Men's urination posture predicts life expectancy

6 abnormal urination symptoms in men that may indicate disease

Urine bifurcation

Urine bifurcation refers to the formation of two or more urine streams at the urethral opening when urine flows out. This urination symptom is more common in patients with prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia.

Incomplete urination

Urinary incompleteness refers to the phenomenon that urine is always not discharged completely or dripping. It is more common in male prostate diseases, urinary stones, tumors of the urinary tract and physiological structural abnormalities.

Urethral irritation symptoms (frequent urination, urgency, and pain)

Frequent urination refers to urination frequency significantly greater than normal (adult male average 4-6 times a day, nocturia 0-1 times); urgency refers to the urgency of urination, impatience, and difficulty in control; dysuria refers to discomfort in the urinary tract or urethral opening during urination, including pain, burning sensation, etc. They can appear at the same time or separately. Such symptoms generally indicate prostatitis, urinary tract infection, urinary tract stones and other diseases.

Cloudy urine (white urine)

Turbid urine or white urine refers to turbid urine, or white and sticky urine, or urine like rice water. This situation generally indicates inflammation of the genitourinary system, such as prostatitis.

Difficulty urinating

Dysuria refers to the inability to discharge urine naturally during urination. It takes a long time to urinate, and sometimes urine comes out in drops, or even requires the stomach to be inflated to discharge urine. Such a situation often indicates prostate hypertrophy, prostate cancer, acute prostatitis, urethritis, stones, tumors, urethral tumors and other diseases.

Weak urination

Weak urination Urine is discharged slowly and weakly. It is common in patients with prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis.

The best way for men to urinate: squatting position

For men, if you can change to squatting to urinate like women, you will be less vulnerable to cancer. It turns out that squatting to urinate can cause a series of muscle movements and related reflexes, accelerate the removal of intestinal waste, shorten the residence time of feces in the intestine, reduce the reabsorption of carcinogens such as hydrogen sulfide, indole, and skatin, and thus protect the intestinal mucosa from the toxicity of carcinogens. Relevant survey data show that the cancer rate of men who squat to urinate is 40% lower than those who stand to urinate. This is also one of the secrets of the low incidence of intestinal cancer among Indian men who are accustomed to squatting.

There is no fixed rule as to when and how often a person urinates.

The usual practice is as follows:

Go to the toilet when you have a full bladder. However, if you don't want to become a bladder cancer patient, you have to remember the latest advice from medical experts: urinate once an hour, whether you feel like urinating or not. Experts from the National Institute of Toxicology in the United States explain that the likelihood of bladder cancer is proportional to the time the urine stays in the bladder. It turns out that there is a carcinogenic chemical in urine that can attack the muscle fibers of the bladder, destroy its cells, and promote its cancer. Researchers compared urine discharged every hour with urine discharged 2 to 3 hours apart. The latter contained a lot of carcinogens, so it is recommended to urinate once an hour to effectively reduce the risk of bladder cancer.

Men should not sit down immediately after urinating.

Research on the physiological structure of men shows that after urinating, the internal and external sphincters of the urethra will close, forming a closed cavity in the urethra of the prostate. If you sit down immediately at this time, the pressure in this closed cavity will increase, causing the residual urine to reflux and induce prostatitis. Therefore, men should stand for 3-5 minutes after urinating before sitting down.

Squeeze the perineum after urinating

Men have a long urethra, which makes it easy for them to have incomplete urination, which can lead to urinary tract infection. So, how can we drain the remaining urine? Yang Yushu introduced two methods: ① After urinating, you can squeeze the perineum between the scrotum and the anus with your fingers. This not only helps to drain the urine remaining in the bladder, but also has certain benefits for the treatment of chronic prostatitis. ② Do more pelvic floor exercises to strengthen the contraction of the perineum muscles and urethra muscles, thereby reducing the urine remaining in the bladder as much as possible.

Morning sex should be after urination

Experts point out that early morning is a favorable time for patients with prostate hyperplasia to have sex, but they should urinate first. It turns out that after a full night of sleep adjustment, the physical strength of patients with prostate hyperplasia is well restored and the secretion of male hormones is more. In addition, the patient's body muscles are relaxed at this time. If there is no pressure in the urethra after urination, this is a very suitable time for sexual intercourse.

If a prostate patient has erectile dysfunction in the early morning, he can get up and take a shower first, using warm water to locally stimulate the genitals and surrounding areas to promote blood circulation and help the genitals become erect before having sex.

Determining the type of prostatitis based on urination

Acute prostatitis: Patients with acute prostatitis may present with abnormal urination phenomena such as frequent urination, urgent urination, and painful urination. They may also experience dribbling urine, terminal hematuria, swelling and pain in the perineum, and the pain may radiate to the genitals, lumbar sacral region, or thighs. They may also experience high fever, chills, headache, body pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, and other symptoms.

Chronic prostatitis: Patients with chronic prostatitis may experience abnormal urination such as frequent urination, urgent urination, incomplete urination, thin and forked urine stream, increased number of nocturia, weak urination, and difficulty urinating. In addition, they may also experience fever, back pain, abdominal pain, penile pain, discomfort or swelling in the testicles, perineum, and anus, moist scrotum with odor, decreased or absent libido, premature ejaculation, impotence or painful ejaculation, headache, fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, and insomnia.