There is no need to hold back semen for prostatitis, on the contrary the act of holding back semen may cause prostatitis. Holding back your semen for a long time is harmful to your health and may cause prostatitis, seminal emission, impotence, and ejaculation disorders. After prostatitis occurs, the prostate gland may be in a state of congestion and edema, if you hold back the semen, it may cause the semen to stagnate, which will aggravate the congestion and edema of the prostate gland, which is not conducive to the treatment of prostatitis. For prostatitis patients, proper discharge is good for inflammation, because the discharge of semen is conducive to improve the prostate congestion and edema phenomenon, which is conducive to the recovery of prostatitis. In addition, if you hold back your semen for a long time, the semen will be stored in the reproductive glands for too long, which may decrease the sperm vitality, thus leading to infertility. If you want to reduce the chance of prostatitis, you need to pay attention to the diet, quit smoking and drinking, and not hold back the semen for a long time and not have sex too often.