What are the dangers of excessive exercise after prostate surgery?

Prostate disease may require surgery, and there are many things to pay attention to after surgery. For example, you should drink enough water after surgery, but you should drink less or no water after 8 pm. You absolutely cannot drink coffee or alcohol after surgery, and do not eat spicy food. You must carefully observe the healing of the wound, and report any abnormalities in time. Excessive exercise is not recommended after prostate surgery.

After transurethral resection of the prostate, the wound is relatively large and it takes about 3 months to heal completely. During the recovery process, health care during this period is particularly critical, otherwise a series of complications will occur. Most people will have varying degrees of urinary incontinence in the early stage after surgery, so you must develop the habit of urinating on time. Urinate once every 2 to 4 hours during the day, regardless of whether you have the urge to urinate; urinate completely before going to bed at night, and you can get up to urinate once at night. At the same time, strengthen anal lifting exercises to improve the elasticity of the urethral sphincter.

After surgery, the wound surface will be attached with some necrotic tissue or blood clots that have not completely fallen off, which is a good culture medium for bacterial growth. In addition, the patient's resistance is reduced after surgery, so bacteria are more likely to take advantage of the opportunity to cause urinary tract infection, which in turn causes wound infection and rupture and bleeding. To prevent this from happening, patients should take oral broad-spectrum antibiotics within 2-3 weeks after discharge from the hospital, and drink plenty of water to dilute urine and flush the urethra. Once the frequency of urination increases abnormally, urination is painful, urine is turbid, and fever occurs, there is a possibility of urinary tract infection, and you should see a doctor immediately.

In fact, not only is exercise not recommended after prostate surgery, but it should be reduced. Generally, only some gentle physical exercises, such as taking a walk, can be performed for about 2 to 3 months after surgery. Also, you cannot take a bath or press your abdomen hard for about 2 to 3 months after surgery to avoid bleeding. You cannot lift heavy objects, ride a bicycle or motorcycle, or climb mountains or rocks for about 2 to 3 months after surgery.