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I may have gotten rid of the wart. 🕺Since then…

Lately I’ve been bothered with frequent urination.

The epitome of inconvenience is if this happening during a road trip. I do drink, coffee, and as a diuretic* can make you have to urinate frequently, but in the past it has not effected me in that way, However, with aging, things change usually for the worst, :unsure:

*Articles online claim coffee both is and is not a diuretic.

When other than on a road trip, I tend to drink a lot (not alcohol) at certain times of the day (but not on road trips) and it seems that when the urge to go happens, I’m running to the bathroom every 20 min and I don’t think it used to be like this. i have read that as you age, you bladder become less flexible, and I have noticed some tenderness in the vicinity of my urinary tract. What is really irritating is the urge to go, but when I go, not much urine is being vacated.

So, I went to my family doctor as I loath the urologist for reasons having to do with a flexible rod being inserted into my reproductive organ. :oops:

Anyway, he said the frequent urination could have to do with my prostate and tenderness in the vicinity. I mentioned drinking a couple of teaspoons of Apple Cider Vineagar, mixed in water a day, and he dismissed that, but suggested that it could be a prostate infection or just an aging prostate issue and he put me on an antibiotic, ciprofloxacin. for 10 days.

I looked it up and besides all the possible side effects, I am more hesitant to do antibiotics these days due to trashing my gut bacteria, the good ones. But he said there was no test available to verify a prostate infection so I agreed to eliminate this possibility.

Now I’m trying to counter the adverse impact on my gut bacteria, by waiting 2 hours after taking the antibiotic and eating some Greek yogurt, or continuing to take the Apple cider vinegar and starting a regiment (100 days) of probiotics.

Several articles say to wait 2 hrs after taking the antibiotic, to allow it to clear your stomach, then eat some Greek yogurt, or ACV, and/or, a probiotic tablet. I just wonder, if you are taking an antibiotic, every 12 hrs which maybe killing the majority of you gut bacteria, how much good it does to introduce good bacteria into your stomach every 12 hrs?

Of interest, this probiotic I’m taking claims 1 tablet equals 10 billion bacteria of 12 “good“ strains. I just never really visualized how small bacteria is until I looked at this small capsule…

At the end of this antibiotic regimen, if my bladder is acting the same way, the doc is going to hook me up with Flowmax, a drug to relax the prostate and hopefully improve bladder function. If that does not work, it’s off to see the dreaded urologist… :oops:
 
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Huntn said:
I may have gotten rid of the wart. 🕺Since then…

Lately I’ve been bothered with frequent urination.

The epitome of inconvenience is if this happening during a road trip. I do drink, coffee, and as a diuretic* can make you have to urinate frequently, but in the past it has not effected me in that way, However, with aging, things change usually for the worst, :unsure:

*Articles online claim coffee both is and is not a diuretic.

When other than on a road trip, I tend to drink a lot (not alcohol) at certain times of the day (but not on road trips) and it seems that when the urge to go happens, I’m running to the bathroom every 20 min and I don’t think it used to be like this. i have read that as you age, you bladder become less flexible, and I have noticed some tenderness in the vicinity of my urinary tract. What is really irritating is the urge to go, but when I go, not much urine is being vacated.

So, I went to my family doctor as I loath the urologist for reasons having to do with a flexible rod being inserted into my reproductive organ. :oops:

Anyway, he said the frequent urination could have to do with my prostate and tenderness in the vicinity. I mentioned drinking a couple of teaspoons of Apple Cider Vineagar, mixed in water a day, and he dismissed that, but suggested that it could be a prostate infection or just an aging prostate issue and he put me on an antibiotic, ciprofloxacin. for 10 days.

I looked it up and besides all the possible side effects, I am more hesitant to do antibiotics these days due to trashing my gut bacteria, the good ones. But he said there was no test available to verify a prostate infection so I agreed to eliminate this possibility.

Now I’m trying to counter the adverse impact on my gut bacteria, by waiting 2 hours after taking the antibiotic and eating some Greek yogurt, or continuing to take the Apple cider vinegar and starting a regiment (100 days) of probiotics.

Several articles say to wait 2 hrs after taking the antibiotic, to allow it to clear your stomach, then eat some Greek yogurt, or ACV, and/or, a probiotic tablet. I just wonder, if you are taking an antibiotic, every 12 hrs which maybe killing the majority of you gut bacteria, how much good it does to introduce good bacteria into your stomach every 12 hrs?

Of interest, this probiotic I’m taking claims 1 tablet equals 10 billion bacteria of 12 “good“ strains. I just never really visualized how small bacteria is until I looked at this small capsule…

At the end of this antibiotic regimen, if my bladder is acting the same way, the doc is going to hook me up with Flowmax, a drug to relax the prostate and hopefully improve bladder function. If that does not work, it’s off to see the dreaded urologist… :oops:
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It sounds like your doctor knows what he's doing.

I take a probiotic daily - they are sold in the refrigerated section of Whole Foods or you can order them from Amazon and they ship them with ice packs to keep them cool. I've been taking them for a few years. I also take Nopalina which is a GI supplement and was recommended to me by several people. Both of these improve GI health for me. They can result in you emptying out really quickly for a couple of days until your body adapts.

The GI system removes a lot of water from waste and also helps in signaling thirst.

My general advice: don't get old.
 
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pshufd said:
It sounds like your doctor knows what he's doing.

I take a probiotic daily - they are sold in the refrigerated section of Whole Foods or you can order them from Amazon and they ship them with ice packs to keep them cool. I've been taking them for a few years. I also take Nopalina which is a GI supplement and was recommended to me by several people. Both of these improve GI health for me. They can result in you emptying out really quickly for a couple of days until your body adapts.

The GI system removes a lot of water from waste and also helps in signaling thirst.

My general advice: don't get old.
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What’s the alternative? 😛
 
If you guys can figure out something that bother's me! My Mom dies of leukemia when I was 15 and she was only 45 years old! The funny thing she cam from a family of 3 girls and two boys! My uncles lthe both odies like f them lived into their late 90s but all 3 girls and their mother (my Grandmother dies of something at the age of 49) and they all dies before the age of 50 of three different forms of cancer! Why did all the Women in my Grandmother's family all the girls die before the age of 50?
 
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If you guys can figure out something that bother's me! My Mom dies of leukemia when I was 15 and she was only 45 years old! The funny thing she cam from a family of 3 girls and two boys! My uncles lthe both odies like f them lived into their late 90s but all 3 girls and their mother (my Grandmother dies of something at the age of 49) and they all dies before the age of 50 of three different forms of cancer! Why did all the Women in my Grandmother's family all the girls die before the age of 50?
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You really expect a competent answer? :D One thing about cancer, it can be genetic or environmental, depending on many factors, and you only get half your genes from each parent, so arguably one parent could give you the genes that are susceptible to the disease, that your other sibling don’t get.
 
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If you guys can figure out something that bother's me! My Mom dies of leukemia when I was 15 and she was only 45 years old! The funny thing she cam from a family of 3 girls and two boys! My uncles lthe both odies like f them lived into their late 90s but all 3 girls and their mother (my Grandmother dies of something at the age of 49) and they all dies before the age of 50 of three different forms of cancer! Why did all the Women in my Grandmother's family all the girls die before the age of 50?
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These days they can determine the specific mutation or mutations for the cancer which may provide genetic clues for relatives.
 
satcomer said:
Y4ea buy why did the two brothers that both lived to mid 90s while the girls all died of cancer of one firm or another! So why Girls then boys is it so constant?
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There are a lot of biological differences between the sexes and those differences might confer protection in one form or another.
 
Huntn said:
Positional Vertigo- BPPV. A week ago I turned over in bed in the middle of the night and the room spun. Next day went to see the doctor who gave me a 30 day supply of Dramamine. He said its not uncommon, and hopefully it goes away. Inner ear issue where crystals form in the fluid of the inner ear canals. When you change the orientation of your head, these crystals bump into the nerves on the edges of the canals causing the dizziness. It mostly bothers me when I turn over in bed and when I move from a horizontal to a verticle position. Fortunately it's mostly dizzyness with minimal nauseousness. Once I get verticle, mostly I'm good. He also said if it lasts longer than a couple of weeks, I should go see an ear specialist to be sure that something else is not going on. I'm 61, but the doctor who is in his 30s, his wife suffers from it. Anyone experience this?

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Ask your doctor about Epley's Maneuver, etc.
 
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Ask your doctor about Epley's Maneuver, etc.
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Thanks for the suggestion. This was a short term* issue 8 years ago and though I still have it technically., it has not been an issue since the initial bout.

*Short term as in the period where it was a debilitating issue.
 
satcomer said:
If you guys can figure out something that bother's me! My Mom dies of leukemia when I was 15 and she was only 45 years old! The funny thing she cam from a family of 3 girls and two boys! My uncles lthe both odies like f them lived into their late 90s but all 3 girls and their mother (my Grandmother dies of something at the age of 49) and they all dies before the age of 50 of three different forms of cancer! Why did all the Women in my Grandmother's family all the girls die before the age of 50?
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Three females and 2 males isn’t enough to draw conclusions. There are cancers that only/mostly affect females (BRCA) but it really depends on the specifics.

If it’s the same type or in the same region (e.g. in the head/neck region, or gynaecological), perhaps go get tested to see if it is actually genetic within females in your family.
 
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Actually, not just an unusual occurance.

Unprecedented, in fact.
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Have you researched causes of nosebleeds or consulted with the doc? My understanding is that some weak blood vessels in the nose are prone to burst with a sneeze or something other? If just 2, I’d probably wait for a third before I made a visit to the doctor’s office.
 
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Huntn said:
Have you researched causes of nosebleeds or consulted with the doc? My understanding is that some weak blood vessels in the nose are prone to burst with a sneeze or something other? If just 2, I’d probably wait for a third before I made a visit to the doctor’s office.
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Yes, I have researched the causes of nosebleeds; the recent cold spell may have something to do with it, but, when I was examined in A&E, they were unable to find something (such as a burst blood vessel) that might have offered a ready explanation for my nosebleeds.
 
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Yes, I have researched the causes of nosebleeds; the recent cold spell may have something to do with it, but, when I was examined in A&E, they were unable to find something (such as a burst blood vessel) that might have offered a ready explanation for my nosebleeds.
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Do you take Flonase or any other nasal sprays? Nosebleeds could be a side effect.
 
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Do you take Flonase or any other nasal sprays? Nosebleeds could be a side effect.
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No.

I am on a nasal spray (prescribed as a consequence of last week's sanguinary nasal adventures) at the moment, but the medics were surprised to learn that I am on absolutely nothing at the moment, and nor do I take anything (such as an aspirin).
 
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I’m brutally honest.

Yes, I’m that guy when asked “if the shorts make her but look big” answer by saying “no, your butt makes your butt look big”.

I also have weekly “counseling” sessions with HR.
 
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Lee_Bo said:
I’m brutally honest.

Yes, I’m that guy when asked “if the shorts make her but look big” answer by saying “no, your butt makes your butt look big”.

I also have weekly “counseling” sessions with HR.
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So this your ailment. :) Actually I am completely honest with my wife about such matters. When she was in her 40s she was trying on what I remember as a “baby doll” dress, but I might have term wrong, anyway I told her she was too old for that style. I’d say there is a line between protecting a loved one’s feelings, and helping them make better choices from an appearance standpoint. :)
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Two massive nosebleeds in three days.
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What do you call a massive nosebleed while taking a shower?


A bloodbath. ;)

Scepticalscribe said:
No.

I am on a nasal spray (prescribed as a consequence of last week's sanguinary nasal adventures) at the moment, but the medics were surprised to learn that I am on aboslutely nothing at the moment, and nor do I take anything (such as an aspirin).
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Tis the season for chapped lips, cracked fingertips, dry skin, and nosebleeds. Thank the dry air that comes with cold weather.

Saline nasal spray is a common treatment to rehydrate the mucous membranes. A lesser known option and one I would argue is a more optimal solution, especially if these nosebleeds become persistent, is saline nasal gel (commonly sold under the brand name Ayr, at least in the US market). It comes in both a tube or a spray gel formulation. Gels provide better application uniformity and a longer topical residence time/duration of action. While nasal sprays (solutions or gels) are more convenient, tender noses may not enjoy the shoving of hard plastic atomizers. (They should really cover the tips in silicone or something soft)

Another consideration is using dehumidifiers in your home/workplace- at the very least your bedroom at night if you breathe through your nose while sleeping.

Hot, dry air from heating systems will also exacerbate issues- especially forced hot air systems that stir up dust which irritates the mucosal membranes further. Some heating systems have built-in humidifiers and allow for the adjustment of the humidity level.

Staying hydrated is also worth keeping in mind. Dry air isn’t just dehydrating your nose and skin, but also your lungs, quite a lot in fact, especially in the cold, esp if you’re exercising. Being cold also increases urine output in order to preserve heat. If you’re wearing heavy clothing, you can have increased fluid loss through sweating. Overall fluid losses in cold climates can actually be as high as they are in hot climates.

And I would remiss to point out that certain medications can brutally dry out nasal membranes, most notably those with potent anticholinergic properties- which a a very long list from allergy meds to bladder drugs to psych drugs to acid reflux drugs and beyond. Basicallly anything that states “constipation, dry mouth, and fatigue” as side effects has a good chance of being anticholinergic.
 
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