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The low rate of major depression in men could be a misconception. It is often said that men do not like to admit, even to themselves, that they can be depressed. Men may feel that it is a sign of weakness or unmanly to show any sign of despair or self-doubt; they may dread what might occur if their employers or friends found out. So, they retreat into quiet suffering or develop a €œmale depression syndromeâ‚
Originally posted 2006-07-26 12:30:07.
There is not a lot of information concerning the wise use of herbs specifically for men and boys. Not many men seek herbal healing. Retailers of herbs find that male health formulas are often bought by women caring for a husband, father, son, or friend. The majority of purchases of herbs are for care of the prostate and treatment of erectile dysfunction. These herbs are usually bought by women. The only formulas typically bought by men are those for the enlargement of the male.
Are there really no other uses of herbs for the males of the species? How about these: Running, cycling, rowing, swimming, walking, dancing, aerobics, cross-country skiing, and mountain climbing. Or bodybuilding, weight lifting, wrestling, strength sports, and track and field? Or football, baseball, and basketball?
The herb once known as ‘Siberian ginseng‘ and now called Eleuthero was a favorite of trainers and coaches of Olympic athletes in the old Soviet Union. When the word about Eleuthero got out, Western scientists put it to the test.
The PSA test that reveals the level of prostate-specific antigen in the body is one method of early detection of prostate enlargement or prostate cancer in men. The blood test helps in monitoring prostate health well before the enlargement manifests itself as urinary symptoms.
While benign growths are more manageable with an improved diet, herbs for prostate enlargement, conventional prostate medicine and alternative remedies, prostate cancer is a radically different situation altogether. Treatment options for prostate cancer depend largely on the stage to which it has advanced.
Radical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the entire gland and the neighboring lymph nodes. To facilitate easy flow of urine after surgery, a rubber tube is inserted through the penis into the bladder till the area heals properly. Although radical prostatectomy cures the disease completely as the nearby lymph nodes are also removed, surgery is never totally safe. Some of the risks include:
* Excessive loss of blood.
* Loss of bladder control.
* Accidental leakage of urine while coughing or laughing and lifting heavy objects.
* Impotence and erectile dysfunction.
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Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It is commonly used to imply disorders that are caused due to acute bacterial infection and chronic pain syndromes. Characterized by pain in the general region between the anus and the genital organs, it is often accompanied by irregular urination, impotence, painful ejaculation and low back pain. Severe conditions of prostatitis can produce chills and fever.
Acute bacterial prostatitis is differentiated from other categories of prostatitis on the basis of the presence of white blood cells in the prostatic fluids and the nature of symptoms. It is one of the four categories of prostatitis that is technically considered as a sub-type of a urinary tract infection. Reflux of infected urine and urethral infection during sexual intercourse are considered to be the main cause behind acute prostatitis.
Patients suffering from prostatitis present such varied and non-specific symptoms that it is difficult to diagnose it with certainty unless prostate specific urine tests are performed. Some of the major symptoms include muscular pain, pain during urination and urinary frequency along with the other symptoms of prostatitis. Clinical indications include a tender, warm, swollen, firm and irregular prostate.
Middle aged men face a typical problem with their prostate gland. With age, the hormonal levels in the body undergo a gradual change that results in an enlarged prostate. Prostatitis is a condition where the gland is inflamed by a migrant bacterial infection. As the gland surrounds the tube through which urine exits the body, an enlarged prostate creates problems with urination.
Initial symptoms of prostate enlargement include nocturia (excessive urination at night), increased visits to the bathroom and irritation. As the condition develops, symptoms of obstruction appear and there is hesitancy, a slow stream, dribbling and a feeling that the bladder has not emptied completely after urination.
It can be extremely bothersome for men with severe conditions. The sensation to urinate often disturbs sleep more than once during the night. The fact that even after urination there is a feeling of a full bladder leads to frustration.
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The cells around the prostate gland are likely to start multiplying after men cross the age of thirty. An enlarged prostate, sort of, strangulates the urethra that creates problem during the urination process.The extent to which this affects your overall prostate health depends entirely upon you!
Changes in your diet can help in restricting the enlargemnt to a great degre. The prostate is actually controlled by hormones. In the prostate cells, the male hormone, testosterone is changed into a more powerful hormone called DHT(dihydrotestosterone). It is DHT that causes enlargement of the prostate.
It is observed that certain foods enhance this conversion whereas others block it. If you change over to a diet that maintains testosterone levels to the minimum required and also helps in reducing the conversion of testosterone to DHT, you can effectively save your prostate from enlarging to dangerous levels and reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
New research has apparently added to the growing belief that early dietary interventions can improve cholesterol levels in children.
To add to this, the study also demonstrates that blood-vessel function is also enhanced, at least in boys, by the change in diet.
The findings are apparently based on a study of 1062 healthy 11-year-old children who were either put on a low saturated fat diet or an unrestricted diet starting in infancy.
Almost 200 children in each diet group had the elasticity of the interior walls (or endothelium) of their veins and arteries measured by using ultrasound to look at dilation of the blood vessels under various circumstances.
Dr. Olli T. Raitakari, from the University of Turku in Finland, and colleagues say that the low-fat diet was associated with better endothelial function in boys and girls, but this was more significant from a statistical standpoint in the boys.
Raitakari says this could mean that early nutrition may play an important role in the later vascular health of males, and may also be associated with less atherosclerosis and a lower future risk of cardiovascular diseases.
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Sex has both physical and psychological connotations. It requires not only physical fitness but also a cool and calm frame of mind before and during the act. Psychologically speaking, most women would have you believe that men are too €˜sex crazy ‘. Men on the other hand have both psychological and physical problems, especially after they cross forty and if they have an enlarged prostate.
There is a strong belief among specialists that prostate health and the frequency of the sexual act are interrelated. The simple logic behind their belief is that:
* The prostate produces a fluid that forms a major part of the semen.
* To produce the seminal fluid the gland and the seminal vesicles take up citric acid, potassium and zinc from the blood and concentrate them up to 600 times.
* Any carcinogenic substances that might be present in the blood would obviously be concentrated along with.
* Such carcinogens can potentially cause prostate cancer.
Most of us have heard about athletes and sports persons using anabolic steroids to enhance performance. The media has often highlighted the increase in performance that these steroids can provide. The dangerous side effects that these anabolic steroids can cause remain unsaid.
Anabolic steroids work by increasing the testosterone levels in a body. This hormone testosterone is responsible for masculine traits in an individual.
After being discovered, anabolic steroids were initially used for treating depression and other disorders that were caused by abnormally low testosterone levels in the body.
But it is now argued that instead of curing depression, they actually caused it.
Abusive use of anabolic steroids usually starts with a desire for enhanced performance, better muscles or improved physical appearance. But it almost always ends with side effects that have serious repercussions.
The therapeutic benefits of anabolic steroids are overshadowed by the side effects that accompany it. More than recommended amounts of anabolic steroids can cause issues with the mental health of an individual. Stopping the steroids immediately can also result in a fair number of withdrawal symptoms. People on anabolic steroids go through various phases.
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Enlarged prostate symptoms rarely manifest before the age of 40. For some men, symptoms might not even occur at all. However, the condition called BPH or enlarged prostate affects almost 90 percent of men in their seventies and eighties, while more than 50 percent of men who reach their sixties experience symptoms.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy is a condition characterized by the enlargement of the prostate gland; a common occurrence since it is quite normal for men’s prostates to enlarge as they age. The growth of the prostate has two main phases; the first is during puberty, when the size of the gland doubles; and the second is at around age 25, when the gland starts growing again. The second growth phase often results in BPH years later. Some of the more common enlarged prostate symptoms include weak stream of urine, difficulty in starting urination, dribbling and leaking of urine, a strong and sudden desire to urinate especially at night, a feeling of not emptying the bladder, and in some cases, blood in the urine.
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