Prostate cancer: My grandpa had prostate cancer. He went to see his doctor after he found an abnormal lump on his neck. After going through Computerized tomography scan, ultrasound of the prostate and biopsy of the cancer tissue. The doctor diagnosed him with stage IV prostate cancer. The cancer has spread to other areas of his body through the lymph nodes. He gone through rounds of chemotherapy along with surgery to remove the prostate, and hormone therapy to help fight the cancer.
Hypertension: My grandparents have primary hypertension, which is hypertension with no identifiable cause. They were diagnosed with hypertension after their doctor found their blood pressure was about 140 /90 mm Hg during one of their annual physicals. The physician
At night my father could not sleep so I would spend all night beside him to feed him or to help him roll over. One of the most serious symptoms was losing his appetite and later this caused him to lose a lot of weight. We took him to Clinque Ghandi in Casablanca, Morocco and they suggested another emergency surgery. One month later my father died in our home in his room at the age of 77 years old. Prostate cancer is a serious disease that kills thousands of people a year. Having the PSA test done in the early stage is considered the best way to discover prostate cancer and it can easily prevent it. I have faith that more research will be done to discover the best treatments and eventually leading to a cure.
Primary hypertension can be linked to several risk factors, some in which are evident in K.H.’s history and
The day of my high school graduation, my parents received news that my father had a tumor in his bladder. A few weeks later the test results came back positive for cancer. In the past two years I have watched my dad go through many changes that were sad to observe as a daughter, but interesting to learn about as a future medical student. Although I do not know what type of bladder cancer my dad has, I do know he is in stage T1 of his cancer. My dad is doing better as of now, but I have always wanted to learn more about his cancer, and this assignment as given me that chance.
Essential hypertension, otherwise known as primary or idiopathic hypertension, is a condition of raised blood pressure with no identifiable cause. Secondary hypertension occurs when blood pressure elevation results from a specific and potentially treatable cause. These include renal diseases, endocrine causes, congenital cardiovascular causes and pregnancy.
Bladder cancer is a cancer that forms in a person’s bladder and often begins with cells that line the bladder. The early symptoms of bladder cancer are blood in the urine, frequent or painful urination, back or pelvic pain.
Cancer. One word, a million different emotions. Cancer is a term used to describe a group of diseases in which abnormal cells divide and invade other tissues at an uncontrollable rate. Cancer cells rapidly travel through blood and lymph systems to other parts of the body. With over 100 different types of cancers this year alone over 500,000 Americans are expected to die from cancer, making it the second leading cause of death in the US. (TLCF,2014- Thomas Latimer Cancer Foundation) Among the vast forms of cancer, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men after skin cancer. Prostate cancer affects males as it is found in the prostate gland an organ found in the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer has many faucets
When we had a diseases or diagnoses, we tend to seek treatments and try to cure it as soon as possible. However, what if there is no reliable treatment or nearly no treatment and the only things is to do research. Life can be really difficult and no one wants any sickness or diagnosed with such a disease like cancer. Prostate Cancer is a known cancer that happen to men only and a lot of men in the U.S had it. The part that happens to male’s reproductive system and it is a gland found in the most private area of a men. Moreover, it is located in front of the rectum and under the bladder where it grows slowly. First, prostate cancer really affect men who diagnosed with it and we need to understand it first to be able to solve it. Next,
Is urinating suddenly very difficult for you? Do you find yourself getting up several times a night to go to the toilet? Are your trips to the loo filled with dread and anxiety? Chances are, you are suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. We at Himex Labs know what you have to go through and – trust us – we understand. This is why we are offering Prostara, a proactive prostate support formulated to combat the symptoms of BPH.
Cancer is an unusual growth of cells that try to proliferate in an un contained way and sometimes it also spreads through the body. Cancer isn’t just one thing, it has more than 150 different cancers. Testicular cancer is a disease of testicular cells becoming abnormal in one or two of the testicles. This cancer is most common to men ages 20 to 35 years old.
Palliative radiotherapy is one of the treatments used to slow down the growth of cancer and control symptoms in men with advanced prostate cancer. Advanced prostate cancer is not curable but treatment can keep it under control for months or years. Having advanced prostate cancer means that the cancer has spread from the prostate, to other parts of the body. Prostate cancer can spread to any part of the body, but most commonly to the bones or lymph nodes. ‘Bone metastases’ or ‘bone secondaries’ are the terms used to describe cancer that has spread to the bone. This can cause pain and problems with moving around. In some cases, men with advanced prostate cancer may also experience painful lymph nodes or blood in their urine, caused by bleeding from the prostate. These symptoms can sometimes be relieved with palliative radiotherapy.
For primary hypertension a doctor will usually do a physical exam and take the patient blood pressure. A normal physical will show that the patient is perfect health and that there’s no abnormality in any of the system of the patient. A patient with primary hypertension will usually not have much of a difference except for having an elevated blood pressure that is above 140/90. For secondary hypertension doctors will order a series of tests. The first test is a blood test in the blood test they would look at potassium, sodium, cholesterol and triglycerides, and other chemicals in your blood to help make a diagnosis. Then they will do a urinalysis to check the chemicals that are in your system to see is that is what causing the high blood pressure. Then the doctor might also perform an ultra sound of the kidney and the blood vessels to check to see if that’s where the issue lies. They usual use a machine called a machine called a transducer, which will produce sound waves that will then be read to see if there’s any abnormalities. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is then performed if the secondary high blood pressure is thought to be hear related. This test uses electrodes placed around the heart to check and see if there is an abnormalities in the different waves of the heart. If the doctor suspects that a patient suffers
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand and third most common cause of cancer death in the male population.
What do you do if you heard that your husband, father, or boyfriend have cancer? Many people get scared. Male who goes to doctors office and find out that they have “prostate cancer”, get scared and think it's the end of the world, or starting to search, ask themselves why they have it or what can they do about it, and ect, but they do not research before having cancer to know what this is cancer about, how to prevent the cancer, or where it come from and why? Well, prostate cancer is cancer that begins in tissues of the male prostate gland and also called prostatic carcinoma. The prostate is about 3 centimeters and 20 grams, located in pelvis below the bladder and in front of the rectum. This is happening just to a male and affects the prostate gland, where produce some of the fluid in sperm and urine. Every man has different type of level cancer and unfortunately, many males who has this cancer does not know until the cancer is already spread. This kind of cancer grow slowly. According to the website, about age of 50 have small and different size and shape cells prostate and the mass is called malignant tumor. Almost 200,000 cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. 45 years ago it was 3 million, now is 15.5 million people with cancer. 21% is for prostate cancer. About 20% per 100,000 men per year died in 2014 to 2017, and about 11% of men were diagnosed in lifetime in 2014 to 2017. The majority suffer in African American population than White American
Direct causes for prostate cancer are still unknown, but characteristics such as age, ethnicity, and family history can been studied to be serious factors. It is recommended that men should start getting tested for Prostate Cancer between the ages of 40 and 50. Prostate Cancer comes in two forms, localized and metastatic. The localized disease comes in stages T1 through T4, and the metastatic disease comes in stages N1 and M1. If the cancer is caught early enough it can be effectively treated. Also, if diagnosed early enough and treated, men can be cured or go into remission for up to five years. Yet, according to Cancer.gov, 20% to 30% of men
Hypertension is defined a consistent elevation of the systolic blood pressure above 140mmHg, a diastolic pressure above 90mmHg or a report of taking antihypertensive medication. Early diagnosis and effective management of hypertension is essential because it is a major modifiable risk factor to cerebrovascular, cardiac, vascular, and renal diseases. The higher the blood pressure, the greater the risk for heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease.