Category: Men’s health

How Water Vapour Therapy Shrinks the Prostate — and What the Shrinkage Does Not Tell You

Steam condenses inside the prostate, releases its heat, and the treated tissue is reabsorbed over months. The published volume reduction is real — but volume is not the same as symptoms, and the recovery has a difficult phase first.

After Water Vapour Therapy for BPH: Patient Instructions

What happens after the procedure, how the catheter is managed at home, when improvement arrives — and the warning signs that mean going back to hospital rather than waiting for the next appointment.

After a Stapler Circumcision: Care Instructions

Bandage changes, when the staples come away, and how activity is resumed week by week — plus the warning signs that mean returning to hospital rather than waiting for the next dressing appointment.

Uroflowmetry: What a Flow Test Can Tell You, and What It Cannot

A flow test turns a vague complaint into a number — but the number is worthless if you passed too little urine, and a low flow cannot by itself distinguish a blocked outlet from a tired bladder.

Shockwave Therapy for Peyronie’s Disease: What It Helps, and What It Does Not

Shockwave therapy has a place in Peyronie’s disease, and that place is pain. It does not straighten the penis or shrink the plaque — and knowing the difference decides whether a course of it is worth your time.

hCG for Low Testosterone: Who It Can Help, and Who It Cannot

hCG raises testosterone by telling the testes to make it, so sperm production is preserved — but it only works if the testes can still respond. What it does to oestradiol, what still has to be monitored, and the alternatives.

What Are the Real Chances of Conceiving Each Month?

About one cycle in four for a young couple, and around 85% within a year. Why timing intercourse to a single day makes things worse rather than better, and the point at which trying longer stops being the right plan.

Understanding a Semen Analysis: What the Numbers Mean, and What They Do Not

The WHO figures on a semen analysis report are not a pass mark. They are the fifth centile of men whose partners conceived within a year — which is why men below them father children and men above them sometimes cannot.

Saw Palmetto for an Enlarged Prostate: What the Trials Actually Found

Saw palmetto is the most-sold prostate supplement in the world, and the two largest trials found it no better than placebo — including at triple the usual dose. Why the quality-of-extract explanation does not hold, and the risk of treating the symptom without knowing the cause.

Rezum Water Vapour Therapy for an Enlarged Prostate: What It Does, and What to Expect Afterwards

Rezum treats an enlarged prostate with steam rather than cutting, and it protects sexual function in a way that prostate surgery does not. The parts men are least often told: the first few weeks are usually worse, not better, and some men need a second procedure years later.