Infertile men should not take hot water sitz baths

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 35-degree hot water sitz baths will threaten the spermatogenic function of the testicles.

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