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Can you have sex if you have prostatitis?

Author: Dr. Lee
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Time: 2011/9/27 17:07:22

prostatitis is a inflammation of prostate gland. When this condition occurs, the prostate is sort of enlarged and congestive.

How prostatitis affect your sexual life

For many prostatitis sufferers, they may experience sexual dysfunction, including ED, premature ejaculation, loosing gratification and so on. However, not all unpleasant sex result from prostatitis. It can be affected by mood, pressure, and so on. But if you don't have any problem with sexual intercourses while having prostatitis, that doesn't indicates that you're always free from dysfunction. The condition is always changing.

Thus, when prostatitis occurs on you, your sexual intercourses would be possibly affected.

How sex affect the prostate gland

As we all know, when a man is having sex, his prostate gland is congestive because of exciting. Does this indicate that it is harmful to have sex if you prostatitis?

No.

Prostate fluid is a main ingredient of semen. When a men ejaculates, the prostate fluid expels. This action to help the prostate gland to "detox". Expelled prostate fluid brings away many waste and toxic materials. After the fluid is expelled, more fluid produces. This is like "washing" the gland.

What do prostatitis sufferers need to notice while having sex

1 If you're a acute prostatitis sufferer, avoid sex till your treatment ends.
2 For chronic prostatitis sufferers, don't have too much sexual intercourses. It is suggested to control the frequency between 1-3 times per week.
3 Before and after having sex, wash your perineum area. By the way, hip bath with warm water helps to eliminate the inflammation.
4 If you feel a pain with ejaculation, you'd better not to have sex.
5 Sexual intercourse at each time shouldn't last long. Also the movement shouldn't be intense.

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