Post Date December, 03 2023
The summer is hot and the temperature is high. When people complain about the hot and uncomfortable weather, some prostatitis patients find that the annoying symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, pain in urination, tummy swelling and so on have been significantly reduced. Some patients think that this is a sign of improvement or even recovery of the disease, so they stop taking drugs or discontinue treatment without authorization. The doctor suggested that the "improvement" of prostatitis patients in summer is mostly false. If you relax your vigilance and stop treatment at this time, it will be extremely harmful to your health.
Is prostatitis getting better?
In the summer, some patients with prostatitis do have symptoms reduced, but this clinical manifestation is deceptive. Professor Chi Jian'an, a surgeon at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, explained that the summer weather was hot, and it just had a thermotherapy effect on prostatitis, which could alleviate the discomfort symptoms such as tumefaction of the lower abdomen and perineum. Generally, the doctor will recommend that the prostatitis patient who has discomfort in tummy and perineum fall and distension use warm water sitz bath for hyperthermia, and the hot weather just plays the role of hyperthermia. In addition, when the weather is hot, the amount of perspiration increases and the number of urination naturally decreases, which alleviates the symptoms of frequent urination in patients with prostatitis; Higher temperature can relax the sphincter around the prostate, expand blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation, and relieve symptoms such as prostate edema and dysuria caused by hyperemia. In this way, the symptoms of prostatitis patients in summer may be temporarily relieved, but once the weather turns cool, it will return to its original state. Therefore, patients with prostatitis should not take it lightly because their symptoms are relieved in summer, thinking that they have recovered.
Decreased urination is not necessarily a good thing
Chi Jian'an said that patients with prostatitis urinate more, which helps to ensure the smoothness of the prostate. However, less urination in summer and concentrated urine may increase the acidity of urine, leading to urethral irritation symptoms, urethral burning, stabbing and other discomfort symptoms, and severe cases may cause urethritis. In addition, the concentration of urine and the increase of salt are easy to form crystals and develop into urinary stones.
"The symptoms are obviously relieved, can we stop taking medicine?" Many prostatitis patients will ask the doctor after the symptoms are relieved in summer. Chi Jian'an clearly said: "This is not desirable." The etiology of chronic prostatitis is complex, and the performance of patients is also different. Some patients have obvious clinical symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, pain in urination, endless urination, and pain in the waist or groin, lower abdomen, and perineum, but all laboratory indicators are normal. Some patients have abnormal white blood cells, lecithin bodies and other laboratory indicators, even white blood cells+++, but no obvious symptoms. Therefore, patients with prostatitis cannot stop treatment just because of symptom relief. If the treatment is interrupted as soon as the clinical symptoms are alleviated, and the treatment is not insisted on according to the sufficient course of treatment, the result will not only cause the recurrence of the old disease, but also artificially increase the difficulty of treatment. For the treatment of prostatitis, only when the symptoms completely disappear and all the laboratory indicators are normal can it be said that the disease is really cured.
Don't be greedy for cold drinks and stay up late in summer
Summer is a good time to treat prostatitis. In summer, the temperature is high, the cell regeneration ability is strong, and the sphincter contraction is relatively good, which is conducive to the rehabilitation of patients with prostatitis. At the same time, the patient's symptoms have been alleviated and the mood will be better during treatment. Moreover, due to the acceleration of blood circulation, it is conducive to the absorption of drugs and the effectiveness of drugs, which virtually increases the therapeutic effect. Therefore, patients should seize the good opportunity of treatment in summer to completely cure prostatitis.
Professor Chi Jian'an reminded prostatitis patients that they should not be greedy for cold drinks and stay up late in summer, especially smoking, alcohol and spicy food. Especially during the European Cup, prostatitis patients had better not stay up late to watch the ball. Chronic prostatitis is mostly damp-heat syndrome according to TCM syndrome differentiation. Many people believe that it is hot in summer, and eating cold food should be beneficial to health. They are greedy for cold food, such as ice cream, frozen fruit, beer, beverages, etc. In fact, cold food is high in sugar and heat. The intersection of cold and heat will aggravate the accumulation of dampness and heat in the body.
Summer night life is rich. Prostatitis patients should try to avoid staying up late and sitting for a long time and keep adequate sleep. At the same time, we should avoid suffocating urine. According to your own physical conditions, have a moderate and regular sex life, keep the prostate gland smooth, and excrete the damp heat and turbid gas in the prostate, which is more conducive to the early recovery of your body.
(Intern editor: Huang Junda)
