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Lifestyle and home remedies

By Mayo Clinic staff

The following lifestyle changes and home remedies may lessen some symptoms of prostatitis:

  • Soak in a warm bath (sitz bath).
  • Limit or avoid alcohol, caffeine, and spicy or acidic foods.
  • Sit on a pillow or inflatable cushion to ease pressure on the prostate.
  • Avoid bicycling, or wear padded shorts and adjust your bicycle to relieve pressure on your prostate.
Alternative medicine Treatments and drugs
References
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  2. Pontari M. Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 22, 2011.
  3. Nickel JC. Inflammatory conditions of the male genitourinary tract: Prostatitis and related conditions, orchitis, and epididymitis. In: Wein AJ, et al. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2007. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/117299121-3/794153691/1445/12.html#4-u1.0-B978-0-7216-0798-6..50011-X--cesec1_747. Accessed Jan. 21, 2011.
  4. Murphy AB, et al. Pharmacotherapy strategies in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome management. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2010;11:1255.
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