Prostatitis is a disease that is known to half of men over 50.However, this fact does not mean that young people of an earlier age can not be affected by this fact. Since one of the most serious possible complications is cancer, a special role in the prevention of this disease is the prevention of prostatitis in the home.
Inflammation of the prostate( prostate gland), and especially its neglected forms, can lead to male infertility, impotence and just problems with urination, which will undoubtedly bring a lot of discomfort to the man's life.
Causes of
The first thing that should be noted when choosing methods for the prevention of prostatitis in men at home is the reasons for its appearance. As a rule, a number of factors lead to the onset of the disease, which act together. If you determine this series, which influenced your body, you can design your own methods of prevention.
If to reduce to one simple truth, prostatitis develops on the background of an unhealthy lifestyle, due to adherence to bad habits, lack of mobility, malnutrition, etc. Each person can be affected by a different set of factors for the development of the disease, which is why the treatment and prevention of prostatitis in different cases may differ.
Prevention is primary and secondary. Primary characteristic for people who want to prevent inflammation of the prostate. Secondary allows you to avoid re-inflammation and the flow of the disease into a chronic form.
Primary prophylaxis of
Preventing the development of prostatitis avoids many unpleasant symptoms of the disease. This is much better and easier than direct treatment, so every man should be guided by simple rules of prevention, which can be divided according to the causes of inflammation.
Physical activity
A sedentary lifestyle can lead to stagnation of venous blood in the pelvic organs, the so-called congestion, which is one of the common causes of prostatitis. Avoid this can be the introduction of a certain amount of physical activity into your life. It is not necessary for this to be recorded in the gym. It is enough for this daily hiking in the fresh air. Useful lessons will also be your favorite sport( football, basketball, volleyball), jogging, seasonal skiing or skating. The main thing is to find your favorite pastime.
Physical activity is especially important for people who have office( "sit-down") work. For those who have little time for sports, you can offer the performance at least once a day of elementary exercises( squats, feet, etc.), which will not take much time.
Sexual life
Sexual life is one of the key roles in the life of every man. It is known that irregular lovemaking is the reason for quite a large number of hormonal and other types of failures in the body. Prophylaxis of prostatitis in men at home is characterized not only by the inclusion of new rules for a healthy lifestyle, but also by following simple truths. So, as a regular partner, use the right contraception. For example, the interrupted intercourse used by many people can lead to stasis of secretion in the prostate gland, which can become the immediate cause of its inflammation.
Frequent change of partners is also an unfavorable factor for any organism( both female and male).This is confirmed by the fact that the microflora of the genital organs of each person is strictly individual, and the more often you change sexual partners, the higher the risk of dysbiosis. It is also dangerous that the probability of infection with sexual infections increases, untimely treatment of which can also lead to prostatitis.
Timely treatment of
infectionsInfections that can lead to inflammation of the prostate gland are not limited to sexually transmitted infections. On the contrary, often the cause of prostatitis is an increase in the number of bacteria that are considered normal for microflora, for example, the intestine. They most often cause urinary tract infections. But this list of infections is not limited. The cause can be any infection of the blood flow( even caries).All this causes the following rules of prevention:
- timely evacuation of the bladder( prevents the development of an ascending urinary tract infection);
- timely treatment of angina, cholecystitis and other infections;
- timely treatment of any problems with the intestines( to prevent the growth of bacteria in the body);
- intelligibility in sexual relations;
- compliance with personal hygiene.
Proper nutrition
In addition to a sedentary lifestyle, bad habits( smoking, alcohol abuse, drugs) and malnutrition can often cause congestion, which often leads to constipation.
Despite the fact that most men disdain for diets, this is a very important aspect in the prevention of prostatitis. Proper nutrition implies not strict dietary rules and calorie counting, but a simple restriction of so-called harmful food.
So, undesirable in nutrition is considered fatty, fried, smoked and spicy food. You should limit the consumption of fancy foods and, conversely, increase the amount of food rich in fiber and vitamins. Fruit, dried fruits, vegetables, seafood always remain the preferred menu. Following such simple rules will help, including, to avoid constipation.
Maintenance of immunity
This item includes a summary for the two previous ones. Proper nutrition is already a pledge of strengthening immunity, which, in turn, prevents infection by many infections. A healthy organism is capable of simply resisting them.
Important rules in maintaining immunity are timely rest and full sleep, the intake of the necessary amount of vitamins and minerals( for this purpose, can come and special vitamin products sold in any pharmacy), as well as preventing hypothermia. These rules will help not only to avoid inflammation of the prostate gland, but also to maintain the overall health of the body.
Secondary prevention of
This type of prevention should be treated with special attention, since the risk of re-development of the disease is slightly higher than the original one. In this case, it is best to follow the recommendations of the attending physician, who already knows about the factors that can lead to the disease in you.
In general, in addition to specially prescribed medicine, people often adhere to the treatment of prostatitis folk remedies. This, of course, must be accompanied by the approval of the doctor, as it can lead to incomplete recovery and the outgrowth of the disease into a chronic form. However, the prevention of prostatitis with folk remedies is quite worthy of attention.
Popular recipes
Among the ways to prevent and treat prostatitis in the home, a great role is played by the so-called grandmother's recipes, tested for years. If the treatment should be consulted with the attending physician, then for prevention, you can simply prepare one of the recipes proposed in a large number of recipes and immediately begin to use as directed. Harm from herbal infusions will not be exact!
Here are some of the recipes:
- Take 2 tsp. Ivan-tea, pour them 0.5 liters of hot water. Then we insist for 5-10 minutes and filter through gauze. Take this infusion should be twice a day at room temperature: in the morning on an empty stomach, in the evening half an hour before meals.
- To improve immunity and stress resistance, you can use herbal preparations from licorice, rhodiola and leuzea. Insist them should be in accordance with the instructions.
- For the prevention of prostatitis, you can take every day for 1 tbsp.l.a mixture of walnuts and honey in a ratio of 1: 1, from honey and raw pumpkin seeds( 200 and 500 g respectively), from the kernels of walnuts and dried fruits( 12 pieces and 200 g respectively).
