What does prostate health mean?

For adult men, the health of the prostate is essentially a comprehensive microcosm of lifestyle, the operating status of the genitourinary system, and even the metabolic level of the whole body. Small problems with it are often an early warning from the body, much earlier than other discomforts you perceive.

Two days ago, I met a 27-year-old young man who works as a game operator in the clinic. He scratched his head when he came in and said that he had been feeling heavy in his lower abdomen recently. He wanted to run to the toilet in half an hour. He thought it was a urinary tract infection. After a urine routine, he found nothing, and his prostate was slightly swollen. After asking, he found out that he had just completed a major version update. He had been sitting at his desk for 14 hours a day for 19 days in a row. After get off work, he always ate barbecue and drank cold beer with friends until midnight. His prostate couldn't hold it anymore and sent him a "letter of protest."

Don’t think that this is a problem only caused by young people’s reckless behavior. The prostate status of middle-aged people hides more signals. A 51-year-old man came here for a checkup and said that in the past six months, his urination had increased from once to three or four times. He always felt that his urine was not clean. He originally thought it was ordinary prostate hyperplasia. However, during a routine blood test, it was found that his blood lipids and blood uric acid were both much higher than the normal range. After consultation with the endocrinology department, it was said that he was already prone to metabolic syndrome. Think about it, the prostate itself is covered with fine capillaries. If the blood lipids and uric acid in the body are high, these tiny blood vessels will be blocked first. It will naturally be the first to get into trouble. To some extent, it can also serve as a wake-up call for you. Regardless of whether you have cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, the consequences will follow.

Nowadays, opinions about the prostate are quite polarized. One group is frightened by frequent urination, thinking that their body is "broken", so they buy a bunch of health care products to nourish the kidneys and strengthen virility. Instead, they make the prostate repeatedly congested and the inflammation becomes more and more serious.； The other school of thought is that it is normal for men to have prostate problems as they get older, and they just have to deal with it until they have difficulty urinating before they go to the hospital. In the end, they can only have surgery. In fact, both of these attitudes are undesirable. To put it bluntly, the prostate is a soft "valve" at the entrance of the bladder. If you don't touch it, don't always press it, don't always let it become overcongested, it will rarely cause serious problems.

I have come into contact with so many patients, and most of them have healthy prostates. They generally have a regular schedule, rarely sit for long periods of time, and have no habit of holding back urine or drinking alcohol for a long time. To put it bluntly, the state of this small organ is a small mirror of your daily life. Whether it shines or not depends on whether you take care of it or not.