how do you help your partner

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waterlily1
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by waterlily1 on Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:25 pm

how do you help your partner

how can you help your partner realise its important to know this symptoms and convince him to go to gp?
we could help our partners aswell if we can be supportive and know the symptoms

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Dr Jon Rees
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by Dr Jon Rees on Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:19 pm

Re: how do you help your partner

Hi

a great question, and it is hard to give you an answer without a bit more detail.

There are many reasons why men delay going to see their doctor - sometimes it is due to the difficulty of fitting an appointment in around the demands of work - if so, and your partner has problems, see if he can arrange at least a telephone consultation with his GP to get things started.

Given that this is a prostate / testicular health clinic, it is worth addressing the whole issue of embarrassment - as a GP I see men with urinary symptoms, testicular problems, erection problems, foreskin problems etc pretty much on a daily basis - and have really open conversations with men about them. Most men find that once they start to talk about these issues and are greeted by a GP who is interested and sympathetic, the embarrassment tends to disappear.

If your partner has prostate issues and doesn't want to see a dr - point them in the direction of the specialist nurse advice line at Prostate Cancer UK - you don't have to have prostate cancer to speak to them and they will give fantastic advice. Look at the PCUK website for details of how to contact them.
Dr Jon Rees
GP, Backwell & Nailsea Medical Group with specialist interest in Men’s Health and Urology

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