Zhang Jian, 28, had just eaten a delicious spicy hot pot and a few bottles of beer, and suddenly felt very anxious to urinate. His lower genitals felt bloated and fell, making him very uncomfortable. When he arrived at the bathroom, he couldn't urinate. After holding for several hours, Xiao Li felt his symptoms were getting worse and worse, so he quickly took a taxi to the hospital for urological surgery. After detailed examination, Zhang Jian was diagnosed as suffering from acute prostatitis.
Acute prostatitis is a common disease of young and middle-aged men's genitourinary system. Compared with chronic prostatitis, the incidence rate of acute prostatitis is lower. However, with the arrival of the cold winter season, the temperature dropped sharply, and the incidence rate of acute prostatitis also rose linearly. Why on earth is this?
Doctors have pointed out that there are many factors leading to the onset of acute prostatitis, such as excessive sexual activity, sedentary behavior, low water consumption, and frequent urination. The main reasons for its sudden high incidence in winter are as follows:
First, as the temperature gradually decreases in winter, many male friends may not pay attention to keeping warm, causing local colds, which can lead to acute prostatitis. In fact, many diseases of the reproductive and urinary system have this characteristic, such as acute prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, urethritis, and so on. Generally, they quietly invade patients when they are physically and mentally tired and their immune systems decline.
Secondly, due to the relatively low temperature, especially in the cold winter, many male friends try to reduce their outdoor activities and physical exercise, staying indoors for a long time, or working, or engaging in leisure activities such as watching movies, playing mahjong,
Maintaining a sitting posture for a long time can cause long-term compression of the prostate, causing congestion and edema, and inducing acute prostatitis. This also explains why most patients with acute prostatitis are white-collar workers in the office.
Third, the disaster caused by spicy food. In particular, drinking beer while eating spicy hot pot is considered a great enjoyment in winter. However, spicy and stimulating foods such as chili peppers, scallions, garlic, pepper, and beer can cause vasodilation and organ congestion. Mild vasodilation can accelerate blood circulation, and the blood vessels of the prostate continue to expand. Prolonged hyperemia of the prostate can induce prostatitis.
However, the doctor said that he was most worried about the elderly, as elderly men who urinate endlessly and frequently are early signs of prostate hyperplasia. Generally speaking, the number of nocturnal urinations is often parallel to the extent of prostate hypertrophy. Old people who previously did not wake up at night urinated 1-2 times at night, often reflecting the onset of early obstruction, and developed from 2 times per night to 4-5 times per night or more, indicating the development and aggravation of the disease. Frequent urination not only interferes with sleep, but also often leads to colds due to frequent waking up at night. If you are not careful, you can easily slip and fall. He emphasized that once male friends discover symptoms of acute prostatitis such as frequent urination, urgency, and incomplete urination, they should immediately go to a specialized hospital for examination and treatment to avoid delaying the best opportunity for treatment.
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)