Kidney stones are a fairly common condition that consists of the formation of solid pieces in said organs due to the accumulation of substances present in the urine. They vary in dimension from the size of a grain of sand to that of a pearl. Although, according to the , most kidney stones pass from the body without medical help,...
Most men, on more than one occasion, may present localized pain in the testicles, which, with the passing of hours or days, improves spontaneously or, on the contrary, persists or progressively worsens. As indicated by the , pain can be understo...
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer among men. An international research estimates that there are nearly 2 million cases of newly diagnosed prostate cancer in the world each year. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the world, with approximately 100,000 men dying each year. The prostate is...
Penis fracture occurs when the erect penis is pressed strongly in the wrong way, forcing the organ to bend in half. This usually happens when the partner is on top of the man and the penis escapes from the vagina, causing her to feel abruptly on the partner’s organ, causing the...
The wound on the penis can arise due to an injury caused by friction with very tight clothes, during sexual intercourse or due to poor hygiene, for example. It can also be caused by an allergy to clothing or hygiene products, by dermatitis, but it is also possible that it arises due to infections, such as syphilis or g...
Do you know what penile cancer is? What can increase the risk of developing penile cancer? What are the main symptoms and signs of penile cancer? How is penile cancer diagnosed? What tests to perform to detect penile cancer? How is penile cancer treated? What is the importance of...
The prostate is a gland of the urogenital system suitable for the production of prostate secretion, a fluid that during ejaculation, in the urethra, mixes with the sperm coming from the testicles to give rise to seminal fluid. Prostatitis, acute and chronic, is an inflammatory disease of the prostate and mainly affects men under fifty years of a...
Prostate diseases are very common, usually with advancing age. The good news is that, nowadays, there are already many diagnostic and treatment solutions, which seek to restore the patient’s quality of life. However, for this to be possible, it is first necessary to recognize the signs that something is not right, to know when to act and se...
Dysplasia is the abnormal development of body organs or tissues. Kidney dysplasia is a structural disorganization of the kidney parenchyma during embryogenesis. While in utero, problems can occur during kidney formation, resulting in a multicystic dysplastic kidney (kidney dysplas...
