The prostate gland is a small walnut sized gland that can bring about a drastic change in your sex life. Prostate problems arise from a benign or malignant growth in the gland.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, as is evident from the name itself, is benign in nature and a common condition among a large majority of men, usually after they cross the age of forty. Malignancy in prostate grows slowly and is contained within the gland in most cases. However, in many cases it can spread outside the gland too.

Prostate health and advancing age has a dual effect on the sexual capabilities of an individual. On one hand prostate medicine or other treatments like radiation and surgery can result in a side effect that is related to sexual capabilities. On the other hand, advancing age in its own right can decrease sexual prowess.

During or after treatment for prostate enlargement, men may go through a period when they face erectile dysfunction, which is an inability to retain an erection long enough to have sex. Other sexual problems include pain during sex, orgasms without ejaculation and a difficulty in reaching orgasm.

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If you are experiencing one or more than one of the following symptoms, you may be suffering from an enlarged prostate:

• Frequent or sudden need to urinate
• Frequent waking up to urinate at night
• Weak, variable, or dribbling urine stream
• Need to strain or push bladder to urinate
• Difficulty beginning urination
• Feeling that your bladder never completely empties
• Pain or burning during urination

Enlarged Prostate (BPH): A Common Part of Aging

It is common for the prostate gland to become enlarged as a man ages. Doctors call the condition benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or benign prostatic hypertrophy.

As a man matures, the prostate goes through two main periods of growth. The first occurs early in puberty, when the prostate doubles in size. At around age 25, the gland begins to grow again. This second growth phase often results, years later, in BPH.

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If you’ve had a bladder infection, you know that pain can be all-consuming during the acute stage. Bladder infections are very common in women.

One in five American women will have at least one urinary tract infection in her life. Of those, 20% will have another; 30% of those will have a third. An astounding 80% women who have had 3 bladder infections will have a 4th.

Some of these women go onto to develop a condition called “chronic UTI” where they relapse into a full blown bladder infection every few weeks. Urinary problems in men are less common, but when they occur, they are usually tied to prostate problems.

Urinary symptoms to watch for:

* urgent, burning, painful, frequent urination, especially at night
* foul-smelling, cloudy or bloody urine
* urination pain accompanied with lower back and abdomen pain and pressure
* nausea, chills and fever
* urethral discharge

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There have been some very interesting observations regarding of prostate enlargement, a natural process where the male gland grows in size and causes urinary problems. The incidence and severity of prostate enlargement is much lower in Brazil, especially in the regions where saw palmetto is grown. This led to an understanding that saw palmetto is one of the most effective herbs for inhibiting prostate enlargement.

Similarly, Asian men have a much lower rate of prostate enlargement and cancer than American men. There are a lot of reasons attributed to this peculiar situation. It is a fact that traditional and ancient therapies have used various herbs and concoctions to alleviate the symptoms caused by this male condition since ages.

There is a mention of prostate enlargement and inflammation in ancient Indian texts, the basis of traditional Indian therapy – Ayurveda. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has an effective therapy known as acupressure for treating numerous ailments including prostate problems. And in Japanese traditional families wives often perform prostate massage to help their husbands to maintain prostate health.

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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.

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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.

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What causes airborne allergies, hayfever and allergic rhinitis?

With every breath we take, we breathe in millions of microscopic particles such as dust, pollen, plant spores, viruses, bacteria and even pollutants in the form of chemicals in the air.

Many of these particles are filtered and removed by the nose and respiratory system, while others enter the body. If the immune system is strong and healthy, it can ward off infection against pollutants, viruses and other harmful airborne substances that may enter the body.

Normally the immune system will ignore harmless airborne particles entering the body such as pollen, house dust, animal dander, etc. In some people, however, the immune system misinterprets these harmless particles and identifies them as being dangerous to the system.

This triggers a release of a substance called histamine, as well as other inflammatory compounds in the body, which cause a condition called ‘allergic rhinitis’ and hayfever.

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Mayo Clinic researchers studying prostate problems in men report in the current issue of the Journal of Urology that as men grow older their bladder function can worsen and the prostate gland may be responsible.

Their findings remind patients and their physicians that urination difficulties in men can be better cared for at early onset. Additionally, the study notes that as men age, the possibility increases that they will experience problems with urination.

“What we know is that many men ignore their symptoms and do not seek assistance with their physician until much later,” said Andrew Rule, M.D., nephrologist and epidemiologist at Mayo Clinic and the lead author of the study. “What happens is men can end up with a bladder not working, perhaps needing a bladder catheter all the time. They also become at increased risk for bladder infections and even kidney failure problems.”

The researchers looked at information in men from two tests: post-void residual and voided volume. The post-void residual test involved men urinating and then having an ultrasound scan to determine how much urine remained in the bladder. The voided volume test measured how much urine men could void with a full bladder.

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What causes insomnia?

There are many potential causes of insomnia, including sleep apnea, snoring, bladder or prostate problems, stress or depression.

People who are over 60 years old and women going through the menopause are more prone to insomnia, probably due to decreased levels of melatonin in the brain.

Other causes of insomnia include ‘restless legs’ syndrome (RLS), magnesium or iron deficiency, hormonal imbalance, shift work and excessive consumption of caffeine or other stimulants.

Insomnia is also a side effect of some prescription anti-depressant medication.

It is thought that more than 50% of all cases of insomnia are linked to psychological causes, including depression, anxiety and stress.

Prescription sleeping medication can be addictive and can affect your ability to fall asleep naturally.

What is SerenitePlus?

SerenitePlus is a combination herbal/homeopathic formula especially formulated to treat the symptoms of insomnia, especially sleep onset insomnia (difficulty falling asleep) and to assist in the treatment of chronic insomnia.

SerenitePlus has been used safely and effectively for many years to help with sleep problems.

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