1, what is prostate?
Prostate is the largest accessory gonad in the male body, which is deeply hidden in the pelvic cavity, growing around the posterior urethra and next to the bladder neck, just like a soldier guarding the bladder outlet, hence the name prostate. The doctor put on medical gloves and put his finger into the patient's anus. The anterior wall of rectum can touch the prostate. The normal prostate is chestnut-shaped, with the bottom facing up and the top facing down. The middle of the bottom is slightly concave, and the surface is smooth and elastic. It is 3.5×2.5×2.5 cm in size and weighs about 20g. After puberty, the prostate quietly "grows up" with the growth of age, and accelerates "fattening" after 40 years old. By the age of 60, 50% of men's prostate tissue is hyperplasia. Although the prostate is very small, there are two catheters passing through it, namely urethra and ejaculatory duct. The main function of prostate is to secrete prostatic fluid. During sexual impulse, the smooth muscle of prostate and seminal vesicle will contract to assist gland secretion, and the secretion will be discharged through gland duct. Prostate fluid is involved in the formation of semen, which is closely related to the survival, activation and fertilization of sperm. Prostate is also a "processing factory" for the transformation of male androgens, and its metabolism can convert testosterone in men into dihydrotestosterone with greater activity, which plays an important role in the formation of prostatic hyperplasia.
2. Prostate diseases will occur.
Prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer are usually the three most common diseases of prostate. They are completely different diseases, and there is no necessary connection between them. Prostatitis mainly occurs in young and middle-aged men and is divided into acute and chronic. In acute inflammation, the onset is urgent and the momentum is fierce. Escherichia coli is often the "culprit" of this disease. Alcoholism, cold, sedentary and excessive sexual intercourse are the causes of its onset. In chronic inflammation, the onset is slow, the course of the disease is transferred, and the "culprit" of the disease is often not found. Most of them are related to the chronic factors of prostate congestion. Symptoms are mainly abnormal urination, such as frequent urination, urgency or dysuria, with different degrees. Prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer mostly occur in men over 60 years old. It was asymptomatic at first, and then there were symptoms of dysuria, from light to heavy, and even urinary retention. Some may also have hydronephrosis and azotemia. However, prostate cancer has no specific symptoms. The lesions of the three major diseases of prostate are different in location and nature. Cancer lesions are mainly in the peripheral zone of prostate structure, which is a malignant lesion of glandular cells. Hyperplasia is located in the transitional zone and central zone of prostate, mainly interstitial hyperplasia of prostate, which oppresses posterior urethra and causes dysuria, while prostatitis is mostly caused by pathogen infection. In short, there are three different diseases of prostate, and almost every man will encounter prostate problems in his life. Diagnosis and treatment of prostate diseases should go to urology and andrology in regular hospitals to avoid delay.
3. Maintain the prostate
Prostatic hyperplasia is very common in male elderly people, and it is a chronic disease with slow progress. Like hypertension and diabetes, it can be prevented and treated. If it is found early, choosing appropriate drug treatment will delay the progress of the disease, reduce complications and reduce the risk of surgery. However, patients need to get out of the following "misunderstandings": ① It is a natural physiological phenomenon for the elderly to have lower urinary tract symptoms such as frequent urination and urgency; 2 I feel that urinating is wrong and I am embarrassed to communicate with people; (3) think that the symptoms are not serious and do not pay attention; ④ Compared with stroke and coronary heart disease, it is not considered as a critical disease; ⑤ After taking the medicine, the symptoms improved, and I thought I could stop taking the medicine; ⑥ I deliberately avoided the physical examination because I felt a little uncomfortable during the rectal digital examination; Wait a minute. Therefore, when elderly men have lower urinary tract symptoms, they need to go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid disease progression and surgical risks. At the same time, doctors often check the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) to screen prostate cancer.
4. Problems needing attention in life
The diet structure is reasonable, the staple food is coarse and fine, and the dishes are both vegetarian and vegetarian. Try to eat less spicy and irritating food, avoid congestion, constipation and hemorrhoids of sexual organs, and aggravate dysuria; 2 Quit smoking and limit alcohol, especially liquor, because drinking alcohol will make the prostate and bladder neck hyperemia and edema, which is easy to induce dysuria and even urinary retention; ③ Pay attention to preventing colds, colds and upper respiratory tract infections. A cold will aggravate the condition; (4) Don't hold your urine. Holding back urine can easily lead to over-filling of bladder, weakening of detrusor muscle tension, which may induce urinary retention; ⑤ Don't have excessive sexual intercourse, so as not to cause prostate congestion and dysuria; ⑥ Take part in appropriate sports, such as walking and swimming, to enhance the tension of levator ani and prevent dysuria.
5. Health care after prostatitis.
1, avoid long-term use of antibacterial drugs.
Many cured prostatitis patients take empirical long-term antibacterial drugs for consolidation treatment in order to prevent pathogen reinfection. This is an undesirable wrong method, which not only can not play a health care role for cured prostatitis patients, but also may lead to adverse consequences such as drug resistance.
2, master the daily effective health care measures.
Patients with prostatitis need to strengthen health care measures in the short term after cure to consolidate the therapeutic effect. The main methods are: (1) daily hygiene of female private parts to ensure local dryness and cleanliness; Appropriate physical exercise, enhance the body's resistance and avoid overwork; Regular sexual life under the protection of sterile tintin sleeves; Strengthen nutrition and improve health.
How to regulate sleep in patients with prostatitis
In recent years, due to the accelerated pace of life, more and more men are facing greater pressure, which will lead to a greater chance of suffering from prostatitis, which will bring great confusion to many men's lives and work. After a long time, it will lead to insomnia and failure to work normally. So, how to regulate the sleep of patients with prostatitis? Let's take a look at the expert's introduction.
1) Massage Yongquan point. When you can't sleep in bed, you can massage Yongquan point by yourself: put the foot center of one foot on the big toe of the other foot and rub it back and forth until the foot center is hot, and then change the other foot. If you do this alternately, your brain will focus on your feet. After a long time, people will be tired, and they will want to fall asleep when they are sleepy. If it persists for a long time, it can also play a health care role.
2) comb your hair and relax your nerves. Combing your hair before going to bed is beneficial to smooth blood vessels, enhance the nutritional supply of brain cells and delay brain aging. Combing hair before going to bed can improve sleep and improve sleep quality. After a hard day's work, combing your hair can relax your nerves, eliminate fatigue and give your brain a good rest.