Prostatitis and sedentary lifestyle

Modern world is plagued by sedentary lifestyle. Especially western world where living conditions are among the best and most comfortable, which leads us to sedentary lifestyle. We’ve got machines and computers doing all the work and majority of people just sit around without moving much while being on the job. When these people come home tired, they tend to kick back on the couch and watch TV. Few are going out for a walk or a run on regular basis. Fewer people each year participate in some sort of outdoors activities such as sports, hiking, cycling. If you read articles on causes or prostatitis you see where the problem comes from.

The food we eat is another side of sedentary life style. People refuse to cook, resorting to fast food restaurants, take out or plain microwave dinners. This in turn leads to a whole range of health problems which only complicate matters when it comes to prostatitis. Obesity is a big risk factor for prostatitis and all the things described above lead to obesity and other disorders.

If you are a male age 20 to 60 and if you can admit that you lead a sedentary life style you are at risk, in fact you are the biggest risk group for prostatitis and if you don’t want your life to be darkened by symptoms and complications of prostatitis you need to make changes now!

First of all analyze your health. Do you have any prostatitis symptoms such as frequent urination, feeling of being unable to completely empty your bladder? Do you feel like your sexual function is diminishing? Problems with achieving and maintaining the erection during intercourse? Pain while ejaculating? Uncomfortable sensations in the rectum or perineum area? Blood in sperm? Low abdomen and persistent lower back pains? Everything here can be a symptom that you have prostatitis. If you have any of these symptoms, visit your doctor immediately.

If, however you don’t suffer from these symptoms you are not out of the woods just yet, you are still in danger and you need to take steps to prevent prostatitis because if you don’t it will leave you in pain, impotent and infertile. You need to take it very seriously.

So, what can I do with my life style to prevent prostatitis?, - you ask. Let us give you some tips that should put you on right tracks.

First you need to be more active. If your job requires you to spend most of the day sitting in chair you need to change that. Every 15 to 30 minutes you need to get up and do a couple of easy exercises. Stretch your legs, take a short walk somewhere. That somewhere might as well be the restroom. By the way urinating regularly does help prevent and treat prostatitis. Do not ever hold urine inside you. If you want to go to the bathroom, go. When you get home after work don’t just sit around, try to get out once in a while, take a walk or a stroll through the park or just walk around your neighborhood. If you feel like going to the gym, that’s a great idea and you should do it.

When it comes to eating right, that may be a hard task for someone to master but your health is worth it, right? Pickup couple of books on healthy eating and learn how to cook. Believe me, after initial hesitation and frustration you will love it. You’ll be eating healthier foods, feel better and actually cooking at home saves quite a lot of money compared to buying take out food or eating out. Try to avoid too much spicy food; it can lead to irritation which can be painful in case you have prostatitis.

Quit smoking and drinking. Tobacco consumption reduces the zinc levels in prostate fluids which leads to highly decreased immunity and leaves your prostate vulnerable. Alcohol, caffeine and too much chocolate also have negative effect on prostate so you should keep that in check as well.

One more rather fun aspect that you will surely enjoy is frequent ejaculation. Men who avoid sexual activity based on their religious belief or other circumstances are 70% more likely to get prostatitis and develop a whole range of unpleasant complications. If you can have more sex, do it. If for some reason you can’t it is highly recommended to masturbate at least two times per week. Prostate gland is responsible for sperm production and it puts special elements in sperm that disinfects everything along the way. Keeping prostate ducts clean is very important as well. Don’t let sperm levels to build up. It was medically proven that 78% of men who’s bodies didn’t respond to medication and who were encouraged to masturbate at least twice a week experienced significant relieve of prostatitis symptoms and many were able to get rid of prostatitis altogether.

So now you can see that simple life style changes can make a huge difference in prostatitis prevention and general improvement of the quality of life.