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I mean AN, ORAL examination???

How LONG is your tongue? Are you related to Gene Simmons?

just started taking centrum prostate and colon health vitamins and now i’m peeing every hour. 31 years old and could usually go 3 to 4 hours before peeing. Any one every had this problem taking multivitamins?

It could be the amount of B vitamins in the product. That will sometimes have a diuretic effect and cause you to urinate more often. This should level out after taking the product for several weeks.

Yes, I have been doing it for years and I am on the same medication.

and how old should a man be before he needs to start taking it?

Age doesn’t matter, body function does. It is possible for a man to have prostate problems at any age. Signs of prostate problems would be leakage of urine, waking up with a wet bed, or wet underwear, burning when urinating, or uncomfortable feeling in groin. This is a good vitamin, Prostate Essentials Plus. here are two sources of info: http://www.lycopene.com and/or http://www.seleniumselect.com.

A year ago my husband was in great shape. He was mountain climbing, kayaking, and backpacking. Although he is only 27 years old, his health has drastically declined in the past year. We’ve been to multiple doctors and have yet to have anyone give a diagnosis or even any suggestions. I’m not sure if these things are related to one another, but does anyone have any idea?

He has always had very bad neck pain, at the base of his skull. There is a lump there that I don’t have on my own neck. He describes it as feeling very tight, almost a pulling, and a lot of headaches originate from the area. His doctor referred him to a chiropractor but after a year of seeing him it didn’t help. Like yoga, it felt better for an hour and then started to hurt again. It has been getting worse lately.

About a year ago he suddenly had difficulty urinating, and we found out that he has an enlarged prostate. We’ve been to 3 doctors reguarding that and they don’t know what is wrong. He had blood work done and they don’t think it is cancer. Beyond that, they don’t know why it is enlarged. He has some trouble urinating now (it trickles) but other wise it doesn’t seem to be causing too many problems.

He has severe abdominal pain (ribcage and pelvic area) and describes it as feeling like he has swallowed "rocks or razor blades".

Four months ago his lung collapsed while he was sitting on the couch with our son. He was in the hospital for a few days, and has never felt entirely better after that.

Lately he is always very tired and listless, every night he feels like he has just climbed a 14,000 foot peak. It seems to be getting steadily worse.

Thanks Barb!

He was on antibiotics for awhile, I forget how long. I think it was a bit over a month, and then the next specialist we saw took him off of them.

I know that his tests for infection all came back negative. They also ran dye through him and took radiographs… I don’t think they found anything with that, either.

As for the neck and back problems… they took radiographs, said that it did look "tight" or something, and then told him to see a chiropractor. I wish they would do an MRI or other things. When we went in with his collapsed lung they almost told him it was nothing, that he was too young to have problems.
It is frustrating because doctors don’t seem to take us seriously. He isn’t the type of person who complains about nothing – when he broke his clavical he didn’t take his pain meds, same after his lung collapsed. He has a high tollerance for pain, so when he complains about this (which is now daily) it really worries me.

His neck also cracks and clicks when he moves it, and he says it feels like he can feel "bone hitting bone" – so herniated disc is a good one to look into, I think?
I thought about diet, too.

We are vegeterians, so I’m very careful to make sure that we are getting enough protein and B vitamins.

He is somewhat a healthnut, so we usually avoid artificial ingredients, hydrogenated oil, excessive sodium, etc.

I went over our diet with a friend who has her masters in nutrition, and she didn’t catch anything.

Sometimes I still wonder though…

If he has prostatitis, and it sounds like he does (an infection of the prostate) that would account for his enlarged prostate, abdominal pain and slow stream. What did the doctor do for that? He should have been put on an extended course of antibiotics (for 3 weeks to 3 months). The severe abdominal pain along with this makes me wonder if it is not a prostate abscess or perhaps kidney stones which could also account for the fatigue. Has he had a CT scan, MRI, any x-rays at all? The neck pain makes me question a herniated disc. This is quite a wide constellation of symptoms. I would try going to a tertiary care center if you live in the U.S. like a teaching hospital at a University, Mayo Clinic, etc. for a full workup.

I’m keen on knowing some facts about cancer nutrition and if supplements are any use in maintaining good prostate health.

Vitamin E, Selenium and Zinc have long been considered to prevent prostate cancer, but a 7-year study by the National Cancer Institute has pretty much debunked that claim. Cancer risk among those who take supplements seems to be just as much as those who don’t.

What counts are lifestyle & nutrition choices for preventing prostate cancer. Losing weight and eating healthy can reduce your cancer risk by as much as 42%. Foods rich in lycopene (like tomatoes), oily fish and green leafy vegetables contribute to good prostate health. These are proven facts summarized by that study.

I’m keen on knowing some facts about cancer nutrition and if supplements are any use in maintaining good prostate health.

Vitamin E, Selenium and Zinc have long been considered to prevent prostate cancer, but a 7-year study by the National Cancer Institute has pretty much debunked that claim. Cancer risk among those who take supplements seems to be just as much as those who don’t.

What counts are lifestyle & nutrition choices for preventing prostate cancer. Losing weight and eating healthy can reduce your cancer risk by as much as 42%. Foods rich in lycopene (like tomatoes), oily fish and green leafy vegetables contribute to good prostate health. These are proven facts summarized by that study.

Thanks for Britain’s CYA Report trying to explain the mitigating circumstances for Britain’s Social Medicine’s pathetic cancer track record. Kudos for that.

International Cancer Survival Rates are subject to numerous factors relating to comparisons based on definition and recording.

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/behindtheheadlines/europeancancersurvival/

Quote:

Dr Harry Burns, lead clinician for cancer in Scotland – the equivalent of England’s newly appointed cancer tsar – said that figures showing higher death rates for Britain than Europe and America were not comparing like with like.

The system for registering cancer deaths is much tighter in Britain than elsewhere. A cancer patient who dies of a heart attack will be registered as a cancer death in the UK, while other countries’ cancer registries tend to understate their death rates, Dr Burns said.

Eurocare II throws up oddities which cast doubt on the validity of the figures. The study, showing five-year survival rates from 1978 to 1989 for 17 countries, suggests Estonia has the best rate for certain cancers, above that of prosperous Germany and France.

It also shows that immigrants to Switzerland have a higher survival rate than the resident population – because most return to their home countries in their final months and their deaths are not recorded.

Separate evidence from international trials shows that British patients included in the trials do just as well as patients from other countries, casting doubt on the claims that treatment is less good in Britain.

Dr Burns said: "Until we have a properly designed study comparing like with like, it is daft and demoralising to say we do badly. There is no evidence that British patients are dying more frequently than they need to. We are underselling ourselves and it doesn’t help public confidence."

His view was backed yesterday by Dr Peter Boyle, the director of epidemiology and biostatistics at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. Dr Boyle said international comparisons could not be relied on because the disease might be more advanced at diagnosis in some countries than in others."There may well be differences [in survival] but we can’t say whether they are due to treatment, diagnosis or something else. I don’t think anyone knows the true position," he said.

Dr Boyle said global comparisons of this kind were meaningless: " Is spending money the key thing or is it spending it appropriately? We need to know the outcome of higher spending for individual patients, but that is difficult to assess."

The best cancer units in Britain provided care that was the equal of any in the world but the standard varied.

There were also regional differences in death rates. Dr Boyle said the best hope lay in the Calman-Hine proposals for spreading "best practice" by concentrating cancer care in specialist units linked to district hospitals.

"Calman-Hine was a huge breakthrough that put the patient, not the organisation, first. It has been very successfully implemented in Birmingham and Yorkshire.

It should ultimately lead to a better deal for patients," he said.

regular PSA tests after age 40
lycopene, 45 mg/day
5-Loxin, 75 mg/day
an array of anti-oxidants

I’ve heard of health benefits. Like better sex life’s and lower risk of prostate problems. Are they just trying to justify getting sexual pleasure or is this something doctors advise?

If a doctor performs it in the course of treating chronic prostatitis, then a prostate massage is a very valid procedure. An infection of the prostate gland is very difficult to cure because very few antibiotics cross the blood/lipid barrier. So massaging the gland (through the anus) is necessary to eject any accumulated pus in it. It is a maneuver that may not be comfortable for both parties.
The alternative to massaging the gland is masturbation or ejaculation by any means. This is even preferred because it is an assured way of emptying the prostate gland.