Post Date December, 03 2023
How long should healthy men control their urination time? I believe many people have no idea. Recently, a urologist in Hong Kong, Huang Guotian, released a survey on "prostate and urination awareness.".
The survey successfully interviewed 465 male professional drivers over the age of 35. The results show:
Nearly three adults do not know that male normal urination should be completed within one minute;
Nearly five adults believe that urinating longer than the average person is no problem;
Seven adults refuse to seek medical attention because they urinate for a long time, mostly because they do not know it is a disease.
However, further health examinations revealed that:
73% of men have symptoms of prostate hyperplasia.
In response, Dr. Huang Guotian suggested:
Men over the age of 40 can determine whether they have prostate problems by calculating their own urination time, such as whether they can clear up within one minute.
Of course, some objective reasons can also lead to a failure to clear urine within one minute, such as drinking a large amount of water and excessive urine.
In addition to a 1-minute test, what other symptoms indicate that your prostate is worrying? How to protect the prostate gland? "Life Times" invites urologists to explain to you.
Interviewed experts:
Wang Wei, Deputy Chief Physician of Urology Department of Beijing Tongren Hospital
Xu Anqi, Researcher on Marriage Issues, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Self Test Prostatic Hyperplasia with 7 Questions
Prostatic hyperplasia is known as hypertrophy of the prostate, and there are traces to follow. Its early manifestations include the following:
1. Frequency of urination: First, frequency of urination occurs at night, followed by frequency of urination during the day. In the later stage, the effective volume of the bladder decreases, which also makes frequency of urination more severe.
2. Difficulty in urination: mainly progressive difficulty in urinating, such as thin and weak urine lines, incomplete urination, and sometimes urinating on shoes and pants; Frequent urination, excessive nocturnal urination, inability to hold back urine, and frequent waking up at night affect the life of the next day.
3. Hematuria: Capillary congestion and small vessel dilation on the prostate mucosa, and rupture and bleeding caused by the filling and contraction of the bladder. Hematuria can also occur when combined with bladder tumors.
Prostate hyperplasia has an internationally recognized simple self test table. The patient can answer the following questions based on the situation in the last month:
Prostate Hyperplasia Self Test Table
What is the frequency of feeling that the bladder has not been completely emptied after urination?
How often do you have to urinate again within 2 hours?
3. How often do you stop and restart urination multiple times?
4. How often do you have difficulty delaying urination?
What is the frequency of feeling weak urine flow?
The subject can score 0 based on "Never"; "Less than 1/5" 1 point; "Less than 1/2" 2 points; "About 1/2" 3 points; "Over 1/2" 4 points; "Almost always" has 5 points, determining a score from "0" to "5".
How often do you have to urinate by pressing or tightening your abdomen?
How many times do you usually wake up from bed to the next morning?
The subject can determine the score from "0" to "5" based on "never", "once", "twice", "three times", "four times", and "five times".
The total score of the above seven questions is 0 to 7 points for mild symptoms, 8 to 19 points for moderate symptoms, and 20 to 35 points for severe symptoms.
In general:
Patients with mild symptoms should go to the hospital for further prostate B-ultrasound, prostate specific antigen (PSA), and other related examinations. They should be observed for 3 months and regularly followed up;
Moderate symptoms generally require medication;
Surgical treatment should be considered when patients with severe symptoms have poor drug control.
In addition, if any of the seven questions score more than 3 points, then even if the total score is not high, it is necessary to consider the corresponding treatment plan.
12-character formula for prostate protection
To some extent, male aging begins with the prostate gland. The body is still very strong, but when urinating, there is already a feeling of endless dripping, even slight pain, which is an alarm issued by the prostate.
But prostatitis is not really terrible at all, and can be completely cured. There are "12 word pitfalls" for preventing prostatitis:
Hypostimulation
Cold, tobacco, alcohol, spicy and stimulating foods, and prolonged sitting in a humid environment can all cause prostate congestion, which is an important cause of prostatitis, and these factors should be avoided in life.
In addition, you should also drink more boiled water to "flush" the urethra, otherwise high concentration of urine will aggravate irritation.
Not suffocating
Sitting and wearing tight underwear can compress the prostate gland; When riding a bicycle, the perineum constantly rubs against the seat of the vehicle, which not only compresses the prostate, but also easily damages it.
The harm of holding urine to the prostate cannot be underestimated, as long-term holding urine can lead to a series of problems such as prostate hypertrophy and prostatitis.
Promoting circulation
In addition to avoiding the factors that damage the prostate, you should also exercise properly. Jogging, play badminton, dancing, etc. are all good choices. They can not only improve the body's immunity, reduce the risk of prostatitis, but also promote blood circulation throughout the body and reduce the congestion of the prostate.
Regular inspection
The age of 50 is the watershed of prostate health. The incidence rate of BPH will reach more than 50%, and almost everyone will appear at the age of 80. In addition, few people suffer from prostate cancer before the age of 50, and the incidence rate begins to rise after the age of 50.
Prostate cancer often has no symptoms in the early stage, and once symptoms such as urethral obstruction and pain occur, metastasis often occurs. Therefore, men should undergo a digital rectal examination, ultrasound, and prostate specific antigen test once a year starting at the age of 50.
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is the most valuable tumor marker for prostate cancer, and is particularly important for early diagnosis. If you have a family history, you can have regular reviews from the age of 45.
