The treatment of choice for bacterially caused NGU is antibiotics, most commonly doxycycline, azithromycin, erythromycin, or ofloxacin. The type of antibiotic chosen for initial treatment is the same for chlamydia as for the other bacterial causes of NGU. If herpes is thought to be the cause of the urethritis, then an antiherpes medication is used [...]

It used to be thought that in order to transmit herpes, the infected person must have a sore or another symptom of a herpes outbreak, such as itching, tingling, or leg pain. In other words, the message was “If you’re having an outbreak, abstain from sex, but if you’re not having symptoms, then you can [...]

By checking the urethra, the bladder urine, and secretions from the prostate after the prostate examination and by doing the appropriate tests to detect infection cells and cultures in these fluids, the cause of the genital symptoms can usually be determined. Sometimes evidence of infection may be seen in several of the fluids. Prostate symptoms [...]

Sometimes two people have been together for a certain period of time— months or years—and have been monogamous. They trust each other and want to stop using a barrier method of preventing the spread of STDs. But either or both of them might have acquired a sexually transmitted infection from a previous partner, even if [...]

DISCHARGE FROM THE PENIS Discharge from the penis is never a normal occurrence, and any man experiencing this symptom should be examined by a health care provider while he is having the symptom. The most common causes are sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and nongonoccal urethritis. Some men think this symptom is caused [...]

Internal body fat is a potential killer. It’s the fat you can’t see and usually don’t even know you have, but if you are a man, it is likely to be the fat that brings on your heart attack. Internal fat, also known as visceral fat, lies around the organs in the abdomen. It is [...]

No-one knows this better than retrenched employees who have been spat out of a corporation and have been able to pick themselves up and find a new way. In the current ‘downsizing’ climate there are many corporate casualties. Only a minority really get back on their feet. Those who do succeed have generally managed their [...]

Once you hit 40, the phrase ‘stressed to the eyeballs’ can take on a whole new meaning. It is from this age that people become susceptible to a common condition that quietly puts their eyes under stress. Left untreated, it can cause a devastating deterioration in their vision over time. The condition, which cannot be [...]

It’s no comfort to balding men to hear that the very hormone that makes them male strips them of their hair. While 17-year-old boys may be at their physical peak, with testosterone coursing though their young bodies, they are also beginning to experience one of the troubling effects of this male hormone. Most of them [...]

A healthy sex life in a stable relationship is said to be a key ingredient in the recipe for longevity. Not only does it supply protective physical activity and release, but it is also a powerful source of affirmation and emotional closeness. While some couples nurture this valuable asset, some let it slip away. This [...]