. But it is important to remember that the bath is contraindicated for people who have problems with the heart and blood vessels. A very important point! In patients older than 50, you must be 100% sure that it is prostatitis, not prostate cancer. Because the symptoms of chronic prostatitis are the same as with adenomas and prostate cancer. And it is important not to waste time trying to cure the wrong disease. The procedure is as follows: first we exclude oncology, and then we treat prostatitis.
You can only go to a bath or sauna to treat prostatitis if you feel well! Do not walk immediately after eating or in an alcoholic state. You can't walk with acute prostatitis when you have a fever! Only after the normalization of health to consolidate the treatment and prevention of prostatitis.
It is better not to overheat in the bath or sauna, to walk for pleasure, and not for the sake of endurance records. We entered the steam room for 15-20 minutes, warmed up - went out to rest for 30-40 minutes. Then you can go back to warm up. It is better not to climb into the snow or ice pool - otherwise you can get a new wave of prostatitis from hypothermia!
Home exercises for prostatitis
- Now there are many exercises on the Internet to prevent prostatitis. But, mostly, it's all marketing and advertising - says the doctor. - Regular DAILY walking, squatting and climbing stairs will bring many more benefits! Clearly it’s not hunting, but you’re forcing yourself to be at least minimally active. And a regular sex life!
If, for example, you have an office job, nothing prevents you from going to the dining room during the lunch break, not by elevator, but by walking a few floors. Sit for 2 hours in a meeting? Then go out into the hallway and do a few squats. In general, squats are an exercise that disperses blood well in the pelvis and fights stagnation.
After work we got home - leave the car in the yard and go to the store on foot, not driving into it on the road. Take the stairs to your floor, not the elevator. If you live very high, take the elevator part of the way and walk part of the way.
"You have to exercise regularly, " he advises.urologist Sergei Kotov. - Records are not needed, but a 40-minute walk a day or fitness classes 2-3 times a week with lower body exercises will help. Cycling, walking, squatting, bending over, swimming are very good home exercises for prostatitis.
Remember the main exercises for the prevention of prostatitis:
- walking;
- squats;
- leans forward;
- swing your legs;
- lifting the supine leg;
- walking up the stairs;
- Cycling;
- swimming.