"Massage the prostate at home can treat chronic prostatitis." Recently, the reporter heard many patients say this in an interview. Can prostate massage be done at home? Zhang Yaqiang, chief physician of urology department of Guang 'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that prostate self-massage is effective in treating chronic prostatitis, but it is not suitable for everyone. If you massage blindly, it will aggravate your condition.
Dr. Zhang explained that prostate massage therapy is an auxiliary therapy to relieve the accumulation of prostatic fluid, improve local blood circulation and promote the absorption and regression of inflammation by regularly massaging the prostate to drain prostatic fluid and discharge inflammatory substances.
Because most patients with chronic prostatitis are middle-aged people with old age and young age, they have a lot of things to do every day. It is unrealistic for many patients to take time out to go to the hospital for special massage every week, so some patients massage at home by themselves. In fact, self-massage is a simple and effective method for patients with full and soft prostate and more secretions. However, the following situations are not suitable for massage: patients suspected of prostate tuberculosis or tumor; Acute attack of chronic prostatitis; Patients with prostate atrophy or sclerosis. In self-massage, pay attention to the obvious tenderness of prostate and the enhancement of cystic feeling, and go to the hospital in time. Prostate self-massage therapy is only an auxiliary treatment and cannot completely replace other treatments.
According to Dr. Zhang, when massaging, the patient takes a squatting position or a lateral flexion position. Clean the anus after defecation, apply soapy water to the fingers on the first index finger sleeve and extend into the anus. The last knuckle of the index finger points to the rectal surface of the prostate, and gently presses the prostate from the outside to the inside, that is, presses the prostate from both sides of the gland to the midline for 3-4 times, and then squeezes the prostatic fluid from the central sulcus to the external urethral orifice from top to bottom. Massage for 3 ~ 5 minutes each time, and it is better to discharge prostatic fluid from urethra every time. Massage must be gentle, and the interval between massage treatments should be at least 3 days. Generally massage 1 ~ 2 times a week. After the massage, the patient should urinate immediately, so that the inflammatory secretions remaining in the urethra can be discharged with the urine. Dr. Zhang reminded patients, "Massage pays more attention to strength and accuracy of parts. If these two points are not in place, the curative effect will obviously be greatly reduced. "