Male Health Flashcards
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PSA Gleason score 2-4
(prostate cancer)
slow growing
(surgery level)
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PSA Gleason score 5-7
(prostate cancer)
moderately aggressive
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Gleason score 8-10
(prostate cancer)
fast growing & higher chance of spreading
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da Vinci robotic prostatectomy
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post-prostatectomy issues
- Incontinence
- erectile dysfunction
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Prostatitis Syndrome Categories as per NIH:
- Acute bacterial
- Chronic bacterial
- Chronic prostatitis (mimics as if +infection)-this is who we treat in PT)
- Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
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which category of prostatitis syndrome is treated by PTs?
Category 3: non-bacterial chronic prostatitis
- inflammatory
- non inflammatory
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Prostatitis Syndrome: signs/symptoms
- Pain in rectum, penile, perineal, coccyx, LBP, groin
- pain during and after ejaculation
- Psychological factors: anxiety, depression, ↓ libido and self-stem, social withdraw
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Prostatitis Syndrome meds commonly used
- Antibiotics prescribed whether there is evidence of infection or not
- Alpha blockers (Flomax)
- Low dose of anti-depressants (for pain)
- Muscle relaxants (valium)
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PT Tx for Prostatitis Syndrome
- Manual therapy
- Therex
- Biofeedback
- Modalities
- Pt ed
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Overgrowth of prostate cells; not cancerous:
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
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Inability to achieve & maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual function
Erectile Dysfunction
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types of erectile dysfunction
- Psychogenic
- Organic (neurogenic, vascular, myogenic, hormonal)
- Mixed
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Erectile Dysfunction
