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Loose Rivets' video on HoLEP is very interesting to watch, but WHY, oh WHY, oh WHY does it need such loud and awful noise to accompany ( I can't bring myself to call it music - it's not !) ?
It seems that just EVERYTHING nowadays is accompanied by loud NOISE (often being presented as if it were music).
Is it any wonder that more and more class 1 medical holders are failing to meet the laid down audio standards these days ?
It seems that just EVERYTHING nowadays is accompanied by loud NOISE (often being presented as if it were music).
Is it any wonder that more and more class 1 medical holders are failing to meet the laid down audio standards these days ?
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To the OP and others relatively young, hopefully before symptoms appear, l would ask if they've heard the theory that if the gland is emptied as often as possible, then malfunctioning in later life may be less likely.
Just a thought......
I wait to be educated by the gloved finger brigade!
Just a thought......
I wait to be educated by the gloved finger brigade!
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Giacomo Casanova is rumoured to have died of a stricture of the penis in 1798,(not to be confused with the Pineal gland) a condition which might well, in those days, have been caused by prostate cancer.
I'm terribly afraid to say that this knocks the theory of preventative masturbation or prophylactic coitus for a bit of a six.
I'm terribly afraid to say that this knocks the theory of preventative masturbation or prophylactic coitus for a bit of a six.
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I warned about confusing the penis with the Pineal gland and the tumours that can be found there in cases of tertiary syphilis. But anyway it was my rumour. Mind you though Girolamo, who died at the then rambunctious old age of 73, used condoms, referring to them as 'redingote Anglaise’ or English riding coats. Goodness knows what he put on when he fancied a bit of side saddle or a trot bareback without stirrups.
Oh dear CC
Syphilis can cause urethral strictures. Cancer of the prostate is not normally associated with urethral strictures although they can be a complication of surgery. Cassanova did not have surgery. He did have various venereal diseases including…….syphilis. So on the balance of probability his stricture was due to syphilis
The pineal never crossed my mind
Syphilis can cause urethral strictures. Cancer of the prostate is not normally associated with urethral strictures although they can be a complication of surgery. Cassanova did not have surgery. He did have various venereal diseases including…….syphilis. So on the balance of probability his stricture was due to syphilis
The pineal never crossed my mind
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It is rumoured that, in actuality, Casanova was bisexual so the balance of probabilities is that he died of aids with the possible source of infection being a lost condom. He died at the age of seventy three in an era when the average age of the ordinary man was something in the order of thirty. Possibly therefore, the rumour that his death was the consequence of old age is true.
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Totally agreed, Radgirl ; VERY unlikely !
FRom a very well known internet source of information :
Crikey ; that's even before I learned to fly ! 
FRom a very well known internet source of information :
Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981 and its cause—HIV infection—was identified in the early part of the decade
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So then Loeys-Dietz didn't exist until the Centers for Disease Control, or some other organization, had recognized that it did? That sounds like bad medicine?
In any event, all is rumour and Casanova's cause of death has never been determined.
In any event, all is rumour and Casanova's cause of death has never been determined.
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Medications can be effective solutions, too, once any disease has been ruled out.
'Im Indoors pops a Proscar every day. Problem solved. Even reduced the size of that thing causing all the discomfort.
'Im Indoors pops a Proscar every day. Problem solved. Even reduced the size of that thing causing all the discomfort.
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I'm Indoors pops a Proscar every day
The mention of drugs serves to remind pilots, especially class 1 holders, that some drugs commonly used for BPH are a bit contentious in the aviation arena. The best advice is, if prescribed things like finasteride or tamsulosin, to discuss with your AME before actually starting to take them.
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"Giacomo Casanova is rumoured to have died of a stricture of the penis in 1798"
"Syphilis!"
May I inform you amateur historical speculators that the cause is far more more likely to have been gonorrheal in origin.
Gonorrheal strictures are very common, syphilitic strictures (mostly at the meatus) are not.
And many patients who have syphilis also have gonorrhea - as John Hunter unfortunately found out.
"Syphilis!"
May I inform you amateur historical speculators that the cause is far more more likely to have been gonorrheal in origin.
Gonorrheal strictures are very common, syphilitic strictures (mostly at the meatus) are not.
And many patients who have syphilis also have gonorrhea - as John Hunter unfortunately found out.
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It's an excellent place to which to take a new girl friend before lunching her somewhere deliciously expensive and impressive for it is a sure cure to keep the overheads down.
I agree about gonorrhoea Mac (although given your handle I worry about your interest in such matters!!!!). However gonorrhoea rarely kills. There are some lovely urethral dilator sets in the Gordon museum in London so a stricture could have been dilated ( possible septicaemia as a cause of death .......). However there are historical claims of syphilis and some later behaviours did suggest tertiary syphilis
He most likely had both of course
He most likely had both of course
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No CC, I am not a Mohel (I think routine circumcision is mischievous), though I do perform quite a lot of genital reconstruction!
Radgirl, it seems that Casanova started his Memoirs in 1789 (at 63 - he died in 1798 at 73), as "the only remedy to keep from going mad or dying of grief". The first draft was finished in 1792, and he spent the next six years revising it.
He would have been infected with syphilis many years previously and it is unlikely that he had neurosyphilis, for his memoirs are both lucid and erudite. There are no hints that he had gummatous syphilis, though he may well have had cardiovascular syphilis.
I agree about dilatation for strictures - dilator sets were common and frequently used, probably more for prostatic hypertrophy than gonococcal strictures. In the days before transurethral resection of the prostate there were many chronic catheter patients and we were taught the techniques of urethral dilatation (I was rather good at it!). Certainly it is possible to make a false passage and induce septicaemia if you are unlucky.
There are so many things that he could have died from that it is impossible to say, but chronic renal failure from recurrent pyelonephritis subsequent to outflow obstruction must be high on the cards.
[One source says that he had 116 lovers in his life, which, when you think about is isn't that many for a man of his propensities.]
Radgirl, it seems that Casanova started his Memoirs in 1789 (at 63 - he died in 1798 at 73), as "the only remedy to keep from going mad or dying of grief". The first draft was finished in 1792, and he spent the next six years revising it.
He would have been infected with syphilis many years previously and it is unlikely that he had neurosyphilis, for his memoirs are both lucid and erudite. There are no hints that he had gummatous syphilis, though he may well have had cardiovascular syphilis.
I agree about dilatation for strictures - dilator sets were common and frequently used, probably more for prostatic hypertrophy than gonococcal strictures. In the days before transurethral resection of the prostate there were many chronic catheter patients and we were taught the techniques of urethral dilatation (I was rather good at it!). Certainly it is possible to make a false passage and induce septicaemia if you are unlucky.
There are so many things that he could have died from that it is impossible to say, but chronic renal failure from recurrent pyelonephritis subsequent to outflow obstruction must be high on the cards.
[One source says that he had 116 lovers in his life, which, when you think about is isn't that many for a man of his propensities.]
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Quick question about 1mg Finasteride - how much does it ACTUALLY effect and lower the results of a PSA test and how long do you have to be taking it before it does? I would have thought that the dose was too low to have much impact but there seems to be contradictory advice all over the place about it.