Chronic Prostatitis: Why Antibiotics Usually Are Not the Answer

Most men told they have chronic prostatitis do not have an infection at all — and repeat courses of antibiotics are the commonest thing done wrong in this condition. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what chronic pelvic pain syndrome actually is and what genuinely helps.
Bladder Tumour Surgery: Conventional TURBT and Laser En-Bloc Resection Compared

Two ways of removing a bladder tumour through a telescope. The laser en-bloc technique gives the pathologist a better specimen and removes one specific danger — but it does not suit every tumour, and the operation is only the first part of the treatment.
Biopsy of a Small Kidney Mass: When It Helps, and When It Does Not

A needle sample of a kidney lesion found by chance on a scan. It can spare an unnecessary operation — but roughly one in ten comes back with no answer at all, and a benign result is not the same as a final one.
A Positive Syphilis Screening Test That Isn’t Syphilis: The Biological False Positive

A reactive VDRL or RPR in someone with no risk and no symptoms is often not syphilis at all. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what a biological false positive is, the one cause that matters more than the rest, and why a persistent one should never simply be dismissed.
Лечение гонореи: что действительно излечивает и что происходит дальше

Гонорея излечима с помощью правильной инъекции, но лечение — это лишь половина дела. Доктор Соарави Верасопоне объясняет, почему таблетки, продающиеся без рецепта, больше не помогают, почему вашего партнера тоже необходимо лечить и какова симптоматика того, что инфекция распространилась.
Syphilis Treatment: How It Is Cured, and How You Know It Worked

Syphilis is cured by an injection that has not changed in seventy years. What confuses almost everyone is what happens to the blood test afterwards. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains why a positive test does not mean failed treatment, and the symptoms that mean the infection has reached the nerves or the eye.
Waiting for a Stone to Pass: Does Medication Actually Help?

Most small ureteric stones pass by themselves, and a tablet is often added to help them along. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what the large trials actually showed about that tablet, the side effect men are rarely warned about, and — the part usually missing — how long it is safe to keep waiting.
Боль при мочеточниковом камне: что помогает и симптомы, которые нельзя игнорировать

Почечная колика — одна из сильнейших болей на свете, причем опасная ее разновидность болит не сильнее, а сопровождается лихорадкой. Доктор Соаравее Верасопоне объясняет, что действительно помогает до осмотра врача, опровергает совет пить через силу во время приступа и рассказывает, в каких случаях сегодня же нужно обратиться в отделение неотложной помощи.
Radiation Cystitis: Bleeding From the Bladder Years After Pelvic Radiotherapy

Blood in the urine long after radiotherapy is often radiation damage to the bladder — but it must not be assumed to be, because radiation itself raises the risk of a second cancer. What is checked first, and what actually helps.
Residual Urine: What the Number Means, and What It Cannot Tell You

A scan after you have emptied your bladder, measuring what is left. Useful — but it varies hugely between visits, a single reading should not decide anything, and it never explains why the bladder is not emptying.
