Hi I doubt it is serious but it is bothering you. So, see your GP - I see men with problems like this every day, so there is absolutely no reason to be embarrassed - it's just another part of your body ands no reason to treat that area differently - if it's causing a problem, get your dr to have a l...

Hi from a GP perspective! You are describing classic symptoms of benign enlargement of the prostate and what you do about this should depend on the bother the symptoms cause you - if little bother, you don't need to do much.... If bothersome, discuss again with your GP. You might want to think over ...

As a GP - I would probably try treating you without the investigations Ben suggests - yet. I would think about stopping the finasteride, switching your doxazosin to tamsulosin and adding an anti-muscarinic medication alongside to calm the bladder - eg solifenacion - you can take this combined in 1 t...

And, allegedly....

some research suggesting regular ejaculation decreases the risk of a condition called prostatitis - so much that one London Urologist is regularly quoted as saying you need to ejaculate 21 times a month to avoid prostatitis..... good luck with that.

I'll leave that one to Ben to reply to, as our MRI expert...

Jon

Hi Lee with regard to the abdominal ache and testicular tenderness - you might well have an infection and it sounds like you may need some treatment. I would want to test your urine, consider a chlamydia test if that was needed, probably some antibiotics and possibly an ultrasound of your testicle m...

It really does - would love to make suggestions but it sounds like an online forum probably not the place as quite a complex situation. Sorry - hope things improve for him.

my understanding is that for your typical calcium oxalate stone former (as opposed to more unusual stones such as urate), the only thing that has been reliably shown to reduce incidence of recurrent calculi is maintaining good fluid intake, particularly increasing this when exercising or in hot weat...

sorry to hear this - how much loperamide does he use?

I would disagree with my esteemed colleague at Tackle - having looked at the paper quoted it states 'seeding is a rare complication after prostate biopsy' and quotes incidence at '<1%' not '1%' I personally don't think it is a complication that shopuld worry patients - it appears to happen v rarely,...