As many people know, a significant feature of prostatitis is a long treatment course. If you ignore it, the inflammation will worsen or recur, seriously affecting men's normal lives. Do you know that your chronic prostatitis might not be getting better because you tend to hold back urine?

In other words, it is possible to aggravate prostatitis by holding urine.

Holding urine in prostatitis patients usually leads to disorders in the nerve function controlling bladder contraction. It weakens the tone of the forced urethral muscle, which can easily lead to urinary obstruction and urinary retention. At the same time, holding urine for a long time may cause urine reflux due to increased bladder pressure. After urine reflux to the prostate, the crystal will be deposited in the prostate tissue. In the long run, this can easily lead to the aggravation of prostatitis. 

In addition, holding urine can cause pelvic muscle tension, affecting local blood circulation, aggravating prostate congestion, and edema, which can induce prostatitis. If the patient already has prostatitis, it can aggravate the original condition.

Therefore, patients should never hold their urine daily, or the consequences will be serious. To prevent prostatitis from recurring, male patients should take active measures to treat the disease thoroughly, and the current common treatment methods include general treatment, surgery, and drug treatment, as follows:

1. General Treatment

Patients should abstain from alcohol, avoid spicy and stimulating food, avoid holding urine, don't sit for a long time, pay attention to keeping warm, and take appropriate physical exercise. Warm sitz baths can help to relieve the pain symptoms, but it should be noted that it may affect the quality of sperm and should be applied with caution to men with reproductive needs.

2. Drug Treatment 

Treatment is based on antimicrobial drugs; patients should choose sensitive drugs, commonly used quinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, etc. Due to the interference of the prostate membrane in drug penetration, acute treatment should be maintained for at least 4-6 weeks, during which patients should be evaluated for stage-by-stage efficacy, which is recommended to be assessed after two weeks of medication. If the effectiveness is satisfactory, it is recommended to continue to use the drug until the full course of treatment. 

In addition, patients may also choose alpha-blockers to improve urinary symptoms and pain. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib, are also effective in relieving patients' local pain and discomfort.

In addition to Western medicine treatment, the treatment effect of traditional Chinese medicine is also very significant. Patients can choose Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill to eliminate the symptoms and causes of the disease and completely cure prostatitis. At the same time, it is vital to regulate correctly in daily life to avoid inducing a series of complications and minimize the damage of prostate problems.

3. Surgical Treatment

Surgery treatments include dilation of urethral strictures, drainage of prostate abscesses, removal of the bladder neck, complete or partial removal of the prostate, and total prostatic vesiculectomy. The specific surgical treatment options vary depending on the problem.

4. Prostate Massage

It is one of the traditional treatment methods. Appropriate massage can promote the emptying of the prostate gland ducts and increase the local drug concentration, thus relieving the symptoms of chronic prostatitis patients and significantly shortening the duration of the disease in combination with other treatment modalities.

5. Physical Therapy

Physical therapy mainly includes biofeedback therapy, heat therapy, red light therapy instruments, transperineal extracorporeal shock wave therapy, etc. Patients can choose reasonably according to their situation and the doctor's guidance and advice.

In conclusion, men with prostatitis should go to the hospital in time for professional medical help to clarify the cause of the disease and treat it accordingly. At the same time, they should also pay attention to improving their daily habits, not holding urine and being sedentary, which may aggravate the condition. Moreover, appropriate exercise to enhance physical fitness and resistance is also an effective measure to alleviate the symptoms.

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