http://www.arcfabinc.com/ As you know, with age health is not added. It is rare to meet a man who could boast of good health. The reasons for our well-being is deteriorating with each passing day more and more - and here should be attributed, and poor environmental conditions, and also our food. And if we add to this constant stress - it turns out that sooner or later, or we all need medical consultation.    ru Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:23:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/25876.htm Pain control is usually necessary in the IC/PBS treatment plan. The pain of IC/PBS has been rated equivalent to cancer pain and may lead to central sensitization if untreated.  Medication. The use of a variety of traditional pain medications, including opiates and synthetic ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:26:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/1472.htm The symptoms of IC/PBS are often misdiagnosed as a "common" bladder infection (cystitis) or a UTI. However IC/PBS has not been shown to be caused by a bacterial infection, and the mis-prescribed ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:53:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/37922.htm Society has different rules with regards to the way that men and women are supposed to express themselves. Men are generally regarded as the ones who are supposed to give comfort and strength. If they break down, cry, or seek comfort they may lose face. Women and other men do not give men an option to express feeling sad, tired, weak, depressed, inadequate, needy, or lonely without sacrificing their masculinity.  Men are also four times ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:24:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/1250.htm Treatment depends on the cause. Testosterone supplements may be used for cases due to hormonal deficiency. However, the cause is more usually lack of adequate penile blood supply as a result of damage to inner walls of blood vessels. This damage is more frequent in older men, and often associated with disease, in particular diabetes.  Treatments (with the exception ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:15:39 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/44824.htm DMSO, a wood pulp extract, is the only approved bladder instillation for IC/PBS yet it is much less frequently used in urology clinics. Research studies presented at recent conferences of the American Urological Association by C. Subah Packer have demonstrated that the FDA approved dosage of a 50% solution of DMSO had the potential of creating irreversible muscle contraction. However, a lesser solution of 25% was found to be reversible. Long ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:27:51 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/23261.htm Surgical interventions are rarely used for IC/PBS. Surgical intervention is very unpredicatable for IC/PBS, and is considered a treatment of last resort when all other treatment modalities have failed and pain is severe. Some patients who opt for surgical intervention continue to experience ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:05:01 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/32141.htm Acute prostatitis is relatively easy to diagnose due to its symptoms that suggest infection. The organism may be found in blood or urine, and some times in both. Common bacteria are Escherichia coli, ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:03:39 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/35899.htm Other bladder coating therapies include Cystistat (sodium hyaluronate) and Uracyst (chondroitin). They are believed to replace the deficient GAG layer on the bladder wall. Like most other intravesical bladder treatments, this treatment may require the patient to lie for 20 - 40 minutes, turning over every ten minutes, to allow the chemical to 'soak in' and give a good coating, before it is passed out with the urine.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:26:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/79992.htm These patients have no history of genitourinary pain complaints, but leukocytosis is noted, usually during evaluation for other conditions.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:05:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/69560.htm Anecdotal evidence suggests that food allergies and intolerances may have a role in exacerbating CP/CPPS, perhaps through mast cell mediated mechanisms. Specifically patients with gluten intolerance or celiac disease report severe symptom flares after sustained gluten ingestion. Patients may therefore find an elimination diet helpful in lessening symptoms by identifying problem foods. Studies are lacking in this ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:08:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/28262.htm Erectile dysfunction is characterized by the regular or repeated inability to obtain or maintain an erection. There are several ways that erectile dysfunction is analyzed:  Obtaining full erections at some times, such as when asleep (when the mind and psychological issues, if any, are less present), tends to suggest the physical structures are functionally working. However, the opposite case, a lack of nocturnal erections, does not imply the opposite, since a significant ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:30:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/45744.htm Men with this disease often have chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, urinary frequency and urgency often at night, burning or painful urination, body aches, and a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract, as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. Acute prostatitis may be a complication of prostate biopsy.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:30:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/60404.htm Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (commonly abbreviated to "IC/PBS"), is a urinary bladder disease of unknown cause characterised by pain associated with urination (dysuria), urinary frequency (as often as every 10 minutes), urgency, and pressure in the bladder and/or pelvis. Pain that worsened with a certain food or drink and/or worsened with bladder filling and/or improved with ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:19:32 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/21384.htm As recently as a decade ago, treatments available were limited to the use of astringent instillations, such as chlorpactin (oxychlorosene) or silver nitrate, designed to kill "infection" and/or strip off the bladder lining. In 2005, our understanding of IC/PBS has improved dramatically and these therapies are now no longer done. Rather, IC/PBS therapy is ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:37:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/43981.htm Treatment requires prolonged courses (4-8 weeks) of antibiotics that penetrate the prostate well (?-lactams and nitrofurantoin are ineffective). These include quinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin), sulfas (Bactrim, Septra) and macrolides (erythromycin, clarithromycin). Persistent infections may be helped in 80% of patients by the use of alpha blockers (tamsulosin (Flomax), ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:49:04 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/45581.htm Over time, the relapse rate is high, exceeding 50%. A 2007 study showed that repeated courses of combination antibiotics may eradicate infection in 83.9% of patients with clinical remission extending throughout a follow-up period of 30 months for 94% of these patients.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:37:24 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/752.htm Erectile dysfunction (ED, "male impotence") is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance.  An erection occurs as a hydraulic effect due to blood entering and being retained in sponge-like bodies within the penis. The process is most often initiated as a result of sexual arousal, when signals are ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:41:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/83300.htm There is a substantial list of medications used to treat this disorder. Some of them are:  Quercetin has shown effective in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in chronic prostatitis using 500 mg twice a day for 4 weeks Subsequent studies showed that quercetin, a mast cell inhibitor, reduces inflammation and oxidative stress in the prostate.  Pollen ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:00 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/12832.htm Alprostadil can be injected into the penis or inserted using a special applicator - usually just before sexual intercourse. Alprostadil has also become available in some countries as a topical cream (under the brand name Befar), and preliminary studies have ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:38:03 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/42081.htm In chronic bacterial prostatitis there are bacteria in the prostate but usually no symptoms. The prostate infection is diagnosed by culturing urine as well as prostate fluid (expressed prostatic ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:49:34 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/34041.htm Antibiotics are the first line of treatment in acute prostatitis. Antibiotics usually resolve acute prostatitis infections in a very short time. Appropriate antibiotics should be used, based on the microbe causing the infection. Some antibiotics have very poor penetration of the prostatic capsule, others, such as Ciprofloxacin, Co-trimoxazole and tetracyclines penetrate well. In acute prostatitis, penetration of the prostate is not as important as for category II because ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:12:57 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/30289.htm According to Arran Stibbe, men's health problems and behaviors can be linked to the socialized gender role of men in our culture. In exploring magazines, he found that they promote traditional masculinity. The magazine celebrates "male" things such as liking guns, fast cars, and fast women and ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:50:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/67740.htm A 2007 review article by Drs Potts and Payne in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine states: "Indeed, chronic abacterial prostatitis (also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome) is both the most prevalent form and also the least understood and the most challenging to evaluate and treat. This form of prostatitis may respond to non-prostate-centered ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:47:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/1196.htm The earliest attempts at treating erectile dysfunction date back to Muslim physicians and pharmacists in the medieval Islamic world. They were the first to prescribe medication for the treatment of this problem, and they developed several methods of therapy for this issue, including a single-drug therapy ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:45:18 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/39368.htm Amitriptyline can reduce symptoms in patients with IC/PBS. Patient overall satisfaction with the therapeutic result of amitriptyline was excellent or good in 46%.   Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:43:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/39625.htm Work by Wise and Anderson (see details) has shown that urologic pelvic pain syndromes, such as IC/PBS and CP/CPPS, may have no initial trigger other than anxiety, often with an element of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or other anxiety-spectrum problem. This is theorized to leave the pelvic area in a sensitized condition resulting in a loop of muscle tension and heightened neurological feedback (neural wind-up). This is a form of myofascial pain syndrome. Current protocols ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:20:01 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/70606.htm The name of this disorder is evolving. In 2007, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) began using the umbrella term Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes (UCPPS), for research purposes, to refer to pain syndromes associated with the bladder (i.e. interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:53:30 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/65840.htm Diagnosis is through tests of semen, expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) or prostate tissue that reveal inflammation in the absence of symptoms.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:24:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/33570.htm Numerous alternative therapies are used to improve sexual function. Some include: niacin, zinc, copper, Korean red ginseng root, ginkgo, pine bark, Tribulus terrestris, arginine, Avena sativa, horny goat weed, maca root, muira puama, saw palmetto, and Swedish flower pollen. None of these however have been recognized as effective by the FDA. While zinc deficiency may be a cause of lower ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:12:39 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/79992.htm Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is characterised by pelvic or perineal pain without evidence of urinary tract infection, lasting longer than 3 months, as the key symptom. Symptoms may wax and wane. Pain can range from mild discomfort to debilitating. Pain may radiate to back and rectum, making sitting difficult. Dysuria, arthralgia, myalgia, unexplained fatigue, abdominal pain, constant burning pain in the penis, and frequency may all ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:05:03 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/722.htm The cause of IC/PBS is unknown, though several theories have been put forward (these include autoimmune, neurologic, allergic and genetic). Regardless of the origin, it is clear that the majority of IC/PBS patients struggle with a damaged urothelium, or bladder lining. When the surface glycosaminoglycan (GAG) layer is damaged (via a urinary tract infection (UTI), ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/94740.htm For chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (Cat III), also known as CP/CPPS, which makes up the majority of men diagnosed with "prostatitis", a treatment called the "Wise-Anderson Protocol" (aka the "Stanford Protocol"), has recently been published. This is a combination of: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:51:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/1060.htm Diagnosis has been greatly simplified in recent years with the development of two new methodologies. The Pelvic Pain Urgency/Frequency (PUF) Patient Survey, created by C. Lowell Parsons, is a short questionnaire that will help doctors identify if pelvic pain could be coming from the bladder. The KCl test, also known as the potassium sensitivity test, uses a mild potassium solution to test the integrity of the bladder wall. Though the ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:18:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/66360.htm The annual prevalence in the general population of chronic pelvic pain syndrome is 0.5%. 38% of primary care providers, when presented with a vignette of a man with CPPS, indicate that they have never seen such a patient. However, the overall prevalence of symptoms suggestive of CP/CPPS is 6.3%. The role of the prostate was questoned in the etiology of CP/CPPS when both men and women in the general population were tested ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:34:25 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/722.htm Drugs (Anti-depressants (SSRIs) and Nicotine are most common. A study entitled "Drug-induced mal sexual dysfunction" concluded that of the 12 most commonly prescribed medications on the market today, 8 of those ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:15:51 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/16410.htm The cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases constitute a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of the cyclic nucleotides cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP. They exist in different molecular forms and are unevenly ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:07:19 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/52404.htm Standards of masculinity can not only create stress in themselves for some men, they can also limit these men's abilities to relieve stress. Men and women have different ways that they appraise stressful situations and cope with them. Some men appraise situations using the schema of what is an acceptable masculine response rather than what is objectively the best response.  Men are limited to a certain range of ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:55:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/14706.htm There are no formal tests to diagnose erectile dysfunction. Some blood tests are generally done to exclude underlying disease, such as diabetes, hypogonadism and prolactinoma. Impotence is also related to generally poor physical health, poor dietary habits, obesity, and most specifically cardiovascular ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:04:07 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/17610.htm These work by placing the penis in a vacuum cylinder device. The device helps draw blood into the penis by applying negative pressure. A tension ring is applied at the base of the penis to help maintain the erection. This type of device is sometimes referred to as penis pump and may be used just prior to sexual intercourse. Several types of FDA approved vacuum therapy devices are available with a doctor's ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:51:07 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/15656.htm The foundation of therapy is a modification of diet to help patients avoid those foods which can further irritate the damaged bladder wall. Common offenders are highly spiced or acidic foods and include ... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:13:39 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/12032.htm Men, significantly more so than women, tend to drink and drive, not to wear a seat belt, to be aggressive and fight, to drive fast and dangerously. Men are also more likely to be involved in a homicide, to be involved in a motor vehicle accident and other accidents. Men are in fact three times more likely ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:53:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/44164.htm Research on beer commercials by Strate (Postman, Nystrom, Strate, And Weingartner 1987; Strate 1989, 1990) and by Wenner (1991) show some interesting results. In beer commercials, the ideas of masculinity (especially risk-taking) are presented and encouraged. The commercial focuses on a situation where a man is overcoming an obstacle in a ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:45:45 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/64969.htm Some men feel stressed by societal pressure to act masculine. These men feel that they have to prevail in situations that require physical strength and fitness. To appear weak, emotional, or sexually inefficient is a major threat to their self-esteem. To be content, these men must feel that they are decisive and self-assured, and rational. Masculine gender role stress may develop if a man feels that he has acted unmanly.  In ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:09:57 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/14256.htm Originally called interstitial cystitis, the name for this disorder changed to interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in the period 2002-2005. In 2007, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:37:58 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/24576.htm Mortality rates for all of the 15 leading causes of death for the total population are higher for males than females in America. Men die almost seven years earlier than women. Men are more likely to suffer from chronic illnesses, to suffer a traumatic brain injury, and to die from acquired ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:23:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/65840.htm There are no definitive diagnostic tests for CP/CPPS. This is a poorly understood disorder, even though it accounts for 90%-95% of prostatitis diagnoses. It is found in men of any age, with the peak onset in the early 30s. CP/CPPS may be inflammatory (Category IIIa) or non-inflammatory (Category IIIb), based on levels of pus cells in expressed prostatic secretions (EPS), but these subcategories are of limited use clinically. In the inflammatory form, ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:13:09 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/29900.htm Bladder distension (a procedure which stretches the bladder capacity, done under general anaesthesia) has shown some success in reducing urinary frequency and giving pain relief to patients. However, many experts still cannot understand precisely how this can cause pain relief. Recent studies showing that pressure on pelvic trigger points can relieve symptoms ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:26:18 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/21340.htm Penile erection is managed by two different mechanisms. The first one is the reflex erection, which is achieved by directly touching the penile shaft. The second is the psychogenic erection, which is achieved by erotic or emotional stimuli. The former uses the peripheral nerves and the lower parts of the spinal cord, whereas the latter uses the limbic system of the brain. In both conditions, an intact neural system is required for a successful and complete erection. Stimulation of ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:33:59 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/67740.htm No treatment required. It is standard practice for men with infertility and category IV prostatitis to be given a trial of antibiotics and/or anti-inflammatories however evidence for efficacy are weak. Since signs of asymptomatic prostatic inflammation may sometimes be associated with prostate cancer, this can be addressed by tests that assess the ratio of ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:02:49 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/28462/text/48435.htm Oral pentosan polysulfate (Elmiron) is believed to provide a protective coating in the bladder, but studies show it is not statistically significant compared to placebo. However, some studies have found that a minority of patients do respond to pentosan polysulfate.   Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:23:02 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/23120/text/32490.htm Duplex ultrasound (Duplex ultrasound is used to evaluate blood flow, venous leak, signs of atherosclerosis, and scarring or calcification of erectile tissue. Injecting prostaglandin, a hormone-like stimulator produced in the body, induces erection. Ultrasound is then used to see vascular dilation and measure penile blood pressure. Measurements are compared to those ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:07:49 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/18424/text/32056.htm Men are significantly less likely to visit their physicians to receive preventive health care examinations. Men make 134.5 million less physician visits than American women each year - making only 40.8% of all physician visits. A quarter of the men who are 45 to 60 ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:16:33 +0100 1 http://www.arcfabinc.com/section/16732/text/55900.htm Chronic bacterial prostatitis is a relatively rare condition - occurs in less than 5% of patients with prostate-related non-BPH lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) - that usually presents with an intermittent UTI-type picture and that is defined as recurrent urinary tract infections in men originating from a chronic infection in the ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:15:03 +0100 1