The most disgusting disease for men is not a heart attack or stroke, but prostatitis. You just can not do the most ordinary thing - go to the toilet. When you try to urinate, everything hurts, the urine drips out, forcing you to sit in the bathroom for a long time and run again in just five minutes. And also cramps in the abdomen, fever and chills. . . Enough is enough.
To understand how to prevent the development of the disease and what is the prevention of prostatitis, we talked to experts in this field.
How to start preventing prostatitis
Protect yourself from infections
The main cause of prostatitis is infection. It is therefore very important to prevent microbes from penetrating the prostate.
Two types of microbes can penetrate the prostate:
- Agents that cause venereal diseases;
- coli.
In the first case the prevention of prostatitis is understandable. No matter how beautiful a girl is and no matter how much she wants to, without a condom - no, no! And not just protect against prostatitis if it does.
In the second case, E. coli can get on your precious penis, both from dirty hands that are not washed after using the toilet, and during anal sex without a condom. Yes, even with my husband. Therefore, hygiene is everything! Wash your hands, wash your dick, use a condom.
do not get cold
Due to hypothermia, immunity is reduced and blood stagnates in the pelvic organs. The same E. coli that is normally found in our body can multiply rapidly and get into the wrong place when frozen. Stagnant blood causes swelling of organs, including the prostate. As a result, urine deteriorates and microbes attach and multiply more easily.
- It is important to avoid major risk factors for the prevention of prostatitis. It is important not to get cold feet and carefully evaluate your strength during hardening. With acute hypothermia, the body may not be able to resist infections that it has previously successfully dealt with, experts explain.
Move more!
Nowadays, when we spend most of our working time in the office, then we sit in the car, and then we sit in a comfortable position on our favorite sofa, the body lacks movement catastrophically! There is no movement - blood begins to stagnate, the pelvic organs are compressed and work worse.
"The best way to prevent prostatitis is to lead an active lifestyle, " experts advise. Walk to lunch, warm up after long meetings in the office, and when writing reports, take the stairs instead of the elevator. Use every opportunity to walk!
Have sex regularly
Regular sex is an excellent prevention of prostatitis. This is the key to good long-term work of the prostate gland. During sex, blood circulation increases, metabolic processes improve. Again the prostate gland actively secretes its own juice which is the liquid part of the sperm. No stagnation and therefore no chance for the infection to set foot. Masturbation is worse in this respect, there are no active movements of the pelvis with it and there is no such strong increase in blood circulation.
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Do not abuse alcohol
First of all, alcohol itself lowers the immune system and complicates the body in fighting infections. Secondly, alcohol dilates blood vessels and this causes various stagnation and swelling, which we have already talked about. Third, from drunkenness you can lift the bounties. And is already up to unprotected sex not far from an unknown woman and falls asleep in an incomprehensible place on a cold floor.
Treatment of chronic diseases
In case of hypothermia or drinking large amounts of alcohol, the infection can enter the prostate and other organs from the internal foci of infection. For example, from carious teeth. The focus may also be on untreated chronic sinusitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis or sore throat. It seems to be where the throat is and where the prostate is, but here. Therefore, for the prevention of prostatitis and other diseases, it is necessary to treat the foci of chronic infection.
Medications for prostatitis
A number of treatments for prostatitis are used to treat:
- Antibiotics, since the main cause of prostatitis is an infection, are treated first;
- Anti-inflammatory and analgesic (scientifically "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs"), these drugs lower the temperature in acute prostatitis, relieve pain and inflammation in the prostate gland;
- Alpha-blockers - drugs that calm the prostate gland and improve urine output; Due to inflammation, the size of the prostate is enlarged, putting pressure on the urethra and preventing urine from coming out normally;
- Vitamins and dietary supplements, they improve the restoration of normal prostate function after defeating the infection and removing the inflammation.
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Folk remedies for prostatitis
The most popular folk remedy for prostatitis is propolis. It is recommended to use it in the form of candles as well as tinctures. Propolis is said to have a mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, but the keyword is small! Neither to overcome the infection causing prostatitis nor to remove the inflammation in which the infernal pain and temperature of 40 degrees will certainly not be able to propolis.
Another popular folk remedy for prostatitis is pumpkin seeds. Ate - and ordered. In fact, you should understand that pumpkin seeds only work on certain types of worms. And then, they do not kill them, but simply cause discomfort from which the worms can start from a living person. Since worms do not cause prostatitis, treatment with pumpkin seeds is pointless.
Many use burdock root to treat prostatitis. Burdock has a diuretic and wound healing effect, and also contains lots of inulin, which is beneficial for diabetes. Wounds in prostatitis, as such, do not exist and therefore nothing special. But the diuretic effect will give you torture. Imagine - you already have urine that can not penetrate the compressed urethra by the prostate and you increase the pressure even more, the pain and the frequency of going to the toilet. Do you need
In folk medicine for the treatment of prostatitis is recommended to use bear (red) root extract. The main effect of its use is anti-inflammatory. But it is quite weak to reduce temperature and pain. In addition, bear root does not fight infection in any way.
"Our people are so strict that they can be treated with anything, " he saidUrologist Sergei Kotov. At the heart of every medicine that is now advertised and sold as dietary supplements are herbal ingredients. They have mild anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effectiveness. But as the only cure for prostatitis, they are very weak because they have extremely low efficacy. I can not recommend anything. The main disadvantage of traditional medicine is the waste of time and delay in starting normal treatment.
Bath during prostatitis
- The most effective folk remedy for the treatment of prostatitis is a bath! Says the urologist. - Heating, alternating heat and cold can be helpful. But it is important to remember that the bath is contraindicated for people who have heart and blood vessel problems. A very important point! Patients over the age of 50 should be 100% sure that this is prostatitis and not prostate cancer. Because the symptoms of chronic prostatitis are the same as those of adenoma and prostate cancer. And it is important not to waste time trying to cure the wrong disease. The procedure is as follows: first we rule out oncology, then we treat prostatitis.
You can go to the bath or sauna for the treatment of prostatitis only if you feel well! Do not walk immediately after eating or drunk. You can not walk with acute prostatitis when you have a fever! Consolidate treatment and prevention of prostatitis only after normalization of health.
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 - we went out to rest for 30-40 minutes. You can then return to warm up. It is best not to climb in the snow or ice pool - otherwise you may get a new wave of prostatitis from hypothermia!
Home exercises for prostatitis
- There are many exercises on the Internet now for the prevention of prostatitis. But, for the most part, it's all marketing and advertising, "says the doctor. - Regular daily walking, sitting and climbing stairs will bring much more benefits! Understandably, hunting is not, but you force yourself to be minimally active at least. And a regular sex life!
If you have an office job, for example, nothing can stop you from going to the dining room at lunch, not by the elevator, but by walking a few floors. Sit for 2 hours at a meeting? After that, go down the corridor and do a few sit-ups. In general, squats are an exercise that distributes blood well in the pelvis and fights stagnation.
After work we got home - leave the car in the yard and walk to the store and do not enter the road. Take the stairs to your floor and not the elevator. If you live too high, take part of the road by elevator and part by foot.
"I have to train regularly, " he advises.Urologist Sergei Kotov. - Records are not required, but you can walk 40 minutes a day or fitness classes 2-3 times a week with lower body exercises. Cycling, walking, sitting, leaning, swimming are very good exercises for prostatitis.
Remember the basic exercises for prostate prevention:
- Walk;
- squats;
- Forward curves;
- Twist the legs;
- Lifting a lying leg;
- Climbing stairs;
- Bicycle;
- Swimming.