Show lMEN’S HEALTHS Men at any age may experience the pain and urinary problems that accompany prostatitis While the cause can be hard to find relief is possible s p severe famv though treatable &£§ Jr you have An enlarged prostate v a Obstruction to thb flow of urintso that it backs up : and bocomas infacted A prostata stona or tumor-- o A urinary cathotar hsarted v Into the urethra (uunfly during or after an Operation when 92 you cant void on your own)- - ur isaaore Kosenreia - ROSTATlnS IS AN doses pain ini At pidvi c region (par- ' l V inflammation and ticulariy under the scrotum) lower ab-die II projaatfradbmenand back and is accompanied v tglaind' Affecting an by frequent urges co “go” and a bum- - ' esdmated 50 of men ?f ing sensation whldi you daTherealso $ V?jwspmedmdunng dieir f tnay bepain during sexual arousal life it is the third most common uro-i- l and ejaculation Prostatitis Usually v Af logical disorder in men under age SO does not affect potency but erectile aaab — — Tf tandthe fj 'f f s - r l common in thoseover most ' v ' I '£ Urinary bladd 1 VSumlnaT: ' II Kf thlatdeyelopsbnlyin menwith en larged prostates The fact is tfcat " present in only 5 : o® Jess'S °f prbst F ' A normal prostate glaiid is the : size of a walnut It is situated below the bladder in front of die reoum fj? (wll within the doctor’s reach' ’dui Vj ing a digital rectal exam) and wr -- -- ' Discharge I' attwi me ' bbddadwwriMadbdwigvfriwwii : A aamkMlvMid— which along wWi fluk ewJuaa ti Vi-- A suppressed Immune si A recent urinary bladder 1 e common: often comes on sud- - mSt denlyand is due to infection from s bacteria that enter the prostate from the urinary tnct (pi much 2 less commonly from the blood- ! Stream) It causes pelvic pj fre- - 5' £ qiient painful urination‘ with or without the need to go urgently iornetimes chiils and fever and If ' possibly blood in die urine Ids the' a '‘ '(fbestkind of prostatitis to Jiave § o: because the infecdiig organism can be identified early by culturing the icn treated promptly with ur'n : the appropriate antibiotic tKe 5:y i ’ IVe found that while mbst nien know - problem usually drors up : v - Chronic bacterial prostatitis is 1: vldiere their prostare is located and what it does to than they have no idea infection and inflammation of die § 5 ' what it doesjbr themj ' The tV i1 prostate' that keeps coming back The 0 symptoms am similar to those of the acute form but usually am kss g si 3-f- j prostate gland makes the around the urethra the tube that fluid in which spend is transported carries urine from the bladder out ' During die male orgasm its muscles : severe! Again bacceria am the cause contract to squeeze thisfluid into land treat men tconsistsoferadicac- - ® throui the 8 The prostate is msponsible for the Urethra tq form the ejaculate ing them with antibiotics If pro- muc of men’s misery It is a major Without a prostate there would be statitis keeps returning the entire site ofcancerit gets bigger as we grow ' lots less' pleasure in life and nothing genito-urinar- y tract should be almost older always resulting in die in which the sperm can swim to evaluated to determine the cause ' need to urinate frequently (some meet the egg and create a child and correct it ' times with difficulty) especially dur- There are three kinds of prostands: Chronic pmstatitis (also called g Acute bacteriat prostatitis the chronic pelvic pain syndrome)" is “d it can become ‘“8 ce inflamed (prostatitis) Despite all diis most uncomfortable but least die most common fbtm of prostands c penii' Urethra ' A saxualy transmittad ' Sl1 ' ! y: ’ g -- fATGIoseflL'ookl 1' ' ' A l f - 'r50"An inflamed prostate typically & s J J dysfunction sometimes can occurvr Most people believe— mistakenl- ythat prostatitis is singly an infection'! 4v if £ Pain in tit psivic rtgion lower back and gsnltab is common Inal types of prostaWa So am urinary fraquan and burning - b Orelorabalrex: s PAGE June 20 2004 PARADE q- |