Yeast Infection in Men: Treatment and Dangers of Long-Lasting Disease

December 31, 2019/in General Health /by Md. Philip Schein

If you feel itchy in your pants, this may be a symptom of a yeast infection. You have probably heard about thrush in women, which affects the genital organs and is caused by candida. However, this fungus can also affect men, although the disease usually proceeds with less serious symptoms.

Yeast infection in men mostly occurs due to increased reproduction of Candida albicans fungi. These microorganisms are present in the body of each person in small quantities. Under normal conditions, the body does not allow it to develop, but when weakened, the fungus can make itself felt.

Yeast Infections in Men are Rare

About 10 percent of men at least once in their lives may encounter this disease. In women, such an ailment can be caused by hormonal contraception, the use of too much bread and sugar, as well as the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. In men, a yeast infection can be caused by similar factors (hormonal contraception does not count), and it can also be transmitted through sexual contact with a woman suffering from thrush. Usually, the symptoms are much more serious in women, but men can suffer significantly. They may experience the following: genital erythema, itching near the foreskin, small blisters on the penis head. Often, symptoms of thrush in men appear immediately after the intercourse and can quickly disappear even without treatment.

Disease Treatment

Usually, this disease cannot be cured using natural methods, but simple antifungal agents can quickly help in healing. Usually it’s enough to go to the pharmacy and buy over-the-counter medicines (or order them online), but if the therapy with them is unsuccessful, then you should consult a doctor for advice, maybe he will find that you suffer from another disease (non-fungal) that requires a completely different approach to treatment.

Prolonged Yeast Infection Can Cause Problems

Although yeast infection is not a very dangerous disease for the body, it is still recommended to start treatment as soon as possible. Inflammation with mild symptoms or their absence can continue and infect the potential partner (s) during intercourse. But it is worth noting that men (with the exception of rare cases) do not become infected from women with this type of infection. Often, thrush in men occurs during a wife’s pregnancy. This is due to the fact that this condition creates more favorable conditions for the fungus, which leads to intensive reproduction of the pathogen of thrush.As you can see, there is a risk of infection, therefore, both sides of the sexual relationship should be treated and sexual contact should be avoided during the treatment period. If you do not adhere to the temporary sexual abstinence recommended by your doctor, this can lead to an unpleasant relapse (rollback), and your partner will get a repeated yeast infection. Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Exercises for Better Sex: How to Engage Right Muscles

December 23, 2019/in General Health /by Md. Philip Schein

You can improve sexual health not only by taking special medications but also doing special sports exercises. They help to strengthen and stretch the muscles of the pelvic floor, abs and hips, thanks to which the male body improves the ability to control processes including those related to the sexual function.

1. Plow Pose Exercise (Shoulderstand Position)

Put something on the floor and lie on your back. The head should be about half a meter from the wall. Arms should lie along the body. Now raise your legs up and lower them back (towards the head) trying to reach the wall. If you succeed, you need to lower your legs as low as possible. Most likely, the first time you will not succeed, but over time you will develop the necessary flexibility and strength.

You need to be in this position until you feel discomfort. Then take a few deep breaths in and out, and return to the starting position. If you are easily doing this exercise, try to perform it so that your toes touch the floor.

2. Bow Pose

Lie on your stomach in a pose with your legs bent at the knees. Now raise your legs and try to grab your ankles with your hands. Inhale, stretching your legs up, then exhale, dropping a little down. If you can’t grab your legs, use a towel or belt as a bundle. At the initial stage, perform up to five repetitions, and then you can increase them to 10-15.

3. Lying Hip Raises

The technique for performing this exercise is as follows: lie down on the floor, put your hands along the body. Pull your legs as close to your buttocks as possible. Lift your toes up slightly, focusing on your heels. Gently raise your hips above the floor as high as possible, and then lower it down smoothly. Perform several repetitions, starting with 5-10 and culminating with up to 20. You can also do several sets (the optimal number is 3-4).

Bottom lifts is one of the safest exercises for strengthening gluteal and pelvic muscles. It can be safely performed by people who do not have significant physical training.

4. Bicycle Crunches

Lie on your back tightly to the floor. Put your hands behind your head. Lift your legs up and bend them at the knees, creating a 45-degree angle. Start simulating the movement of the bike with your feet. To begin with, adapt to this movement, and then, at each approach of the knee to the head, try to reach it with the elbow of the opposite hand (for example, the right knee – the left hand). Do up to 10 repetitions. Perform bicycle crunches for one minute, three to four times a week for best results.

5. Kegel Exercises

Contrary to a popular misbelief, these exercises are not just for women. To perform the male version of Kegel exercises, first you need to find the pubic-coccygeal muscle. Imagine urinating and then stop urinating with a quick muscle contraction. The pubic-coccygeal muscle is responsible for these contractions. Then lie down on the floor and contract this muscle up to 20 times, delaying for 2-3 seconds. Ideally, you need to learn how to contract this muscle to 10 seconds. At first, it will be easier for you to perform Kegel exercises lying down, but soon you will be able to do it in a standing position.

Benefits of Muscle Exercises in the Pelvic Area

Improving blood flow. The main function of blood circulation is to deliver oxygen and nutrients, which are necessary for the normal functioning of organs. Stagnation in the pelvis can provoke diseases such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis and urethritis. Moreover, good blood circulation is necessary for the delivery of this vital fluid to the cavernous bodies of the penis, which ensures a high-quality erection.
Burning fat. Regular exercise will help burn fat. This will not only positively affect your appearance, but also reduce the risk of developing erectile dysfunction. Indeed, obese men who neglect physical activity are much more likely to experience erectile dysfunction than those who regularly do exercise.
Maintaining tone. Even short-term home workouts will enhance your overall health, sense of well-being and improve your tone (both physical and psychological).

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Thus, with the right exercises you can improve your sex life. Do not wait for instant results, the body must adapt to the loads. Gradually, you will get trained and undoubtedly see the result in your sex life.

What Happens During Orgasm or How Does Ejaculation Work?

December 19, 2019/in General Health /by Md. Philip Schein

It may seem that what we experience during intimacy, is difficult to explain in scientific language. But in fact, all processes are mediated by physiological mechanisms and biochemical reactions. Curious men and women are probably interested in what happens during orgasm and what mechanism ejaculation has.

Male Ejaculation in Scientific Terminology

Ejaculation is the process of emitting seminal fluid from the urethra in men during sex or other sexual activity. This is a complex reflex act, the control center of which is located in the spinal cord, and certain parts of the brain also play a role in its regulation. Ejaculation is usually accompanied by an orgasm; however, these phenomena are not equivalent to each other (for example, ejaculation also occurs during pollution at night, which is not accompanied by orgasm).

Ejaculation Phases in Men

The ejaculatory process consists of two phases:

The emission phase (‘travel’ phase). This process is controlled by the human sympathetic nervous system. During this phase, vas deferens smooth muscle contraction occurs, leading to sperm eruption from epididymides. Usually the beginning of this phase is accompanied by a feeling of inevitability of ejaculation. Sperm flows through the ejaculatory tract, then it mixes with other fluids, as a result of which the final ejaculate is formed and breaks out.
Semen ejection phase. During this phase, the formed ejaculate is ejected due to the rhythmic contractions of the so-called bulbospongiosus (bulbocavernosus) muscle. There are several shocks (emissions), usually the first one has weaker strength, and the second or third one is the most powerful, but it all depends on a man’s physiological characteristics. Then there is a gradual decrease in the volume and power of the shocks and the latter can be already dry, that is, without semen ejection. Usually, about 10-15 contractions occur, this period is characterized by the appearance of extremely pleasant sensations for men. Then the head of the penis gains sensitivity and any touch is almost no pleasure (a man feels only hypersensitivity). Also, after ejaculation, men may feel drowsy.

In terms of hormonal fluctuations, the hormone oxytocin is released during orgasm, which leads to rhythmic muscle contraction and ejaculation. And the stronger the orgasm, the greater the release of oxytocin. After that, the brain rewards the man with a good portion of dopamine, as a result of which he experiences pleasure. Oxytocin also enhances a sense of trust and makes a person miss his partner. However, it is known that testosterone can interfere with the action of oxytocin, and in men with an elevated level of this hormone, the feeling of convergence can be suppressed. Perhaps this caused the image of a ‘bad guy’ who loses interest in a girl after achieving his goal (that is, sex).

Multiple Orgasm

Men cannot experience multiple orgasms, unlike women. After ejaculation, they inevitably experience a refractory period during which sexual intercourse is impossible. But men have another advantage: getting an orgasm is easier for them than for girls, with the exception of some pathologies, such as delayed ejaculation. However, it should be noted that men are much more likely to suffer from premature ejaculation when intercourse can end in a few seconds. This can be caused by psychological and physiological problems, as well as prolonged abstinence from sex.

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Is There Ejaculation in Women?

In some women, during the orgasm, a clear liquid (the name of this process is squirting) is released abundantly, most likely from the bladder. Scientific debates about its nature are still underway. Some scholars believe that it is urine, although others report that it does not have a characteristic smell or color. Some scientists suggest that fluid release helps flush out harmful bacteria from the urethra.

Many women who ejaculate say that G-point stimulation helps them to achieve this.

Painkiller Addiction: Signs, Treatment and Prevention

December 18, 2019/in General Health /by Md. Philip Schein

Painkillers are a great invention of mankind because they help get rid of acute pain, including that occurring during surgical interventions. It would be impossible to carry out many important operations without anesthesia and painkillers. You could not even pull out a tooth painlessly and without severe torment if painkillers were not available. But these medicines also have side effects and other disadvantages.

Some people, especially those who suffer from chronic pain, develop addiction to painkillers because they take them very often and immensely (in high doses). Sometimes even people who do not abuse these medications (intentionally or unintentionally) may encounter this problem.

Signs of Painkiller Dependence

Although the main goal of painkillers is to relieve a person from pain, these medications can cause a feeling of euphoria to which addiction is developed. As a result, a patient desires to receive it again and again.

Dependence can progress slowly, so patient painkiller taker may not notice its development. Typically, symptoms include apathy for the surrounding, fatigue, lethargy, and loss of interest in normal daily activities. If a person abuses painkillers, he or she may also experience overdose symptoms, namely space disorientation, vomiting, nausea, drop in blood pressure, and sharply negative or suicidal thoughts. Using too high dosage can even be fatal. This makes it necessary to consult a doctor as soon as possible and start treatment for addiction. Close relatives should carefully monitor a patient who has signs of dependence on painkillers and suspicious behavior:

ordering large quantities of medicines online
theft of painkillers from relatives, friends, other people
causing damage to oneself to enter the hospital and receive a new prescription
illegal prescribing (faking) recipes
purchasing drugs from illegal street vendors
getting angry with other people who indicate his / her abuse
sudden mood swings
constant obsession with the use of drugs

Both non-prescription and prescription painkillers may be abused. According to F.V. Abbott and M.I. Fraser (1998), more than 4 grams of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or acetaminophen over a long period of time may be considered abuse. As stated by D.A. Fishbain et al (2008), percentage of addiction development in chronic pain patients using RX opioids is relatively low, but they often tend to have aberrant drug-related behavior.

Read our article about Headaches

Addiction Treatment

The treatment plan depends on the type of addiction. If a person is addicted to opioid (narcotic) painkillers, he / she may be faced with both physiological and psychological dependence. The rehabilitation process can be lengthy and undergoing treatment in specialized rehab centers is often the best option.

Non-narcotic analgesics usually cause psychological dependence, which is theoretically less serious than physiological one, but it is often the trickiest thing.

Aftercare plays a significant role after successful treatment. Painkiller addicts may join local or online groups, which allow for creating environment of understanding and help prevent relapse of the disorder.

How to Prevent the Development of Painkiller Addiction?

Always take medicine as instructed. If it is indicated that, for example, roughly speaking the maximum duration of treatment is five days, you should not take the medication for 10 days.

Also, do not exceed the recommended dosage. Remember that painkillers provide only a symptomatic effect. They do not eliminate the cause of the pain. To combat the primary source of the problem, you need to take other drugs and or resort to other actions.

And remember: in spite of the fact that many painkillers are dispensed without a prescription, it is always better to consult a doctor if you are planning a medium or long-term treatment.

Always try to get the right diagnosis to identify the true cause of the pain. If you need painkillers on an ongoing basis, consult your doctor regularly, maybe he or she will advise you to change your medication.

If you suspect you are addicted to painkillers, see your doctor as soon as possible, this will speed up the achievement of sobriety.

Can You Drink Alcohol with Viagra? Sildenafil and Alcoholic Drinks

November 21, 2019/in General Health, Generic Viagra /by Md. Philip Schein

It is a common belief that alcoholic drinks lead to loosing up, making you horny and ready for sex. Hence people often take Viagra which contains sildenafil, a PDE5 inhibitor, before or after drinking alcohol. Is that safe? Can you consume strong or low-alcohol drinks while taking the ‘blue pill’?

Viagra and Alcohol – Safety Issues

Viagra is the most known drug for treating erectile dysfunction, which is taken orally approximately 30 minutes before sexual intercourse. Alcoholic drinks often accompany romantic settings, which actualize a question of combining ED pills with them.

Theoretically, Viagra and alcohol can cause synergistic vasodilating effect when taken together (as they are both vasodilators), however, such an assumption has not been clearly confirmed by clinical studies. One research has shown that one bottle of wine (0.75 L) combined with the ‘blue diamond’ doesn’t lead to low blood pressure. However, this doesn’t’ mean that you can try such a risky adventure.

However, some users report that they or their friends have experienced severe side effects amidst simultaneous use of Viagra and consuming alcohol-containing drinks (binge drinking). These adverse events are unique and may be extremely unpleasant:

Decrease in penis hardness (in terms of achieving and maintaining it).
Poor ability to get aroused to have sex.
Serious headache due to which you can lose a desire for intimacy.
Skin flushing.
Dizziness and lightheadedness.

Alcohol and Overall Health

Alcohol is a considerable contributor to the development of many diseases. Jürgen Rehm, PhD and a director of one of departments at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto, Canada), highlighted the following ones:

cardiovascular diseases
liver disorders (fatty liver, cirrhosis, hepatic failure)
infectious diseases
pancreatitis
malignant tumors
diabetes
psychotic disorders
alcoholic myopathy and cardiomyopathy

The healthcare expert noted that ethyl alcohol is actually a primary underlying cause for over 30 diseases. Alcohol overconsumption may contribute to the development or aggravation of hundreds of other abnormal conditions.

As for sexual health, according to Healthline, booze affects it in four ways:

Increases angiotensin levels, which is associated with elevated risks of ED.
Leads to a decreased blood flow to the penile organ.
Exert a depressive effect on the CNS (central nervous system).
Drinking too much can delay or even prevent ejaculation.

In addition, the use of alcohol increases risks of sexually transmitted diseases (as drunk people are more prone to abandoning condoms and committing other reckless sexual actions), as well as can lead to unintentional/intentional injuries. Often an injury is received unintentionally, due to worsening of coordination. Research has shown that intentional injuries comprise about 15% of total quantity and are typically caused by beatings. Not to mention social harm, including disruption of family, workplace problems, financial issues, and committing criminal offences.

A drink or two (depending on your bodyweight) can make one hornier, this is true for both males and females. However, non-modest drinking may lead to the opposite effect.

It’s worth noting that low doses of some alcohol drinks were associated with some health benefits. In particular, according to a study by Lukas Shopek et al. (Molecules, 2018), moderate wine consumption has been linked to cancer prevention, due to antioxidants and polyphenols contained in fruits from which wine is made.

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Conclusions

You’ve probably heard ‘whiskey dick’ expression. But not only whiskey can lead to troubles with getting an erection. This applies to any drink, whether it is 4% beer or 80% absinth, the key thing here is excess income of ethyl alcohol in the blood. If effect of booze is severe, no Viagra will help you. You’ll end up with nothing. So, excessive drinking is anyway harmful, regardless of taking the sildenafil-based drug. Moreover, increased amount of ethyl alcohol in the blood might lead to enhancement of Viagra effect which is fraught with an increased risk of side effects and a decrease in blood pressure. So our recommendation is to avoid alcohol when you take Viagra; at least minimize its consumption, 1-2 units appear to be relatively safe.

Everything About Chickenpox

January 29, 2018/in General Health /by Douglas C. Goldberg, MD

General Information

Chickenpox or as it got used to be called waterpox is referred to a sharp viral disease. The infectious invader of chickenpox is the shingles virus. The illness is an airborne one and affects people of any age. We will notice that chickenpox at adults and children becomes infectious even before the first symptoms appearance, that’s why chicken pox epidemics are fixed worldwide which usually occur in winter and in the beginning of spring.

Mechanism of Infection

The virus enters a human body through mucous membranes of the upper airways. The initial reproduction is carried out there as well. After that the virus gets into blood and is carried on all main systems of life-sustaining activity. In the course of further development the infectious invader of chickenpox accommodates in the organism, causing dystrophic changes and forming the characteristic bubbles filled with serosal substance.

Symptoms

Chickenpox symptoms in majority of cases depend on patient’s age. Chickenpox at children seldom proceeds in a heavy form and in most cases recovers without any serious complications.

The situation changes in a case with children with weak immunity system and adults who had no chicken pox in the childhood. This case has more acute symptomatology and demands a long-term treatment. Chickenpox the incubation period of which lasts from ten to fifteen days keeps in touch within two-three days prior to emergence of the first enanthesis on skin.

Characteristic symptoms of chickenpox is headache, slight increase of temperature, general weakness. If you notice such symptoms of your child for example, you’d better call for emergence not to risk the child’s health. In case of this disorder you may check drugs via the web site: mycanadianhealthcaremall.com.

Treatment

Many people consider that skin enanthesis is the only serious manifestation of chickenpox. But certainly, they are mistaken. At the diagnosis chickenpox treatment has to be carried out immediately as, otherwise, the infection brings to damage of inner organs – lungs, liver, brain covers and to defeat intervertebral ganglion and nervous tissue.

The scientists try to work out the vaccine to protect people from this disorder and sometimes they are succeeded. But it should be mentioned this disease must be treated in any case. If the drugs are expensive you may order them via the Internet for example with the professional help of Canadian Health Care mall specialists. It is a pharmaceutical company providing an outstanding service and well-qualified medications for their customers.

What Should You Know About Pulmonary Heart

January 29, 2018/in General Health /by Douglas C. Goldberg, MD

General Information

Pulmonary heart is a pathology which attracts more than 200 years to itself close attention of researchers. Interest of experts in this disease isn’t occasional, after all it often results in early disability of people and serves as the reason of fatality. At the diagnosis pulmonary heart, treatment and forecasts depend on how in towardly doctors could define a disorder etiology.

So what does it mean pulmonary heart? This disorder is understood as a complex of cardiac diseases connected with circulatory dynamics and developed after the past bronchopulmonary diseases. We will notice thus that at early stages of development the illness doesn’t constitute special danger. On the other hand, chronic pulmonary heart results in insufficiency of blood circulation and morphological changes of the right ventricle. As a result, people become disabled and can die of sudden cardiac arrest.

This process is this very difficult and troublesome as at early stages of development pulmonary heart keeps potential reversibility and practically doesn’t prove itself in any way. But the acute form of a disease quickly progresses to chronic pulmonary heart, and treatment of this disease is a puzzle difficult to be solved. For this reason thousands of experts work on new techniques of disease diagnosis and development of modern preparations by means of which it would be possible to facilitate life of patients, not to admit a disability of employable population.

Symptoms

Now we will talk about what symptoms are characteristic for a disease.

Acute cor pulmonary is manifested in:

the sharp pain behind a breast
rapid shallow breathing
falling of arterial pressure
tachycardia
increase of venous pressure
liver increase
swelling of cervical veins

In turn, chronic pulmonary heart is distinguished by hyperfunction symptoms and a hypertrophy of the right ventricle.

The symptoms of chronic pulmonary heart has pronounced clinical symptoms:

tachycardia,
swelling of cervical veins,
increase in the sizes of a liver and the pulsation of the right ventricle defined at a palpation

Diagnostic and Treatment

To establish the diagnosis it is necessary to undergo electrocardiogram screening and chest radiological researches. As all kind of diseases it is very important to begging treatment in time that’s why you’d better to consult the doctor and order drugs via the Canadian Health&Care mall. Everything is up to you, do not waste time thinking just do it right now.

Headaches: Causes, Types and Treatments

September 19, 2016/in General Health /by Douglas C. Goldberg, MD

About Headache

Headache is one of the most spread medical problem because each man on the Earth even once was suffering from this disorder. Sometimes people live together with headache, someone doesn’t know exactly what it is to suffer from headache. Headache may be a chronic one but it doesn’t mean this disease is a warning of some other severe complications. But you should be attentive because the character of headache may change absolutely in this case you’d better consult the doctor and undergo the medical screening. Everyone knows our health is not a vital substance which can be easily restored.

headache mechanism

Most headaches are caused by muscle contraction or blood flow problems

Types of Headache

There are different types of headache, that’s short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial autonomic symptoms, hemicrania, crotaphic headache, cervical headache and coronal pain.

My Canadian Health Care Service

People are not eager to attend out-patient hospitals because not all services there are free so they believe they will spend too much money there. That is the main reason why they prefer to bare pain than to consult the doctor. But for example my Canadian Health Care provides their citizens with the free service in each hospital. They believe it is the only way out to support their citizens and let them believe in the country they live in and in the government they can trust.

Even headache may be manifested in the severe disorder which should be treated immediately that’s way the medical service should be free for all categories of people. Of course there are private health care facilities with some amount of charged services but the price should not be so awfully high. Seeing or hearing such a price the hair may curl.

We all deserve to be treated free because we all have equal rights, rights which are given to us by the state, by the government and by the God.

Don’t suffer from headache

If you do not want to take drugs to relieve the pain you’d better to lay down and sleep sometimes headache is caused by the overwork when we oversell our abilities. The rapid tempo of living nowadays makes us be in a hurry everytime, it seems we are sleeping also hurrying but nowhere. We forget what it is to have rest, we are all the time in motion and have no time to relax that’s why we feel uncomfortable and suffer from headache.

Canadian Health&Care Mall: Bronchitis

August 10, 2016/in General Health /by Douglas C. Goldberg, MD

Untimely or inadequate treatment of an acute bronchitis is often transfered into chronic form.

Bronchitis is respiratory system disease, mucous membrane inflammation of bronchial tubes. The main symptom of bronchitis is troublesome cough, as if breaking off breast from inside. Usually bronchitis arises after flu or acute respiratory viral infection. The disease begins with dry cough, as a rule, amplifying in supine position when the patient sleeps.

What Is Stress?

August 8, 2016/in General Health /by Douglas C. Goldberg, MD

Introduction

If you want to know more about stress, it means you address rightly. This article is directed to tell you all the truth about stress. Let’s become familiar with the key elements of this notion as stress.

Stress Symptoms, Signs, Causes, Coping Tips

Stress is any deviation from normal health conditions. The stress arises both in a situation of strong grief, and in case of huge pleasure. The stress equally can cause salary increase and dismissal.