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Male diseases are diseases that are directly related to male fertility and physiology. For example, diseases of the prostate gland, testicles, erectile dysfunction, infertility, sexually transmitted diseases. Learning about the disease will help men actively understand to detect and treat the disease in time.1. Enlarged prostate
Prostate enlargement can be called with other names as benign prostatic hyperplasia, benign prostatic hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and prostate enlargement. It is an increase in the size of the prostate gland that puts pressure on the urethra and bladder, causing urinary disorders such as: difficulty urinating, urinary retention, urinary frequency, urgency, hesitancy, urinary incontinence, and urinary incontinence. Complications such as urinary tract infections, impaired kidney function affect quality of life. More than 50% of men over the age of 50 have this condition.
The main cause of the disease is due to the weakening of sexual function causing an imbalance of sex hormones (decreased testosterone and increased estrogen) causing prostate enlargement.
2. Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer (prostate cancer) is ranked 12th among the most common cancers in men in Vietnam.
Prostate cancer is not contagious. The life expectancy of the patient depends largely on the stage of detection. If detected and treated early, the 5-year survival rate is up to 100%.
The disease is not contagious, develops slowly with vague symptoms such as difficulty urinating, frequent urination, urinary retention, frequent urination at night, bloody urine, difficulty in erection, constipation,...
3. Orchitis
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Unprotected sex can lead to orchitis transmission. Subjects susceptible to the disease are men who have too liberal sex lives and do not have safe protection measures.
4. Narrow foreskin
Phimosis is the narrowing of the foreskin at the end of the foreskin, making it impossible to completely pull it out of the glans.
Between the foreskin and the glans, there is a layer of moist fluid that lubricates the foreskin, making it easier for the foreskin to slide up naturally. Genital scum is a condition in which the fluid in the epithelial cells of the foreskin peels off and accumulates to form white patches. If these white patches are not cleaned, it will cause an infection in the genitals.
Foreskin stenosis can be divided into 2 types of causes: physiological and pathological. Children with the disease often have symptoms such as swollen foreskin, straining to urinate, red face when urinating, ...
5. Varicose veins
Varicocele is a common disease in men, occurring in 10-15% after puberty and 40% of male infertility patients. The disease occurs when the plexus of the spermatic cord and the internal spermatic cord are dilated, impairing the function of the testicles, which can lead to infertility.
The main causes of the disease are: failure of the valves of the venous system, the vas deferens in the wrong place into the left renal vein or the abdominal vena cava, the state of increased intra-abdominal pressure due to a tumor in the pelvis or pelvis. posterior peritoneum.
Signs of the disease are often absent or unclear. Symptoms usually only appear in the late stages such as testicular pain, testicular swelling and edema.
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6. Blocked ejaculatory ducts
Obstruction of the ejaculatory duct is a rare disease but is one of the causes of infertility in men. About 1-3% of infertility cases are due to blockage of the ejaculatory ducts. Ejaculatory duct obstruction is a blockage in one or both sides of the ejaculatory duct that blocks the flow of sperm. The cause of the disease can be congenital or secondary. Characteristic signs of the disease are very little semen, or no semen at all, in addition, there may be pelvic pain.
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