Signs to recognize the male diseases that men most often encounter – Life Health

Gynecomastia is a group of diseases belonging to the genitals of men that greatly affect health as well as sexual life.

Master, Doctor Dinh Huu Viet, Head of Andrology Department, Hanoi Hospital of Andrology and Infertility, will help you promptly recognize the signs of common gynecological diseases.

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Phimosis

Foreskin stenosis is a narrowing of the foreskin at the end of the foreskin, preventing the skin in this position from turning and exposing the glans completely. In infants, this is largely normal and will clear up on its own as the child gets older. However, there are also some cases due to narrowing, inflammation extending to the fibrous, narrow foreskin. Adult men can develop a narrowing of the foreskin secondary to an infection or unprotected sex. Foreskin stenosis can cause symptoms such as:

– The foreskin is narrow, sclerosis, small urinary opening, not able to turn the glans.

Difficulty urinating (straining, flushing when urinating) can affect kidney function if left untreated.

The foreskin is swollen and inflamed (swollen, hot, red, painful) with an unusual discharge or discharge.

– When you feel the need to urinate but you have to stand for a while in the toilet to urinate.

Inflammation, prolonged narrowing of the foreskin along with genital warts is a risk factor for penile cancer.

Varicose veins of the testicles

This is a disease caused by blood stagnation in the venous system around the testicles for a long time, causing the veins to dilate, leading to limited blood supply to the testicles, stagnation of “toxins” with sperm and heat. Levels in testicles increase, affecting spermatogenesis function and male hormone testosterone production function of testes.

The manifestations of varicocele are often not obvious, mainly a feeling of heaviness, discomfort or pain in the testicles, especially when exercising too much or standing or sitting for a long time. The prevalence of varicose veins in healthy young adults is about 15% and up to 40% in infertile men.

The disease does not exclude any age but occurs mainly in adult men. Microsurgical vasectomy is the main treatment for men with infertility, low sperm quality and quantity, testicular pain, testicular atrophy due to varicocele.

Premature Ejaculation

This is a common disease in men with the manifestation that the patient is almost unable to control ejaculation, causing men to ejaculate before they and their partners achieve orgasm. Although not life-threatening but premature ejaculation will bring feelings of discomfort, low self-esteem, relationship boredom and affect the lives of couples. However, the disease is curable if detected and treated early. Premature ejaculation due to psychological factors can be overcome by itself, but if the condition persists, men need to be diagnosed and treated by specialized doctors, absolutely should not take drugs arbitrarily.

Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction is a condition in which the penis cannot get an erection, or the erection is incomplete or the erection time is too short to perform sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction is a common disease in men and increases with age, 30% of men over the age of 50 have this condition.

Although the disease is not too dangerous to health, it greatly affects the quality of family life, faith and bravery of men. If symptoms are detected, men need to immediately go to medical facilities for diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Sexually transmitted diseases

The more modern society is, the more open sex life is, men also open their relationships, and they themselves can have more sexual partners. Having many sexual partners, unsafe sex is one of the main causes of increasing urinary tract and genital infections. Some common pathogens such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, genital warts …

Some symptoms that need to be examined early and treated promptly are painful urination, frequent urination, hematuria, purulent urethral discharge, etc., after sexual intercourse.

Infertility

Infertility is a condition in which couples who live together and have regular sex without using contraception for 1 year but still have not had children. Infertility is also quite common in today’s society with causes that can come from both sides. Studies show that the cause of infertility is from the husband’s side, accounting for 30-40%. Therefore, it is extremely important to have periodical reproductive health examinations, to find the causes of infertility and infertility in both husband and wife for early detection, and to help increase the effectiveness of treatment.

Infertility due to ejaculate without sperm

About 1-2% of men are unable to have children because there are no sperm in their semen despite having normal sex. Azoospermia is divided into two types: Obstructive azoospermia and non-obstructive azoospermia.

Obstructive azoospermia can include blockage of the vas deferens – epididymis with the most common causes being orchitis, epididymitis; After trauma, after surgery in the inguinal region, scrotum and genital organs, … But non-obstructive azoospermia is due to common causes such as: complications of mumps, testicular failure, pituitary endocrine disorders or hypothalamus, chromosomal abnormalities, varicocele, undescended testicles, etc.