Prostate is an important male reproductive organ. The inflammatory disease of prostate is called prostatitis. The morbidity is high and keeping rising in the recent years. Prostatitis can bring many troubles to the patients such as urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary pain, urination difficulty, weak urine stream, frequent urination at night; pain in pubis, perineum, and waist; sexual dysfunction and so on. Once a man gets prostatitis, it will take a lot of time and money to recover back to normal. What’s more, some patients with prostatitis do no get treated in time or get treated in a wrong way, thus leading to more serious results such as infertility. To stay away from these trouble, it is better to prevent the occurrence of prostatitis before it comes to you. There are some good habits which can help you to reduce the morbidity of prostatitis.

1. Keep warm
Try to keep warm. This is beneficial to the blood circulation. Especially at the end of autumn and the beginning of spring, the weather changes rapidly. It is easy to catch a cold. Influenza and upper respiratory infection will lower the immunity of the body and add up to the chance of other infections.

2. Reduce strenuous exercise and long-time sitting
Try not to sit for a long time or cycle for a long distance. These activities will add up to the symptoms of haemorrhoids and is likely to lead to hyperemia of the private parts and urination difficulty.

3. Avoid excessive sexual life
Excessive sexual life will add up to the burden of prostate and other genitals and give chance to the pathogenic bacterium to invade into the external reproductive system. Bacterial infection is the main cause of prostatitis.

4. Be careful with the medicine you take
Some medicine, such as atropine, belladonna piece, ephedrine tablets, and isoproply adrenaline, will add up to the symptom of urination difficulty. So we should be careful with the use of these medicine.

5. Avoid overwork
Overwork will damage qi of the middle-jiao energy. Lack of qi of the middle-jiao energy will lead to urination difficulty and retention of urine.

6. Reduce the intake of spicy and irritant food
Spicy and irritant food can lead to genital congestion and add up to the symptoms of haemorrhoids and constipation, oppressing prostate and increasing urination difficulty.

Hope these tips can help you stay away prostatitis. As for the patients already diagnosed with prostatitis, Diuretic and Anti-inflammation Pill will be a good helper in the treatment. It’s a herbal medicine that is proven to be effective in the treatment of prostatitis.

If you want to consult relative questions about prostatitis, you can send e-mail to Dr. Lee: [email protected]