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Chronic Prostatitis and the Social Drink: Do You Really Have to Quit Alcohol for Good?
The first toast often arrives before the food does. If your prostate has become a barometer for stress, sleep, and what you drink, that innocent clink can feel like a test you didn’t study for.
By Men's Health26 days ago in Men
Spicy Food and Chronic Prostatitis: Why Your Favorite Chili Might Be Making Things Worse
For men dealing with chronic prostatitis, that seemingly innocent bite of spicy food could turn into an unwelcome trigger. While a dash of chili might wake up your taste buds, it can also “wake up” inflammation in the prostate, causing swelling, pain, and frequent trips to the bathroom. Understanding the connection between spicy food and chronic prostatitis is crucial for managing symptoms effectively and maintaining quality of life.
By Amanda Chou27 days ago in Men
When the Weather Turns Cold, Men’s Bodies Whisper: How to Read the Signs and Stay Well
One winter, a friend messaged me at 3:17 a.m.: “Up again. Second time tonight.” He wasn’t alone. Cold snaps can stir up quiet discomforts—urinary urgency, frequent trips to the bathroom, difficulty starting a stream—that men often write off as “just age.” Many don’t realize that temperature swings, medications, and daily habits can nudge the prostate and bladder in predictable ways. The good news: most of these issues are manageable, and knowing which signals matter—along with what to avoid—can spare you a rough winter.
By Shuang hou28 days ago in Men
Does a Hot Bath Really Cause Prostatitis?
A winter night, a steaming tub, and a rumor: “A hot bath can give you prostatitis.” The thought lands like a stone in warm water—small at first, then ripples outward. Many men love the way a soak loosens the back, calms the nerves, and rinses away the day’s fatigue. Yet a surprising number step into the tub with hesitation, worried that the same comfort might ignite a problem they’ve heard about but rarely understand.
By Jane Smith28 days ago in Men
A Chromatic Palate
The taste of the color blue. It wasn't a sweet taste, never that. Nor sour, not exactly. It was more like the cold, hard tang of old steel, left out in the rain too long, then brought inside to slowly rust. Frank knew it well, a persistent whisper on the back of his tongue, especially when the highway stretched out before him, a black ribbon swallowed by a night so deep it felt like an ocean. The truck, his old Freightliner, rumbled beneath him, a familiar beast, its cabin smelling of stale coffee, diesel, and thirty years of his own sweat.
By HAADI28 days ago in Men
Run or Ride with Chronic Prostatitis? A Smarter Way to Move Without Making Things Worse
The first time you tried a jog after the pain began, it felt like your body betrayed you—tightness rising through the perineum, a dull ache that followed you home. Friends said cycling was “off-limits,” but the bike is how you get to work. So you stopped moving, hoping rest would fix it. And yet the symptoms stayed.
By Amanda Chou29 days ago in Men
When a Heavy Heart Silences the Body: How Mood Can Trigger Erectile Dysfunction
The first time it happened, he blamed the wine. The second time, he blamed stress. By the third, he blamed himself—and that’s exactly when his body stopped listening.
By Men's Health29 days ago in Men
The Gutter's Glare
Frank pulled the collar of his worn jacket tighter, the fabric rasping against his stubbled chin. Rain had been coming down for hours, a relentless, cold sheet that slicked the cracked asphalt and made the city shimmer with a greasy sheen. He wasn't going anywhere in particular, just away. Away from the stale air of his efficiency apartment, away from the silence that felt louder than any argument. The streetlights, the garish neon signs of the pawn shop, the greasy spoon diner, and the adult bookstore, all bled into the overflowing gutters, their colors warping into liquid smears of red, blue, green, and a sickly yellow.
By HAADI29 days ago in Men
4 Foods That Keep Prostatitis Burning—and What to Eat Instead
The night you learn how small a gland can feel enormous is the night you pace a hallway, counting minutes between bathroom trips. Prostatitis does that to men—makes a walnut-sized organ feel like a live wire. Many guys assume the problem begins and ends with antibiotics or a quick fix. But for a surprising number, the daily irritant isn’t only infection or stress; it’s dinner, drinks, and the caffeine that gets you through the afternoon.
By Health For Youabout a month ago in Men
How Everyday Habits Make You a Prostatitis Target
It usually begins quietly. A long afternoon at your desk runs into evening. You skip a bathroom break because you’re “almost done.” Dinner is hotpot with beer because you earned it. A day later, there’s a dull heaviness low in your pelvis, a prick of heat when you pee, a sense that your bladder never truly empties. You tell yourself it’s nothing. But that small discomfort is the body’s subtle alarm.
By Men's Healthabout a month ago in Men
How Cold Weather Aggravates the Prostate—and What You Can Do About It
The first week the city iced over, Ben started keeping a tally beside his alarm clock: three, sometimes four trips before dawn, each one slower than the last. At 48, he wasn’t used to negotiating his own plumbing like a stubborn tap. He finally scheduled a visit; the diagnosis—prostatitis—felt like a word that belonged to someone older than him. But what Ben is living through isn’t rare. Every winter, urology clinics see a bump in men reporting frequent nighttime urination and straining to start or sustain a stream.
By Health For Youabout a month ago in Men
Saving Your Prostate: The Astonishing Case for Loosening Your Grip
He had changed his coffee, traded his chair for a standing desk, and dutifully finished yet another round of antibiotics. Still, the aching pressure lingered. What finally moved the needle wasn’t a stronger pill—it was learning how to unclench.
By Amanda Chouabout a month ago in Men