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Posted 3/6/2015 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
No matter the PC treatment stricture is a potential SE. What are you doing (exercise, diet, meds, vitamins, etc) to prevent stricture?
Posted 3/6/2015 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
sorry, too obsessed with my hemorrhoids to answer this question...

but mostly I just drink a lot to keep things flowing. Water, tea, lattes, it's all good.

Andrew
Posted 3/6/2015 4:23 AM (GMT 0)
I was king of strictures in my days here ,lol. Nothing you can do really prevent one. A lot of them are caused by scarring in the urethra and/or bladder neck, some by inflammation post radiation, and others from surgical complications.

Sure, one should keep drinking plenty of water to keep things flushed out, but that alone will not prevent strictures if one is inclined to get them. For many men, a stricture issue is a one or two time event, repaired by dilation if you are lucky, or a day procedure to cut it open via laser or knife. There's another smaller percentile group (I was an unlucky member) whereby strictures are chronic, and will keep happening other and other again. Hopefully you are not in that club.
Posted 3/6/2015 11:17 PM (GMT 0)
There is very little you can do to prevent strictures. It is part of the process of surgery and/or radiation treatment and as with any biological mechanics, it is dependent on your body, and procedural technique. There are no guarantee when dealing with you body and its reactions to invasive procedures. It is sort of like saying how to prevent scaring with surgery.

With that said there are a couple thing that can minimize particular strictures. A couple of examples is no larger then a 18F catheter to minimize the chance of a Fossa navicularis stricture, and reducing radiation exposure to the urethra can lessen the chance of a stricture. But in both cases in trying to reduce possibility of stricture can present problems such as anastomosis suture problems, and reduced efficacy of radiation treatment.
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