The most common male health problems involve disorders of the genitourinary system, which includes the bladder, urethra, prostate gland, penis, and testicles. These disorders may encompass infections, weakening of organs, and sexual diseases. For that reason, special attention must be paid to the health of the genitourinary system in order to maintain normal sexual functioning, proper elimination, and sustained immune resistance. This article discusses holistic treatments for common male problems, including andropause, low sexual energy and impotence, premature ejaculation, enlarged prostate and prostatitis.
Male Sexual Dysfunction
Impotence is a consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. Medical professionals often use the term "erectile dysfunction" to describe this disorder and to differentiate it from other problems that interfere with sexual intercourse, such as lack of sexual desire and problems with ejaculation and orgasm. This FAQ focuses on impotence defined as erectile dysfunction.
Male Sexual Dysfunctions can include:
Many insurance carriers do not have benefits for ED and/or infertility and some exclude these diagnoses. Please contact your insurance carrier about your benefits, and know that payment for service is due at the time of service.
Scrotum Conditions
If detected early, before the cancer can spread to other parts of the body, testicular cancer can be completely cured nearly 100 percent of the time. Recent advances in managing the disease, particularly with the use of powerful anticancer drugs, have resulted in cure rates approaching 80 percent for even some advanced types of testicular cancer.
Scrotum Conditions can include:
Male
Infertility
Infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve or carry a pregnancy to term. This designation is given after one year of unprotected intercourse. Infertility is currently a problem for one out of five couples trying to have children. If after a year of trying to conceive you are not successful, a basic infertility evaluation may be started and testing can begin.
Infertility Conditions can include:
Many insurance carriers do not have benefits for ED and/or infertility and some exclude these diagnoses. Please contact your insurance carrier about your benefits, and know that payment for service is due at the time of service.
Bladder
Problems
Cancer of the bladder is the fourth most common cancer among men and the ninth most common cancer among women. About 38,500 men and13,000 women will develop the disease each year.
Bladder Conditions can include:
Kidney
Problems
Kidney or renal cell cancer (also called cancer of the kidney, renal adenocarcinoma, clear-cell cancer or hypernephroma) is a disease in which cancer cells are found in tissues of the kidney. Kidney cancer is one of the less common types of cancer. It occurs more often in men than in women and accounts for only three percent of all adult cancers.
Kidney Conditions can include:
Prostate
Problems
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum and underneath the urinary bladder. It is found only in men. The prostate's job is to make some of the fluid that protects and nourishes sperm cells in semen. Just behind the prostate gland are the seminal vesicles that make most of the fluid for semen. The urethra, which is the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body through the penis, runs through the prostate.
Prostate Conditions can include:
Penile
Problems
One must always be aware that cancer of the penis may, on rare occasions, present with redness, swelling and pain. Normally, cancers are not painful and are well demarcated. A variant of pre-cancer called "Erythroplasia of Queyrat" shows bright red, well-demarcated, painless lesions on the head of the penis. A biopsy must be taken if cancer is suspected.
Penile Conditions can include:
Many insurance carriers do not have benefits for ED and/or infertility and some exclude these diagnoses. Please contact your insurance carrier about your benefits, and know that payment for service is due at the time of service.
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases such as Genital Warts or Genital Herpes can easily be passed on to you or your partners through urogenital contact. However, a number of treatment options are available if you become infected. If you think you may be displaying signs or symptoms of a venereal disease, it's important that you consult a physician for diagnosis and treatment.
Other can include:
DISCLAIMER: Many insurance carriers do not have benefits for ED, and some exclude the diagnosis. Please contact your insurance about your benefits, and know that payment for services is due at the time of service.