For patients with chronic prostatitis, moderate hot water sitz baths can promote blood circulation in the prostate and play an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory role. But if the temperature is too high, exceeding or reaching the normal body temperature of the human body, the scrotum will be in a warm state, causing the scrotal temperature to rise, thus affecting the cooling effect of the scrotum, causing the temperature of the testicles to rise, hindering sperm production, and causing dead sperm, giving rise to Adverse consequences for reproductive health. For infertile patients or men of childbearing age, long-term use of even a 35-degree hot water sitz bath will pose a threat to the spermatogenic function of the testicles.
Therefore, although hot water sitz baths are beneficial to patients with chronic prostatitis, it is best not to use this method for young, infertile men. Be sure to use hot water when taking a sitz bath. The water temperature should not exceed 35 degrees Celsius. The sitz bath time should not exceed 15 minutes. Be careful to support the scrotum with your hands to reduce the damage of hot water to the scrotum and the spermatogenic function of the testicles.
