What to do if the prostate is slightly enlarged

A slightly enlarged prostate is a disease of middle-aged and elderly men, which is still very common in men over 50 years old. Due to the difficulty in talking about it, although it is a common and relatively easy to treat disease, it brings considerable harm to the majority of male patients. To figure out what to do if you have an enlarged prostate, you must first find out the cause of the enlarged prostate and prescribe the right medicine to achieve good results.

The causes of slightly enlarged prostate are mostly closely related to bad living habits. Holding urine for a long time and sexual problems, especially masturbation and excessive sexual life can induce slightly enlarged prostate. Not paying attention to your diet, eating spicy food, smoking and drinking can also damage the prostate.

Now we know the reasons why the prostate is slightly enlarged, but what should we do if we have an enlarged prostate? This has always been a confusing question for male friends. Please read on.

1. Drug infusion: insert a special balloon catheter through the urethra, inject sterile saline into the prostatic urethra and aspirate several times to remove purulent secretions, then inject antibiotics once a week.

2 Urethral dilation: For those with urethral stenosis or obstruction, regular urinary dilation is performed to facilitate excretion. When the bougie passes through the urethra, it can stretch the prostate opening, which is beneficial for gland drainage.

3. Blocking around the prostate

4 General treatment: Enhance confidence, eliminate mental worries, and control sexual desire, but forced abstinence is not advisable. Avoid alcohol and irritating foods, take a hot water sitz bath once a night, apply local physical therapy, and change obvious triggering factors in your life such as avoiding long periods of cycling.

5. Prostate massage: Regular prostate massage can promote the discharge of prostate inflammatory secretions. It should be done once a week. At the same time, routine examination of prostate fluid can also be performed to evaluate the treatment effect.

6 Antibacterial drugs: General antibiotics are not easy to enter the prostate tissue, which is one of the reasons why clinical treatment is more difficult. Two to three types can be used in combination, or they can be used selectively based on the results of prostatic fluid bacteriological culture and drug sensitivity tests.

If the prostate is already slightly enlarged, it must be treated according to the above methods. As long as you don't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor, in fact, a slightly enlarged prostate is not a difficult disease to cure. It is just a minor problem like a cold. Don't avoid treatment because you feel embarrassed, and then regret it when it causes greater harm.