Prostate disease is known as "immortal cancer". It can be seen how harmful it is. Frequent, urgent, and incomplete urination are typical symptoms. Moreover, it also leads to male impotence, premature ejaculation, and even male infertility.
Prostate diseases are the most common diseases in andrology, including prostatitis, prostate hyperplasia, and even prostate cancer. Many male friends feel embarrassed and choose to avoid seeking medical attention. If they are overwhelmed by symptoms, they choose to buy their own medicine. Based on more than 20 years of clinical outpatient experience, there are seven categories of common misconceptions about prostate diseases.
Myth 1: Prostatitis is contagious
In clinical practice, the vast majority of chronic prostatitis cannot be detected for pathogenic bacteria, and this type of prostatitis is not infectious. Generally, patients with chronic prostatitis can have marital sex, but not too often.
Mistake 2: Treatment requires the use of antibiotics
A large proportion of chronic prostatitis is sterile and caused by some pathogenic microorganisms. Using antibiotics to treat it is naturally difficult to achieve good results. Eating less meat and eating more beans and vegetables can have great benefits for protecting the prostate.
Myth 3: Prostatitis and hyperplasia are the same thing
There are often patients who confuse the two, and many patients worry that chronic prostatitis can directly cause prostate hyperplasia. In fact, these two diseases are completely different in nature, etiology, and pathology, and there is no necessary connection.
Myth 4: Treating prostate disease as a sexually transmitted disease
Many patients often mistake frequent urination, urgency, or lack of sexual desire for a sexually transmitted disease. In addition, abuse of antibiotics for self treatment exacerbates the condition.
Myth 5: Prostatitis Patients Should Prohibit Sexual Activity
Obviously reducing or abstaining from sexual activity is not beneficial for patients with chronic prostatitis. Patients should appropriately arrange their sexual activity based on their physical health, neither too frequently nor abstinence. Regular sexual life not only does not harm the prostate, but also can maintain the normal metabolism of the prostate, conducive to the recovery of prostate function and accelerate the regression of inflammation.
Myth 6: Changing drugs or treatments randomly
In the treatment of prostatitis, especially bacterial prostatitis, sensitive drugs should be used instead of randomly changing the medication within 3-4 days, as symptoms often take a period of time to relieve, and early treatment should last for 2 weeks. If you change medication randomly, it is easy to cause bacterial flora disorder or drug resistance, and ultimately lead to treatment failure or incomplete treatment.
Myth 7: Prostatic hyperplasia can only be treated surgically
When mild symptoms of BPH occur, patients can alleviate or disappear their symptoms by adjusting their diet and lifestyle, plus appropriate medication. Drinking water in moderation, eating less spicy food, abstaining from alcohol, and avoiding holding urine, sitting, and fatigue are all important self healing methods.
Prostate disease is a worldwide problem, but as long as you discover it early and treat it early, and pay more attention to dietary habits in combination with medication, you can completely eliminate symptoms and stop suffering.