The diameter of the normal prostate is not more than 4 cm. But this small organ is able to cause a man in major troubles.Pain, difficulty urinating, erection problems - these are the most common signs of prostate diseases.Read about how to warn them in our article.
Prostatitis and prostate adenoma: where to start prevention?
The two most common male problems: prostatitis and prostate adenoma, it is also benign prostate hyperplasia.The first ailment suffers up to half of the male population of the planet of various ages.The second disease affects mainly those who are older, but accurately: already among the 40-year-old prostate adenoma is detected in 40%, and by 80 years its prevalence reaches 90%.
The causes of these diseases are different.If, with prostatitis, it is primarily about infection or slowly flowing inflammation as a consequence of stagnant and colds in the pelvic area, with a prostate adenoma, hormonal balance comes to the fore, namely the ratio between the two fractions of testosterone: actually free testosterone and its altered form, called “digidrotrotestos”.It is under the influence of digidrotestosterone that the prostate increases.So far, a man is young, free testosterone limits this process, but with age its number decreases, while the level of digidrotestosterone increases.This activates the benign organ hyperplasia.Unfortunately, it is impossible to somehow regulate this process in a natural way, without connecting prescription drugs, therefore it is quite difficult to talk about the prevention of prostate adenoma.
Another thing is prostatitis.In order for the infection to develop safely, a set of predisposing factors is needed:
- Unrestrained sex life without the use of contraceptive means is the cause of infection.
- A sedentary lifestyle, sitting work and chronic constipation are factors that contribute to a violation of normal blood circulation in the pelvis.
- Chronic foci of infection provoke a decrease in the body's immune defense.
- Lack of sleep, chronic stress, overtraining, frequent hypothermia undermine the body's resistance as a whole.
It is the elimination of these predisposing factors that is the basis for the prevention of prostatitis.
Primary or secondary prevention of prostatitis
Any prevention of any disease, including inflammation of the prostate gland, can be primary or secondary.Primary prevention involves the prevention of the disease as such in a healthy person.With prostatitis, it is usually about the acute form of this disease, in fact - an acute infection that affects the tissue of the gland.
Secondary prevention involves the prevention of exacerbations and relapses of an existing disease.Here this refers to chronic prostatitis, to prevent the exacerbations of which is the task of the patient and his doctor.
In order to talk more and more specifically about the prevention of prostatitis, we give the modern classification of this pathology:
- Acute bacterial prostatitis.
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis.
- Sidrum of chronic pelvic pain: with inflammation and without inflammation
- Sinimptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.
It is obvious that the methods of preventing acute bacterial prostatitis and pelvic pain without inflammation (when there are all characteristic symptoms, but during the examination the source of infection cannot be detected, and there are no leukocytes that speak of inflammation in the secret of the gland) will be different.
It is obvious that the methods of preventing acute bacterial prostatitis and pelvic pain without inflammation (when there are all characteristic symptoms, but during the examination the source of infection cannot be detected, and there are no leukocytes that speak of inflammation in the secret of the gland) will be different.
Prevention of infectious prostatitis
For this concept, you can determine acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis (with inflammatory syndrome of chronic pelvic pain, the source of infection is not detected).The most frequent pathogens of acute prostatitis are pathogenic E. coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Pseudomonas stick.In chronic prostatitis, the role of pathogenic flora transmitted sexually, such as chlamydia or other pathogenic infections, increases.Therefore, for the prevention of prostatitis, hygiene is extremely important, both personal and sexual relations.The failure to use contraceptives increases the risks of the development of any infection.
It is important!It is imperative to treat any foci of infection in time, including seemingly not related to business, such as sore teeth and tonsils.The infection can spread with a blood flow into any part of the body - this method of transferring microbes is called hematogenous.
Some doctors believe that the occurrence of infectious prostatitis is preceded by reflux - the casting of urine into a prostate from the urethra, which occurs at increased pressure inside the urethra.Together with the urine, an infection falls into the prostate gland.
Of course, you need to pay attention to measures that increase the overall resistance of the body.This is a good nutrition with a sufficient amount of protein, vitamins and minerals, dosed physical activity, full sleep.
Prevention of "stagnant prostatitis" and prostate adenoma
Strictly speaking, modern medicine does not operate with the concept of “stagnant prostatitis” - this name is not used at least from the end of the last century, when modern classification was first formulated.With a stretch, this can be called the syndrome of chronic pelvic pain with or without inflammation of the character, in which there are characteristic pain manifestations and other problems, but from the secret of the prostate it is not possible to distinguish microorganisms that could cause inflammation and pain.
To prevent this problem, first of all, you will have to change your lifestyle:
- Ensure regular motor activity;
- dress according to the weather, avoiding hypothermia;
- limit alcohol;
- avoid spicy, spicy and fatty foods;
- Provide a sufficient amount of dietary fibers in the diet: vegetables, fruits, whole cereals, bran - to prevent constipation.
Regular sexual activity using contraceptive means is also important.
With normal physical activity, any special exercises are not needed for the prevention of prostatitis.But if you cut out the time at least for a half -hour walk, you can use the exercise of Kegel for the muscles of the pelvic floor.By the way, this exercise is effective for the prevention of not only prostatitis, but also hemorrhoids.
In the male version, Kegel's exercise involves the tension of the pubic and cope muscle.To detect it, you need to try to interrupt the urination process - the tension will appear just in the desired muscle.To begin with, you can train, directly 5-7 times in a row, interrupting the process.Later, when it becomes clear where the desired muscle is and how its tension is felt, Kegel’s exercises can be done in any position and in any conditions.
Another option for detecting the desired muscle to try to raise an erectal genital organ by the power of thought.
The same recommendations regarding the lifestyle and physical activity will help to slow down the development of the symptoms of prostate adenoma.The specific prevention of this disease, as already mentioned, has not been developed.But in the development of the disease, not only hormones, but also aseptic inflammation, causing edema of the gland and enhancing symptoms play the role.Normalization of blood flow will help reduce swelling and, therefore, obstruction of the urinary tract.
What can you drink for the prevention of prostatitis: folk remedies
So far, doctors have not found evidence of the effectiveness of any folk remedy for the prevention of prostatitis or prostate adenoma.Therefore, it is definitely not worth starting prevention by prescribing medicines and taking folk remedies, it is better to immediately consult a doctor.
As for the prevention of herbs, the body remedies of Echinacea, Rodiola Pink, ginseng and similar products can help indirectly increasing the resistance of the body.It is important to note: all of them increase blood pressure and are therefore contraindicated in suffering hypertension.Improving the tone of the veins, which means that blood circulation in the limbs and the small pelvis can be phytopreparations with the effect of an increase in venous outflow.These are herbal preparations based on horse chestnut extracts, Japanese sophora, eucalyptus, ginkgo (caution should be caused with hypertension!), Red grape leaves and grape seeds.
If prostatitis or the first symptoms of prostate adenoma caused difficulties with urination - in no case should I use diuretic herbs such as lingonberries or carrion.Such drugs are good for cystitis, when pain and rubbering are caused by inflammation of the bladder precisely, and urine serves as a kind of washing waters that mechanically remove infectious agents from the mucous membrane.With prostatitis, the bladder and the urethra are not affected.The problem is that they are squeezed by the prostate gland, swollen due to inflammation or increased due to hypertrophy.And an increase in the volume of urine under the influence of diuretic herbs will only worsen the condition, because its outflow will be already difficult.
Medication prevention of prostatitis
If we are talking about the secondary prevention of prostatitis, that is, the prevention of exacerbations or the prevention of the growth of the existing benign prostate hyperplasia, the doctor and only the doctor can prescribe medications and dietary supplements.Since there are no effective means without side effects, any similar tools, including dietary supplements, should be prescribed by a specialist, taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient's health.
Prostatitis and prostate adenoma are serious problems that require a comprehensive approach to prevention and treatment.Proper nutrition, regular physical activity, normal sexual activity will help maintain male health and extend the active life.