For a large number of men, the prevention and treatment of prostate diseases is timely in spring.
As the main accessory gland of males, the prostate will suffer from different diseases at different times. In childhood, the prostate develops slowly, rarely gets sick, but there are still possibilities for acute and chronic prostatitis and other lesions, but the incidence is very low; starting from youth until old age, the incidence of prostate diseases rapidly increases, and the types of diseases that occur at different ages also vary. In youth and middle age, the common prostate diseases are mainly acute and chronic prostatitis. In old age, the testicular function degenerates, hormone levels decrease, the incidence of prostatitis decreases, while the incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia significantly increases.
Prostatitis is a common disease among men, characterized by multiple pathogens, high incidence, and long duration of illness. Prostatitis refers to the acute and chronic inflammation caused by specific and non-specific infections of the prostate, which then leads to systemic or local symptoms. This disease is often caused by urethritis, seminal vesiculitis, or epididymitis. The infection route of prostatitis is hematogenous infection or direct spread, where direct spread through the urethra is more common.
According to reports, young and middle-aged men are the high-risk population for prostate diseases, and among them, young people account for a larger proportion, with about 25%-30% of young people suffering from this disease.
The reason lies in that the period of youth and middle age is precisely when male sexual function is most vigorous, frequent sexual activity can easily cause repeated congestion of the prostate, long-term congestion can affect cell metabolism, thereby reducing the resistance of cells to bacteria, allowing bacteria to take advantage of the situation, what is known as "honeymoon disease" refers to this situation. Secondly, the period of youth and middle age is also the time when the prostate secretes most vigorously, providing good conditions for bacterial growth. If personal hygiene is not paid attention to, body resistance is low or other parts get infected, pathogens can enter the prostate and form acute and chronic inflammation. Moreover, the fast pace of modern life, especially among young and middle-aged people who live irregularly, some bad living habits such as staying up late, smoking, drinking, eating spicy food, sitting in front of the computer for a long time, etc., causing physical fatigue, this can also lead to prolonged congestion of the prostate.
Need to be vigilant in early spring
At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the weather still carries a chill, with a large temperature difference between day and night, and extremely low temperatures may occur in the morning and evening. However, at this time, many men can't wait to take off their coats and down jackets and change into thin spring clothing. Unbeknownst to them, this is extremely detrimental to health. Because, during cold weather periods, it is exactly the high incidence period for prostate diseases, and most patients with prostate diseases will experience worsening or recurring symptoms. Doctors analyze that this is related to low environmental temperatures and lack of local warmth. Because, cold weather can increase the excitability of the sympathetic nerve, leading to contraction of the prostate glands, dilation of ducts and blood vessels, causing chronic congestion. Chronic congestion leading to increased pressure inside the urethra can seriously cause reflux, combined with changes in the urethral condition exacerbating the stagnation of prostate fluid, thus making it easy for prostate diseases to flare up.
Secondly, when feeling cold, many people choose to drink alcohol or eat hot pot to keep warm. Actually, this dietary method can also be harmful to health. Because drinking alcohol can cause prostate congestion, and the large amount of fried, dry, and spicy foods in hot pot can also worsen these symptoms. In addition, due to low temperatures, people's water intake is relatively less, which can also aggravate prostate diseases. Because drinking less water means fewer urinations for the body, without normal flushing of the urethra, it can easily lead to an increase in the incidence of prostate diseases.
Active treatment should not be stopped prematurely
In addition to feeling discomfort in the perineum, external genitalia, thigh roots, lower abdominal distension pain, and urinary disorders such as frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, incomplete urination, and difficulty in urination, patients with prostate diseases often experience anal discomfort, pricking pain, heaviness, and incomplete or bleeding defecation. Therefore, it is recommended to prevent and treat prostate diseases early. Adult men should pay attention to moderate exercise, especially exercises for the buttocks and waist, avoid standing or sitting for a long time, avoid over-fatigue, avoid eating heaty foods, and avoid riding bicycles for too long.
After some prostate patients have been treated for a period of time, they feel no obvious discomfort and stop taking medicine on their own. But soon after, the symptoms of prostatitis reappear. This is because the patient's prostatitis has not been truly cured and medication was stopped too early, which not only increases the patient's mental burden but also easily increases bacterial drug resistance, making subsequent treatment more difficult.
If diagnosed with prostatitis, it is essential to correctly address and actively treat it. And one key measure for effectively treating prostatitis is to avoid stopping treatment prematurely. Chronic prostatitis is a relatively complex and difficult-to-treat disease, requiring a certain course of treatment, generally needing 1-3 months of treatment, and even after seeing results, treatment should continue for a period to consolidate the effects, and must not be stopped prematurely upon improvement. Some patients end treatment because clinical symptoms have significantly reduced or disappeared. However, the patient's subjective feelings do not align with objective examinations, and the recurrence rate is still very high. Clinically, the cure standard for prostatitis mainly includes disappearance of self-perceived symptoms; normal or improved digital rectal examination of the prostate; normal three-glass urine test; normal prostate smear staining, negative bacterial culture, etc. Based on these standards, whether prostatitis is cured or not should be judged.