How long should I take a warm water sitz bath for prostatitis?

Having prostatitis is a very painful and embarrassing thing for men, because prostate disease first leads to a significant weakening of male sexual ability, affecting the harmony of male married life, and prostate disease also causes problems with the male urinary system, affecting excretion, etc. Therefore, it is very necessary to treat prostate disease. At present, the best treatment method is sitting bath. Let’s take a look at how long the warm water sitting bath should be for prostatitis?

Prostatitis is a common disease among men and is difficult to cure with general medicines. Sitz baths can only relieve symptoms, not cure the disease. If you have prostatitis, you can go to the male department of the hospital and do some tests on your prostate fluid. If it is caused by bacterial infection, you can use cephalosporins, quinolones and other anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment. In addition, pay attention to drinking more water, urinating more, not eating spicy food, not sitting for a long time, and you can take warm water baths more often. Generally, a warm water sitting bath lasts about 20 minutes, once or twice a day.

The warm water sitting bath time for prostatitis is relatively long, usually about 30 minutes. There are also temperature requirements for sitz baths. For prostatitis sitz baths, the water temperature must not be lower than 35°C, and it should not be too hot, which is not good for sperm production. Now that the weather is cold, you can prepare a pot of hot water and add hot water when the water cools down, or buy a thermostatic sitz bath that can maintain a constant temperature.

Regarding the treatment of prostatitis, there are traditional treatment methods, systemic antibiotic treatment, urethral catheter instillation technology, single physical therapy such as microwave and radio frequency, and traditional Chinese medicine drug treatment. Representative prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine include: Shengansan, Jiufutongyutang, Xiajiaoshanhuwan, etc. Sitz bath is an auxiliary treatment method that can be tried.

Eat a diet that is easily digestible, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less spicy foods, quit smoking and drinking to reduce the chance of prostate congestion, maintain a normal sex life based on personal conditions, neither indulge in lust nor abstain from sex. Avoid holding urine for a long time, and treat urinary and reproductive system infections in a timely manner.