Is it possible to bathe with prostatitis

Depending on the patient's condition, doctors recommend caution in physical activity, temperature changes and taking bath procedures. In this case, for many, the male habit of spending the weekend with friends over a glass of beer in the bath becomes not entirely possible.

There is a serious problem of choosing whether it is possible to bathe at all with prostatitis. Will this negatively affect the disease, worsening the state of health?

Bath and prostatitis

Is it possible to bathe in a bath with prostatitis? Doctors with prostatitis cannot stand a categorical ban on visiting the bath. First of all, it depends on how the disease proceeds. If the patient's health is noted as good, the disease proceeds in a chronic form, there are no pronounced signs of exacerbation, bath procedures can have a beneficial effect on the patient's general health.

If we are talking about an acute inflammatory process in the area of the prostate gland and the genitourinary system, then visiting a sauna, bath, etc. can adversely affect an inflamed prostate. This is due to sudden pressure drops, overheating and hypothermia of the body, which the body receives while steaming, especially with hot steam, dousing with ice water. And yet, the ban on visiting the steam room in this case is more advisory in nature, since there are no direct contraindications.

What is harmful and useful warming up

As mentioned above, if the disease is chronic, almost asymptomatic, then the patient is allowed to visit the bathhouse. But it is advised to exercise caution and special vigilance. A visit to the bath can have a beneficial effect on the body at this stage of the disease, speed up the healing process.

The benefits of steam and bath procedures for strengthening the immune system and increasing the endurance of the body have long been known. Also, steam, especially when using medicinal herbs (sage, chamomile, thyme, celandine), broom and other therapeutic and preventive measures in the steam room, has an antiviral effect.

Recommendations for taking bath procedures for chronic prostatitis:

• Doctors advise in such cases to give preference to wet steam, namely the Russian or Turkish bath. Do not steam in the sauna, where dry steam. It gives more load on the body than wet and is achieved at higher degrees of heating of water and air;
• It is undesirable for prostatitis to be in the steam room, where the air is too hot, it is better to stick to moderately hot steam. Overheating or hypothermia of the body can negatively affect, and therefore it is worth avoiding dousing with ice water or diving into a pool of cold water. In this case, it is possible to apply dousing with water at room temperature, taking a break between dousings of 30-40 seconds;
• It is very effective for healing and increasing the protective properties of the body to use aromatic oils for steam, for example, green wood, fir or cedar oil .They have an anti-inflammatory effect and increase tone, have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the respiratory system;
• Steaming with a broom (oak, birch) also has a positive effect;
• You should not steam for a long time. More useful in this case are short-term visits to the steam room, lasting no more than 5 minutes;
• It is recommended to visit the bath no more than twice a week. It is better to refrain from bathing procedures in winter in sub-zero weather. In order not to provoke inflammation during hypothermia.

If you take precautions, sparing visits to the steam room, a bath can significantly improve the health of a patient with chronic inflammation of the prostate.

To whom is a bath contraindicated?

When do doctors not recommend visiting a bathhouse and bathing with inflammation of the prostate gland? If the patient has an acute inflammatory process and the disease is in the acute stage. With relapses and deterioration, prolonged ineffective treatment. Especially if this process is accompanied by an increase in body temperature, weakness and poor health of the patient, a decrease in immunity.

In such cases, steaming is not recommended at all. Heat will exacerbate inflammatory processes in the genitourinary system, as this is the most beneficial environment for the reproduction of viruses and pathogens. At elevated body temperature, it is also not recommended to bathe. The consequences can be irreversible, including loss of consciousness, changes in blood pressure, stroke, etc. The degree of the body and hot steam will have a double negative effect on the heart.

Another prohibition to visit the steam room is the presence of other diseases in the patient simultaneously with prostatitis. Regardless of their stage of progress.For example, diseases of the respiratory organs (asthma, purulent tonsillitis), diseases associated with the thyroid gland, changes in the functioning of the cardiovascular system, hypertension, kidney failure, diabetes, cancer, etc.

With the above diseases, it is not recommended to go into the steam room, where there is high humidity and hot air. Steam and high air temperature put an additional burden on the sick body, primarily overloading the heart and respiratory organs. In addition to worsening the patient's well-being, exacerbating existing diseases, neglect of precautionary methods in this situation can be fatal

How to steam properly?

It is important to know when in the steam room for men with inflammation of the prostate:

• Before making a decision to go to the bath, you should consult with your doctor, it is possible to take tests;
• It is mandatory to follow all medical recommendations received;
• While taking a bath procedures, monitor the temperature of water and steam, avoiding hypothermia and overheating;
• Do not drink alcohol before and after visiting the steam room. This can adversely affect blood pressure or cause an exacerbation of the disease;
• Carefully monitor hygiene during water procedures. Before entering the steam room and after leaving it, measure blood pressure;
• During the day, after the bath, it is undesirable to supercool, stay in cold air for a long time and be lightly dressed. A steamed body with a decrease in temperature can react with a cold. A cold, in turn, can cause a decrease in immunity and exacerbation of prostatitis.

It is important to understand that any ailment requires a more careful attitude to your body and constant medical supervision.