Men’s Health-Erectile Dysfunction

MUCOPURULENT CERVICITIS: HOW COMMON IS IT? WHAT ARE THE SYMTOMS?

Infections of the cervix are very common. It is estimated that between four and six million women in the United States are diagnosed with MPC each year and that even more women have undetected infection. Accurate numbers are not available, since cervicitis is not reportable to the health department in every state. MPC appears to [...]

STD HERPES: FACTORS WHICH CAN TRIGGER OUTBREAKS

Various factors can trigger an outbreak. Some people, for example, believe that emotional or physical stress brings on oral and genital outbreaks. Others find that outbreaks are brought on by certain foods (nuts, chocolate), trauma to the skin, menstruation, fatigue, poor nutrition, illness, and exposure to sunlight. Keeping track of potential triggers, possibly in a [...]

STD EPIDIDYMITIS: HOW COMMON ARE THEY?

There are no reliable statistics about how many men are diagnosed each year with epididymitis and prostatitis, but we do know that these are common infections. Epididymitis When epididymitis occurs in younger men, it is usually caused by sexually transmitted bacteria, such as those that cause chlamydia, gonorrhea, and nongonococcal urethritis, often acquired through unprotected [...]

LAPAROSCOPIC PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY: WHAT HAPPENS

In a laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection, doctors make a tiny incision, about half an inch long, just beneath the navel. By means of a small needle, the abdomen is gendy filled with air, to give doctors more room to work. Then, using a tiny camera and watching the procedure as it happens on a [...]

PROSTATE CANCER: MORE ON THE HIGH-FAT DIET

We’ve said that diet probably isn’t enough to cause prostate cancer on its own. However, it can’t be overlooked as a significant risk factor. Several studies have shown that men with high-fiber, low-fat diets are less likely to get prostate cancer. One study found prostate cancer deaths in thirty-two countries to be highly linked to [...]

LAWS THAT AFFECT OUR SEX LIVES: COMMERCIAL SEX. PROSTITUTION

Prostitution is the performance of sexual acts for pay, including money, drugs, or other rewards. It has occurred throughout history. Women and men in ancient Babylon who worked as “sacred harlots” in the temples were greatly respected. Secular prostitution though has been much more common. Some prostitutes have enjoyed a high social status as courtesans—companions [...]

COMMON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS: SYPHILIS. TRICHOMONIASIS

Syphilis Untreated, the syphilis (SIFF-i-lis) organism—a spirochete—can remain in the body for life and lead to disfigurement, neurological disorders, or death. The number of reported cases of syphilis in the United States has dropped below 120,000. This may be because of effective antibiotics and increased condom use among American men. Common Symptoms: Syphilis has several [...]

OUR SEXUAL FEELINGS: JEALOUSY. INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA

Jealousy Jealousy is our anxiety about a partner’s love and commitment. It can play an important role in the development of sexual inhibition and conflict. Jealousy does not occur in all cultures. It is most likely where marriage is seen as a way to have guilt-free sex, security, and social recognition. Jealousy mostly occurs in [...]

SOMATIC AND ENDOCRINE CHANGES IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE: THE GROWTH SPURT

The biologic marker of early adolescence is puberty, defined as the developmental phase of physical maturation to full reproductive capacity. It is a time of rapid conspicuous changes in body size and appearance, which are associated with the maturation of internal reproductive structures and based on major alterations of endocrine function. The most visible somatic [...]

ENDOCRINE FUNCTION AND GENDER DIFFERENTIATION: PRENATAL HORMONES

The prenatal hormones affect the sexually dimorphic pathways in the brain during the early months of fetal development, altering the threshold for behavior traits defined as boyish or girlish. The prenatal program does not preordain psychosexual differentiation as masculine or feminine but instead establishes a predisposition for behavior traits that are gender-shared but threshold-dimorphic. The [...]