Prostate cancer prevention and treatment at home

Prostate cancer is also a very common male reproductive disease in our lives. Male friends should pay attention to their body changes and prevent the occurrence of this disease in life. The Prostate Cancer Family Prevention and Treatment Manual can help us very well. So, how can families prevent and treat prostate cancer? Let me introduce it below.

Prostate cancer prevention at home

1. Reasonable diet: The occurrence of prostate cancer is closely related to the dietary structure and frequency of use. Medical research shows that a high-fat diet is a recognized risk factor. The incidence of prostate cancer is also higher in areas where the calcium content of drinking water is high. Therefore, you should eat more vegetables and fruits in your daily diet to reduce the occurrence of constipation and reduce the risk of prostate congestion. In addition, it should be noted that you should not drink too much water. Try to drink less or no water after 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening before going to bed. Do not eat watermelon or drink caffeinated beverages to avoid holding back urine and causing the full bladder to press on the prostate, causing congestion and obstruction.

2. Quit smoking: Tobacco is another important risk factor for prostate cancer. Medical staff should first set an example of not smoking and advise people to quit smoking to reduce the harm of tobacco to the human body.

3. Strengthen sex education: Studies have shown that the increased risk of prostate cancer is related to sexually transmitted diseases, especially gonorrhea and genital warts. Although the pathogenesis of prostate cancer has not been clearly determined, it is generally believed to be related to the imbalance of sex hormone regulation, but recently it has been suggested that some inflammations are related to prostate cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a healthy and positive sexual morality, moderate sex life, and have a stable sex life partner to ensure a happy marriage. Medical staff should actively publicize and guide, and carry out sex education with a serious and scientific attitude, so as to improve people's ability to correctly understand sex, understand sexual hygiene, maintain a normal and healthy sex life, and prevent the occurrence of prostate cancer.

4. Develop a good life pattern: A regular life pattern, regular daily routine, and a fixed amount of food for each meal can protect the prostate. Drink more water and urinate more. Regularly flushing the urethra with urine can help discharge prostate secretions to prevent infection. Do not hold urine too much, because holding urine will increase the tension of the prostate capsule, which will aggravate prostate hyperplasia in the long run. Do not have too much mental stress and develop a positive and reasonable attitude towards life.

5. Regular physical examination: Regularly test the blood volume of prostate-specific antibodies (PSA) for men over 40 years old to detect prostate cancer at an early stage. The characteristics of prostate cancer in my country are long latency, hidden onset, and difficulty in distinguishing from diseases such as prostate hyperplasia. Most clinically confirmed cases have distant metastasis. Therefore, screening for early detection of prostate cancer is particularly important.

6. Keep clean: The male scrotum is highly elastic and secretes more sweat. In addition, the genitals are poorly ventilated, the foreskin is too long, phimosis, etc., which makes it easy for dirt to accumulate. Local bacteria often take advantage of the situation to enter. If you don't pay attention to it in time, serious infection will occur, leading to prostatitis, decreased sexual function, and in severe cases, it will affect the quality of semen and lead to male infertility. Therefore, insisting on cleaning the perineum is an important part of preventing prostatitis.

Extended reading: What are the symptoms of early prostate cancer?

A small number of prostate cancer patients may experience pain during urination, and some may even have hematuria, which should be a cause for concern. As the tumor gradually grows, the urethra of prostate cancer patients is more severely compressed, resulting in difficulty urinating, causing urine to accumulate in the bladder, which becomes full and swollen, and extremely uncomfortable. Catheterization is necessary, and the urine discharged is often pungent and unpleasant.

The early or late onset of clinical symptoms of prostate cancer and their severity depend on the speed of tumor growth and the degree of compression of the urethra. Because the prostate encircles the urethra, the cancer first compresses the urethra, showing symptoms of abnormal urination. At the beginning, frequent urination and increased nocturia can be seen; when the tumor grows and compresses the urethra, the urine flow becomes thinner, urination is difficult, and the urination process is prolonged;

In addition, when prostate cancer metastasizes, especially to the pelvis, back pain or sciatica-like symptoms may occur, and the pain can often radiate to the perineum and around the anus. Therefore, men over the age of 45 who experience frequent urination, increased nocturia, prolonged urination, thinning urine flow, and difficulty urinating should consider the possibility of prostate cancer.