Prescribed masturbation

Thanks for all the input. I have no knowledge about this so thought I would seek guidance.

If he does have chronic prostatitis then do keep in mind that it can be pretty uncomfortable and flare up from time to time. It's not a joke or made up condition. It is good to treat it, but chances are that he'll be better off doing more than just having more sex (and during a flare-up he might not even want to have sex). Sex is great, and should be done often if both partners are willing, as it is very likely to help the man keep his reproductive system healthier and, done right, it does bring a couple closer together. If one partner is pushing for more than the other wants then there might be a problem, and when one resorts to half truths and guilt to coerce the other to have more sex then there IS a problem.

He should probably be having periodic check-ins with his doctor about the CP (prostatitis), especially if it is bacterial. Yeah, it's a little embarrassing but ongoing inflammation in the prostate isn't good. If it's type 3 CP/CPPS he should ask his doctor about PT/stretching/massage.

This thread now reminds me of a joke (probably already posted in Jokes). The husband's doctor tells the wife in private that her husband only has months to live and the only thing that will cure him is frequent sex. When they get home the husband asks what the doctor told her and she replied "He said you're going to die."

That's also the punch line to the joke where the hiker is bitten on his penis by a rattlesnake.

"Chronic prostatitis" is a big term, it can be bacterially caused or nonbacterial. BTW, Susie, you don't need to have unprotected anal sex to get prostatitis. Trust me. Not that I would have minded I guess, it would have been a reason to have it and would have been some fun getting it.. . . . .

Who said anything about prostatitis and anal sex??? Oh, yes, I did--it was about teenagers and unprotected anal sex--where that DEFINITELY is a cause.

I, too, was required to masturbate in order to obtain a sperm sample. My fertility was in question, but the results indicated my sperm were swimming just right..................

I have never had this happen to me. I don’t know if docters even do this but some might. I’m not sure.

Not as a treatment but when I had a follow up a week after my vasectomy the doctor basically recommended I masturbate 10 times to clear everything before bringing them in a sample to analyze.

@pfd7007 said

Not as a treatment but when I had a follow up a week after my vasectomy the doctor basically recommended I masturbate 10 times to clear everything before bringing them in a sample to analyze.

I think in such a case it is quite obvious that what the doctor really meant is that you need to ejaculate 10 times. I'm assuming you weren't single at the time, which should have made solo activity unnecessary. How you actually achieved those 10 ejaculations would have been irrelevant, always assuming you didn't do anything involving risk of causing pregnancy.