From Youth to Old Age: Prostate Health Tips for Every Stage of Life
In the morning, at the breakfast shop downstairs, I heard three men of different ages chatting at the next table. A young man in his early twenties complained that he had been urinating frequently and urgently recently, and he had to go to the toilet three times after sitting in the office for half a day.
Besides, an older man in his forties said with a sad face that the PSA index on the physical examination report was a little high, and he was struggling to do further examination. An elderly man in his sixties was even more helpless, saying that he had to get up five or six times every night, and he could not sleep well.
The troubles of these three age groups actually point to the same "protagonist"-prostate. This organ, the size of a chestnut, is hidden deep in the male pelvic cavity, but it is called the "life gland." It not only manages urination and sperm transport, but also secretes prostatic fluid as a "vitality supply station" for sperm, which is essential for fertility. But it is such a key organ, from youth to old age, almost every stage has a "trap" waiting for everyone to step on.
This article talks about the maintenance strategies of prostate health in different age groups, from youth to old age.
Men in Their 20s: Stay away from Bad Habits
In his twenties, the prostate is in a "period of vigorous development," which should be a very healthy time, but now many young people are causing health problems with it.
The other day, a 23-year-old boy left a message in the background, saying that he had frequent and urgent urination and a dull pain in his perineum. Only when asked did I know that he was a programmer who sat in the office for eight or nine hours every day. After work, he would go out with his friends to eat spicy crayfish with cold beer, and it was common for him to stay up late playing games.
Young people's prostatitis is mostly caused by bad habits. Sitting for a long time will press the prostate out of breath, local blood circulation is not smooth, gland congestion and edema, easy to induce inflammation; pepper and alcohol are like "stimulants," will make the prostate vasodilator, swelling pain doubled; staying up late, pressure will disrupt nerve function, pelvic floor muscle spasm, frequent urination problems will come.
Moreover, some young people do not like to drink water, always hold back urine, and harmful substances in urine stimulate the urethra, which can easily lead to prostate inflammation.
To maintain the prostate at this age, the core is four words: get rid of bad habits. Get up and move for five minutes after sitting for an hour, take a glass of water and stretch; eat less spicy food and drink less cold beer; don't hold your urine, drink 1.5-2 L of water every day; if the foreskin is too long, deal with it in time to avoid bacterial infection of the prostate.
If you already have symptoms of frequent urination and perineal pain, don't use drugs indiscriminately. You can consult a professional doctor at Dr. Li's clinic and take mild natural therapies such as the Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill to relieve your discomfort and recuperate. With aerobic exercise such as jogging and swimming, you can relieve inflammation faster.
Men in Their 40s: Watch out for Prostate Problems
At the age of forty, the prostate begins to enter a "busy period." This stage of prostate, on the one hand, may be due to the accumulation of long-term bad habits of inflammation; on the other hand, we should also be alert to the "silent killer" of prostate cancer.
Some men in their forties looked puzzled after the physical examination: "I do prostate B ultrasound every year, showing normal size, why did the doctor let me check PSA?" In fact, B-mode ultrasound and PSA are two different things. B-ultrasound looks at the "appearance" of the prostate, whether it has become larger and longer nodules, while PSA is a prostate-specific antigen, which reflects the "internal health" of the prostate.
Prostate cancer has almost no symptoms in the early stage, and when dysuria, hematuria, and bone pain occur, it often reaches the middle and late stages. But it is actually a "preventable and curable" disease, and the key is early detection.
Regular screening is the most important thing to maintain the prostate in this age group. If your father or brother has a history of prostate cancer, an annual PSA and digital rectal exam is recommended from the age of 45; the average man should have both tests on his agenda after 50. Don't feel embarrassed by the digital rectal examination. These few minutes of examination can help you find out the risk of early lesions.
Life maintenance can not be relaxed. Regular sexual activity is very important; do not indulge in sex and do not abstain from sex; adhere to three times a week exercise, Tai Chi, fast walking can promote pelvic blood circulation; eat more food rich in zinc and selenium, such as lean meat, nuts, seafood, which is good for prostate health.
Men in Their 60s: Pay Attention to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
“Back in the day, I could pee ten feet straight into the wind; now even with the wind at my back, I end up wetting my shoes.”This joke expresses the helplessness of a lot of old men. When people reach sixty, benign prostatic hyperplasia has almost become a "standard match." This is because with age, androgen will continue to stimulate the prostate; the gland slowly becomes larger, like a stone on the urethra, and urination naturally becomes more and more difficult.
A 68-year-old grandfather has been troubled by this problem for two years. He urinates five or six times at night. The urine line is as thin as a toothpick, and sometimes he can't urinate. He always felt that "old people are like this, just endure," the result dragged to the end caused urinary retention, and he could only go to the hospital to insert a catheter.
In fact, there are different ways to deal with different degrees of symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. If only 1-2 times of night urine, occasionally urine line thinning, adjust your lifestyle: drink less water two hours before going to bed, don't drink coffee, strong tea and wine; pay attention to keeping warm, don't let the lower part of the body catch cold, cold will make the prostate muscle contract, aggravate the difficulty of urination; eat more vegetables and fruits, keep the stool unobstructed, constipation will further oppress the prostate.
If nighttime urination exceeds 3 times, urination is laborious and affects sleep, medication is needed under the guidance of a doctor. Alpha blockers relax the prostate muscle quickly, like loosening a pinched water pipe, and usually improve urination in a day or two; 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors slowly reduce the size of the prostate and are suitable for patients with enlarged glands.
You can also take the Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill from Dr. Li's clinic, which can solve the problem of benign prostatic hyperplasia. And it contains more than 50 natural herbs with few side effects.
If the drug effect is not good, urinary retention, hematuria, bladder stones, and other conditions can be treated. Now, minimally invasive surgery is very mature, with transurethral laser resection of the prostate, no incision on the body surface, quick recovery, and can restore normal urination after surgery.
Reminder: General Maintenance Rules for Prostate
In fact, whether young or old, protecting the prostate can not be separated from these five "golden rules": reasonable diet, regular life, moderate exercise, mental health, and regular examination.
Conclusion
Prostate health, different age groups will have different prostate problems, so you need to take good care of it. But prostate health is not a matter of a certain age, but requires a lifetime of attention. It is like a "barometer" in the male body. If you treat it well, it will guard you silently; if you ignore it, it will remind you of all kinds of problems.
Putting prostate health on the agenda is essential to ensure that this "life gland" can accompany you through your entire life in a healthy manner.
