The vilest disease for men is not a heart attack or stroke, but prostatitis. You simply can't do the most ordinary thing normally: go to the bathroom. When you try to urinate, everything hurts, urine comes out drop by drop, forcing you to stay in the bathroom for a long time and meet again in just five minutes. And also cramps in the groin, fever and chills. . . Pleasant enough.
To understand how to prevent the development of the disease and what prevention of prostatitis exists, we spoke with experts in this field.
How to start the prevention of prostatitis
Protect yourself from infections
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 venereal diseases;
- coli.
In the first case, the prevention of prostatitis is understandable. No matter how beautiful the girl is and no matter how much she wants it, without a condom - no, no! And not only from prostatitis she will protect, if so.
In the second case, E. coli can get on your precious penis both from dirty hands that are not washed after bathing, 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.
Do not catch 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 rapidly and end up in the wrong place if it freezes. Stagnant blood causes swelling of organs, including the prostate. As a result, the urine gets worse and it is easier for microbes to attach and multiply.
- To prevent prostatitis, it is important to avoid the main risk factors. It is important not to overcool and soberly evaluate your strength during hardening. With severe hypothermia, the body may not be able to resist infections, which it has successfully coped with previously, experts explain.
Move more!
Nowadays, when most of the time at work we are sitting in the office, then we go to sit in the car, and then we take a comfortable position on our favorite sofa, the body lacks movement catastrophically! There is no movement: blood stagnation begins, the pelvic organs are compressed and function worse.
"The best prevention of prostatitis is to lead a lifestyle that is as active as possible, " experts advise. Walk to lunch, warm up in the office after long meetings, and while writing reports, take the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Use every opportunity to walk!
Have sex regularly
Regular sex is an excellent prevention of prostatitis. It is the key to long-term good work of the prostate gland. During sex, blood circulation is noticeably increased, metabolic processes are better. Again, the prostate is actively secreting its juice, which is the liquid part of the sperm. No stagnation and therefore no chance of the infection taking hold. Masturbation in this regard is worse, with it there are no active movements of the pelvis and there is not such a powerful increase in blood circulation.
But remember safety, sexually transmitted infections. Protect yourself!
Don't abuse alcohol
First, alcohol itself lowers the immune system and makes it harder for the body to fight infections. Secondly, alcohol dilates blood vessels and this leads to various stagnation and edema, which we have already talked about. Thirdly, when drunk you can do feats. And there is already up to unprotected sex not far from an unfamiliar woman and falling asleep in an incomprehensible place on a cold floor.
Treats chronic diseases
With hypothermia or a large amount of alcohol drunk, infection can enter the prostate and other organs from internal foci of infection. For example, from decayed teeth. The focus may also be untreated chronic sinusitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis, or sore throat. It would seem, where is the throat and where is the prostate, but here. Therefore, for the prevention of prostatitis and other diseases, it is imperative to treat foci of chronic infection.
Prostatitis drugs
A whole range of drugs for prostatitis is used for treatment:
- antibiotics, since the main cause of prostatitis is an infection, it is treated first of all;
- anti-inflammatory and pain relievers (scientifically "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs"), these drugs lower the temperature during acute prostatitis, relieve pain and inflammation of the prostate gland;
- alpha-blockers - drugs that relax the prostate gland and improve the passage of urine; due to inflammation, the prostate enlarges, presses on the urethra and does not allow urine to go out normally;
- vitamins and dietary supplements improve the restoration of normal prostate function after the infection has been defeated and the inflammation is relieved.
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Folk remedies for prostatitis
The most popular folk remedy for prostatitis is propolis. It is recommended to use it both in the form of candles and in the form of tincture. Propolis is said to have a mild anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, but the key word is small! Neither to overcome the infection that causes prostatitis, nor to relieve inflammation, in which hellish pain and a temperature of 40 degrees, of course, propolis will not be able to.
Another popular folk remedy for prostatitis is pumpkin seeds. Ate - and order. But in fact, you need to understand that pumpkin seeds only act on certain types of worms. And besides, they do not kill them, but simply cause discomfort, from which worms can begin to crawl out of a person. Since worms do not cause prostatitis, it is useless to deal with pumpkin seeds.
Many use burdock root to treat prostatitis. Burdock has a diuretic and healing effect and also contains a lot of inulin, which is useful for diabetes. There are no wounds as such with prostatitis, and therefore there is nothing special to treat. But the diuretic effect will give you torture. Imagine: You already have urine unable to break through the urethra squeezed by the prostate and you increase the pressure even more, increasing the pain and frequency of visits to the bathroom. You need it?
In folk medicine, for the treatment of prostatitis, it is also recommended to use a decoction of bear root (red). The main effect of its use is anti-inflammatory. But it is rather weak to bring down the temperature and pain. Furthermore, the bear root does not fight the infection in any way.
"Our people are so bad that they can be cured with anything, " he saysurologist Sergey Kotov. - At the heart of all the drugs that are now advertised and sold as dietary supplements, are plant components. They have a mild anti-inflammatory and antibacterial efficacy. But being the only treatment for prostatitis, they are too weak, as they have extremely low efficiency. Can't recommend anything. The main problem of traditional medicine is the loss of time and the late start of normal treatment.
Bath for prostatitis
- The most effective folk way to cure prostatitis is a bath! says the urologist. - Heating, alternating hot and cold can be useful. But it is important to remember that the bathroom is contraindicated for people who have problems with the heart and blood vessels. A very important point! In patients over the age of 50, you need to be 100% sure that it 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 exclude oncology, then we treat prostatitis.
You can only go to the bathroom or sauna for prostatitis treatment if you feel good! Do not walk immediately after eating or while intoxicated. 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 a bath or sauna, to walk for pleasure and not for the sake of endurance. We went into the steam room for 15-20 minutes, we warmed up - we went out to rest for 30-40 minutes. So you can get back to warming up. It is best not to climb snow or an ice pool, otherwise you can have a new wave of prostatitis from hypothermia!
Exercises at home for prostatitis
- There are many exercises for prostatitis prevention on the Internet now. But, for the most part, it's all marketing and advertising, - says the doctor. - Regular walking, squatting and DAILY stair climbing will bring many more benefits! It is clear that it is not a hunt, but it makes an effort to be at least minimally active. And a regular sex life!
If you have an office job, for example, nothing prevents you from going to the dining room during your lunch break not by elevator, but by walking several floors. Sat for 2 hours at a meeting? After, go out into the hall and do some squats. In general, squats are precisely the exercise that disperses the blood well in the pelvis and fights stagnation.
After work, we arrived home: we leave the car in the courtyard and go to the shop on foot, and do not enter it on the street. Take the stairs to your floor, not the elevator. If you live very high up, take the elevator for a while and walk for a while.
"You have to train regularly, " she advises.urologist Sergey Kotov. - No recordings are required, but walking 40 minutes a day or fitness classes 2-3 times a week with lower body exercises will help. Bicycling, walking, squatting, bending over, swimming are great home exercises for prostatitis.
Remember the main exercises for the prevention of prostatitis:
- walking;
- squat;
- forward bends;
- swing the legs;
- lifting of the lying leg;
- Go upstairs;
- ride a bicycle;
- I swim.