Male menopause, androgen deficiency and PADAM
Both men and women undoubtedly experience symptoms related to reduced production of sex hormones (sex steroids) as they get older. These changes are inevitable, but affect individuals differently. Dr John Dean, Specialist in Sexual Medicine, ... [... more]
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Avoidant paruresis ('bashful bladder' syndrome)
Avoidant paruresis (also known as 'bashful bladder' syndrome or psychogenic urinary retention) is a social anxiety disorder that involves the inability to pass urine in the presence of others. Avoidant paruresis can start at any age and affects ... [... more]
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Balanitis is a term used to include all inflammation of the skin covering the head (glans) of the penis. Balanitis in young boys is usually associated with a tight foreskin that cannot be pulled back behind the glans (phimosis). Phimosis leads to ... [... more]
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (benign enlargement of the ...
The prostate is a gland the size of a chestnut. It is only present in men, and it is situated under the bladder surrounding the urethra, the passageway that takes the urine to the outside. The gland produces seminal fluid, which is mixed with ... [... more]
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Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a disease that affects men from around the age of 45 years. It involves the prostate gland, which is a small gland about the size of a walnut, positioned just beneath the bladder, and is responsible for producing fluids that ... [... more]
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Checking yourself for testicular cancer
Things can go wrong with your testicles slowly, quickly or very fast indeed. A few conditions that affect the testicles are serious, but most are not so being obsessed or frightened for no good reason is undesirable. Knowing what your testicles ... [... more]
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Circumcision
Circumcision is a surgical procedure that involves partial or complete removal of the foreskin (prepuce) of the penis. The first evidence of circumcision comes from early Egyptian wall paintings that are more than 5000 years old. About one-fifth ... [... more]
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Penile discharge
Penile discharge is the abnormal loss of fluid that is not urine or semen from the urethra (urine tube) at the tip of the penis. It is commonly the sign of a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and requires prompt and accurate diagnosis and ... [... more]
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Orchitis and epididymitis
Men have two testicles - one in each side of the scrotum - which produce sperm cells and hormones. The sperm is stored and allowed to mature in the epididymis (a convoluted glandular tube the top and side of each testicle) before it is conveyed ... [... more]
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Foreskin contraction (phimosis)
The foreskin of a newborn boy is always closely contracted around the penis head (glans). Only a small passage allows the urine to pass through. In the first months the foreskin is stuck to the glans and cannot be pulled back and one should not ... [... more]
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Hydrocele and varicocele
A hydrocele is a build-up of liquid in a fold of mucous membrane situated in the scrotum (testicle sac). A number of boys develop minor cases of hydrocele during the first few months of their lives. Most of these disappear by themselves, but the ... [... more]
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Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is defined as the presence of multiplying micro-organisms (bugs) in the tract through which urine flows from the kidneys via the bladder to the outside world. UTI is 50 times more common in women, with about 5 per ... [... more]
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