How to protect prostate health

Don't deliberately add extra burden to it, just follow its physiological characteristics.

Last week, I met a 28-year-old programmer from an Internet company at the urology clinic. He worked on a project for three days and nights. He felt that running to the toilet wasted time and he kept urinating. In the end, he grinned in pain when urinating. The routine indicator of prostate fluid showed a large red color. He thought he had an incurable disease. In fact, he kept urinating and his prostate became edematous and congested. I prescribed some medicine and went home to rest for a week.

Speaking of which, the prostate is an interesting organ. It looks like a small, upside-down chestnut. It is attached just below the bladder, and the urethra just passes through it. If it is slightly swollen, it will squeeze into the urethra, causing all kinds of problems such as frequent urination, urgent urination and pain. If you look at people who usually sit on soft sofas and play games, people who sit in the office in front of the computer every day, and truck drivers who run long distances, the incidence rate of prostatitis in these types of people is much higher than that of other people. To put it bluntly, if you sit for a long time, the weight of your upper body is completely pressed on the prostate. The local blood circulation is blocked, and the inflammatory secretions cannot be discharged, so it is easy to become inflamed. There was an old patient who had been running long distances for 12 years. He used to come in every month for anti-inflammatory drugs. Later, he listened to my suggestion and stopped for two minutes and walked around the car twice every hour he drove. I haven't seen him for a follow-up consultation in almost half a year.

In addition to not squeezing it for a long time, don't always feed it "stimulating food". Many people think that eating spicy food and drinking ice is a trivial matter. However, if you have been sitting for a long time or staying up late recently, your prostate is already a little congested. A meal of spicy hot pot and cold beer is equivalent to pouring chili oil and ice water on your already red prostate. It would be strange if you don't lose your temper. Last month, a young man and his friends ate five kilograms of spicy crayfish and drank three bottles of cold beer. He was so painful that he couldn't straighten his back in the middle of the night and went to the emergency room. After a checkup, he found that the urethra was blocked by acute edema of the prostate, and he needed a urinary catheter for a day before he recovered.

As for the myths about lycopene and zinc supplementation that protect the prostate, which are so popular on the Internet, there is currently no unified conclusion in the academic community. There is a small sample study saying that long-term supplementation of lycopene can reduce the risk of prostate cancer in middle-aged and elderly men. There are also long-term follow-up studies of hundreds of thousands of samples saying there is no significant correlation between the two. Ordinary people usually eat some tomatoes and nuts. There is no need to spend a lot of money to buy health care products. If you are really found to be deficient in nutrients, it is not too late to follow the doctor's advice.

There is also the issue of frequency of sexual life that many people struggle with. Some say abstinence supports the prostate, while others say that you need to ejaculate more. In fact, clinicians will basically not give you a standard number. The key is not to go to extremes - if you don't ejaculate for one or two months in a row, the prostate fluid will easily become blocked in the glandular duct. If it is too frequent in a short period of time, it will continue to be congested and swollen. Just follow your own physical condition. If you don't feel tired or uncomfortable the next day, it's totally fine.

Many people always chase me and ask if there is any one-and-done way to protect the glands. To be honest, there is no one. It is just an ordinary human organ. Don’t stay up late, hold in your urine, sit all day, eat spicy food and drink less. It is much more durable than you think. In turn, you can always work hard to create it, and no matter how expensive supplements are, it will be useless.