Prostatitis is an inflammation that afflicts many men and is difficult to completely cure, affecting the health of male friends. What are the maintenance methods for prostatitis?
While doing self treatment for prostatitis, we'd better also pay attention to self maintenance to ensure our physical health and prevent the deterioration of the condition.
1. "Drinking more water can lead to more urination. High concentration urine can cause some irritation to the prostate, and long-term adverse stimulation is harmful to the prostate. Drinking more water can not only dilute the blood, but also effectively dilute the concentration of urine.".
2. Don't hold your urine. Once your bladder is full and you feel like urinating, you should urinate. Holding your urine is not good for your bladder and prostate. Before taking a long-distance bus, you should empty your urine before taking the bus. If you urinate urgently on the way, you should greet the driver and get off to urinate. Don't hold your urine hard.
3. To control sexual activity and prevent prostate hypertrophy, attention should be paid from a young age. The key is to have moderate sexual activity. Frequent sexual activity can lead to long-term hyperemia of the prostate, leading to enlargement of the prostate. Therefore, especially in young people with strong sexual desire, attention should be paid to controlling sexual activity, avoiding repeated hyperemia of the prostate, and allowing time for the prostate to fully recover and repair. Of course, Excessive abstinence can cause fullness and discomfort, which is also detrimental to the prostate gland.
4. Relax more. Stress in life may increase the chance of prostate enlargement. Clinically, when stress in life slows down, prostate symptoms can be relieved, so you should try to maintain a relaxed state at ordinary times.
5. Taking a warm water bath can relieve the tension between muscles and prostate gland, alleviate discomfort symptoms, and regular warm water baths are undoubtedly very beneficial for patients with prostate disease. If you use warm water sitz baths to massage the perineum 1-2 times a day, you can also receive good results.
6. "Keep clean. The male scrotum has a large elasticity and secretes more sweat. In addition, due to poor ventilation of the vulva, it is easy to hide dirt and absorb dirt. Local bacteria often take advantage of this situation, which can lead to prostatitis, prostate hypertrophy, and decreased sexual function. If not paid attention in time, serious infections can occur. Therefore, adhering to cleaning the perineum is an important link in preventing prostatitis. In addition,", It is necessary to consistently flush the external genitalia every time you have a roommate.
A Simple Self Test Method for Prostatitis
"Because the etiology of prostatitis is complex, treatment becomes more difficult and is prone to relapse. However, if the formation of prostatitis can be detected early, treatment can be carried out as soon as possible, and the probability of cure will be greatly increased.". If you feel that you really don't have time to go to the hospital for an examination, you can also give yourself a simple self test first.
The following editor will introduce this simple self test method for everyone. It is based on the general symptoms of prostatitis, so it is still relatively accurate. "If the result of your self-test indicates that you have developed prostatitis, it is important to go to the hospital in a timely manner for a more accurate and scientific examination in order to recognize your condition and receive treatment as soon as possible.".
The scoring criteria for the 7 prostatitis self tests are as follows:
1. In the past month, after urinating, how often do you feel that your bladder has not been completely emptied?
2. How often do you have to urinate again within 2 hours?
3. How often do you notice yourself stopping and restarting multiple times during urination?
4. How often do you find it difficult to delay urination?
5. How often do you feel weak urine flow?
6. How often have you had to urinate by pressing or pulling in the past month?
7. How many times do you usually get up during the period from sleeping at night to waking up the next morning?
The subject can determine the score from "0" to "5" based on "never", "once", "twice", "three times", "four times", and "five times".
Experts say that 0-7 points are mild symptoms, 8-19 points are moderate symptoms, and 20-35 points are severe symptoms. It is generally believed that mild symptoms require only follow-up, while moderate and severe symptoms require medication and surgery, respectively. However, if any of the seven questions score more than 3 points, then even if the total score is not high, it is necessary to consider appropriate treatment options.