Prostatitis: what diet

[zhounan]

I was recently diagnosed with prostatitis. If you also have this problem, what do you avoid eating so that your prostate does not become inflamed?

[BritManToo]

I ate Norfloxacin 400 .........

1/2 tab every morning and evening until the 10 tabs were used.

Then the next month same repeat.

 

Worked for me, but there may be some risks involved.

[bkk6060]

Avoid Dairy, alcohol, red meat  and spicy foods. 

Eat a Mediterranean type diet.

Drinks lots of water, don't sit too much try to stay active.  Ejaculate as much as possible.

[Sheryl]

If you have prostatitis, your prostate is by definition already inflammed.

 

Diet will not help this.

 

Treatment is prolonged course of antibiotics. (somewhat shorter is an identified STD is the cause)

[newbee2022]

20 hours ago, zhounan said:

I was recently diagnosed with prostatitis. If you also have this problem, what do you avoid eating so that your prostate does not become inflamed?

Apart from medication I recommend to avoid Alcohol, meat, sugar. Take a handfull of dried pumpkin seeds daily.

[Sheryl]

13 minutes ago, blazes said:

The normal medication for this is Finasteride.  Has the dubious distinction of also re-growing hair (if you are bald).  Has to be taken indefinitely after prostatitis has been diagnosed. 

Finasteride does NOT treat prostatitis.

 

It treats benign enlargement of the prostate (BPH) which is an altogether different condition.

[newbee2022]

20 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Avoid Dairy, alcohol, red meat  and spicy foods. 

Eat a Mediterranean type diet.

Drinks lots of water, don't sit too much try to stay active.  Ejaculate as much as possible.

For the first part I would like to give you an ,,agree" emoji and for the last sentence a "laughing" emoji, though you're right.🙏🙏😂👍

[john donson]

long term antibiotics, except the oral route it hardly affect the bacteria in your prostate... you probably go from current inflammation/infections over months to long term inflammation...

 

milking the prostate, if you find a professional... not joking... to get as much bacteria out, drinking and peeing a lot... 

[Capt Rob]

A topic which increasingly affects we males.

Found that alcohol, spices, sugar ( and heavy sugar laden products ) can easily initiate a bout.

 

There is a line of thinking that it can be a result of pudendal nerve entrapment ( think pelvic cavity ) - mostly troubles females particularly after child berth but guys can have the issue also.

 

Endless antibiotics are not the answer unless specifically indicated.  

[ChrisKC]

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Finasteride does NOT treat prostatitis.

 

It treats benign enlargement of the prostate (BPH) which is an altogether different condition.

This is why one shouldn't take advice from other than those who know what they are talking about - OP, try your own Doctor!!

Edited February 17 by ChrisKC

[KannikaP]

4 hours ago, blazes said:

The normal medication for this is Finasteride.  Has the dubious distinction of also re-growing hair (if you are bald).  Has to be taken indefinitely after prostatitis has been diagnosed. 

Incorrect. Finasteride is used to treat BPH = enlarged prostate, and not inflammation of said organ. 

Ooops sorry Sheryl, you already told him.

[wimpy]

48 minutes ago, Capt Rob said:

A topic which increasingly affects we males.

Found that alcohol, spices, sugar ( and heavy sugar laden products ) can easily initiate a bout.

 

There is a line of thinking that it can be a result of pudendal nerve entrapment ( think pelvic cavity ) - mostly troubles females particularly after child berth but guys can have the issue also.

 

Endless antibiotics are not the answer unless specifically indicated.  

 

Would think that high blood sugar levels might exacerbate it as well.

[Pdavies99]

On 2/16/2024 at 9:24 AM, BritManToo said:

I ate Norfloxacin 400 .........

1/2 tab every morning and evening until the 10 tabs were used.

Then the next month same repeat.

 

Worked for me, but there may be some risks involved.

But why, Norfloxacin is an anti-biotic.....prostatitis is normally not an infection

 

The correct recommended drug is Finasteride, which helps in early symptoms in benign enlargement of the prostate

[Pdavies99]

18 hours ago, Sheryl said:

If you have prostatitis, your prostate is by definition already inflammed.

 

Diet will not help this.

 

Treatment is prolonged course of antibiotics. (somewhat shorter is an identified STD is the cause)

Wrong! Sorry.

 

Benign enlargement of the prostate is hardly ever a bacterial infection.

 

 

[blazes]

39 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

 

 

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Finasteride does NOT treat prostatitis.

 

It treats benign enlargement of the prostate (BPH) which is an altogether different condition.

 

sorry my bad....inattentive reading

[Ben Zioner]

51 minutes ago, blazes said:

 

 

sorry my bad....inattentive reading

And you are not the only one.

[Foek]

Sawpamento did wonders for me

[xtrnuno41]

Vitamine D insufficiency?

Read about vitamine D, all you can find. 

 

Edited February 17 by xtrnuno41

[wimpy]

2 hours ago, Foek said:

Sawpamento did wonders for me

Sawpamento is supposedly a treatment for BPH, not prostatitis.

[Sheryl]

4 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

But why, Norfloxacin is an anti-biotic.....prostatitis is normally not an infection

 

The correct recommended drug is Finasteride, which helps in early symptoms in benign enlargement of the prostate

Prostatitis IS  usually due to infection.

 

And as previously said Finasteride does NOT treat Prostatitis. It treats benign enlargement of prostate which is an entirely different problem.

 

 

[Sheryl]

4 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

Wrong! Sorry.

 

Benign enlargement of the prostate is hardly ever a bacterial infection.

 

 

Of course not.

 

But OP does not have BPH. He has prostatitis which IS usually due to infection. 

[Muhendis]

10 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Of course not.

 

But OP does not have BPH. He has prostatitis which IS usually due to infection. 

Quite so.

And a common source of the infection is from the rectum.

Personal hygiene of personal parts is the recommended prevention. 

[xylophone]

On 2/16/2024 at 10:51 PM, Sheryl said:

If you have prostatitis, your prostate is by definition already inflammed.

 

Diet will not help this.

 

Treatment is prolonged course of antibiotics. (somewhat shorter is an identified STD is the cause)

Sheryl is correct and prostatitis can be caused by one of many pathogens or it can be as a result of inflammation.

 

If a pathogen/bacteria, and this can be identified by growing a culture, then you are part on the way to solving it, and I say this because even though the best antibiotic might be found, the next thing is to get it past the biofilm which protects the bacteria and under which bacteria can grow, which is why sometimes the antibiotic regimen can be many months, as I experienced. In my case doxycycline did appear to cure it, but even after 90 days, then stopping, it came back again. And I was on this for a few years on and off.

 

Ciprofloxacin was greatly used a while back for prostatitis, but overuse of this particular antibiotic has caused antibiotic resistance in some cases, so is not always used these days.

 

One older antibiotic which is come back into use for the likes of prostatitis, cystitis and some lower urinary tract infections, is fosfomycin which can be easily bought here over the counter, however as my professor friends in London told me, I may need to take many doses of this (each one is effective for three days) and if there is no sign of the prostatitis abating, then doxycycline can be added then.

 

Unfortunately for many people with prostatitis, treating it can be a little bit of trial and error. This from an exerpt sent to me by my professor friend makes interesting reading......

 

Sexually active men younger than 35 yearsand older men who engage in high-risk sexual behaviors need to be tested for N. gonorrhoeae and Chlamidia trachomatis [57]. A great percentage of E. coli strains collected from patients with prostatitis exhibit the ability to develop biofilms, which may explain the difficulty in treating of infections. Acute bacterial prostatitis is most commonly caused by ascending UTI produced by E. coli, P. mirabilis, Ps. aeruginosa, Klebsiella spp., Enterococcus spp., and Serratia spp. 

 

PS. Seek out the best Urologist you can and who is well versed/up to date with this condition, and first of all get a culture done to stop the guesswork.

Edited February 18 by xylophone

[Mark Nothing]

Dear Zhounan,  after watching family/friends being diagnosed with multiple prostrate ailments with scary names and expensive treatments that never seemed to permanently work, I embarked on a research project to fix mine.

 

Books I read gave me the answer.  When the human body takes in an overabundance of processed food/drink, the body deposits the undigested synthetic chemicals/inorganic minerals throughout the body, to include the prostrate.  This gums up the mechanics leading to prostrate problems.

 

To permanently correct the issue and flush out the impurities I ate more natural foods like fruits, vegetables, and nuts, as well as drinking mostly pure distilled water.  Plus regular 30 minutes daily exercise.  

 

Another helpful tool is to direct your body to obey your commands to function properly daily.  Like a drill sargeant directing a new recruit.  A prayer.  Make health by design.