Semester 4- Men's Health

Question 1

What are some physical causes of erectile dysfunction?

Answer 1

Excessive alcohol consumption, spinal cord injury, diabetes, atherosclerosis, smoking, side-effects of drugs, prostate surgery

Question 2

What oral drugs can be used to treat erectile dysfunction?

Answer 2

Viagra, cialis

Question 3

What is phimosis?

Answer 3

Phimosis is where the foreskin cannot be fully retracted over the glans penis

Question 4

What can phimosis increase the risk of?

Answer 4

STDs, balanitis (inflamed glans), posthitis (inflamed foreskin), urinary retention, paraphimosis and penile cancer

Question 5

Can phimosis be physiological?

Answer 5

Phimosis can be normal in children when foreskin is still attached to glans

Question 6

What is paraphimosis?

Answer 6

The painful constriction of the glans penis from the retracted foreskin

Question 7

What are the commonest causes of paraphimosis?

Answer 7

Phimosis, catheterisation and penile cancer

Question 8

What is usually best treatment for phimosis?

Answer 8

Circumcision

Question 9

What are some risk factors for penile cancer?

Answer 9

Phimosis, HPV 16 and 18

Question 10

What are some potential causes of acute scrotal pain?

Answer 10

Testicular torsion, trauma, epididymitis, orchitis

Question 11

What is a common presentation of testicular torsion?

Answer 11

Man under 30 presents with sudden onset unilateral scrotal pain, with no LUTS. Testis is very tender and lying high in scrotum horizontally