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I`m a male in my early forties,so I realized the importance of my health. I get yearly physical examinations...

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What Shape Are You Really In?

Most people make their New Year's resolutions in January (and break them by February). But I think ...

Posted by Henry S Lodge, MD

Most people make their New Year's resolutions in January (and break them by February). But I think right now is actually the best time to examine your health and habits. Head into the holiday season focused on your wellbeing. It's a wonderful gift to your family, friends, and to yourself.

Your health assessment should start in your doctor's office. With a few basic tests, she can give you a clear starting point for making improvements. Specific markers that you should look at include:
-- Blood pressure: Ask your doctor if it's ideal, rather than high or normal. About a third of Americans have blood pressure levels above 120/80, which is considered prehypertension (or hypertension if it's over 140/90).
-- Blood sugar: Ask your doctor if your fasting blood sugar is normal or ideal. A fasting blood sugar less than 100 is considered normal. If your blood sugar levels are between 100 and 125, this is considered prediabetes.
-- Body mass index (BMI): Based on your height and weight, the lower limit of normal is about 19. A BMI of 25 and over counts as overweight or obese.

After seeing your doctor, take an honest look at your lifestyle. If, for instance, you're skinny but a total couch potato -- somehow managing to stay thin on French fries and hamburgers -- don't give yourself too much credit for being thin. The problems associated with your unhealthy habits may actually trump the presence of a tiny waist. On the flip side, if you're carrying some extra pounds, but you do a great job of staying active and eating healthy foods, take some comfort knowing that fitness goes a long way toward offsetting the possible penalties of those extra pounds. You could be healthier and feel better if you lost the weight, of course. But never make the mistake of getting discouraged about exercise because you are not seeing the pounds drop off. Don't exercise to be thin, exercise to improve your life!View Thread

Posted by Henry S Lodge, MD

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What Are Your Plans for Thanksgiving?

What are your plans? How do you ensure you pace yourself? What's your favorite part of the...

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Large lump on cephalic vein from IV injections

Okay, I am in recovery from opiates recently I decided to make a terrible decision of injecting my medication...

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Tickling feeling inside body, under heart?

This started today, I have this irritating tickling feeling inside me under my heart it feels like. It doesn't...

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Lower Left Abdominal Pain and Varicocele - are the...

Hi all, I'm really new in this community. I hope to ask for some guidance/help as I'm having trouble trying...

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Pain in upper jaw near left ear

Ok so the other day I was eating food and all of a sudden my upper jaw near my left ear "popped" that was...

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Making Changes

You realize it's time to change some habits, and you're wondering how to get started. While some...

Posted by Henry S Lodge, MD

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Movember 2012!

Are you taking part in Movember this year to help raise awareness for men's cancers? How...

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Pain inside navel?

Apologies in advance for the grossness of this topic! Almost a year and a half ago, I noticed an odd smell...

Posted by greycobalt

Apologies in advance for the grossness of this topic!

Almost a year and a half ago, I noticed an odd smell would appear inside my belly button. It occured at random, and happened along with a small amount of discharge. I would q-tips, cotton balls, or toilet paper to try to clear it out, but it didn't seem to help. I was always very clean in regards to washing it while I showered.

Eventually, whatever I used to wipe it started coming away with a small amount of blood. This was worrisome, but the problem would come and go, sometimes once a month or even longer before it happened again. However, it had also started appearing with a sharp, or pinching, pain inside the navel. It was never unbearable but very uncomfortable. When I finally went to the doctor, he took a culture with a swab, and prescribed some anti-biotics. The anti-biotics did nothing, but the culture didn't provide any answers either. As the problem was still intermittent, I let it go.

Within the last two months, it's come back with a vengeance. It's been near-constant, and sometimes I've woken up in the morning with a ring of caked blood around my belly button. The smell is still foul, but it's very hard to yield anything while cleaning it out. I went to my doctor again (a new one), and told him the history. He examined it, and said I have a very deep navel (I'm slightly overweight), and to make sure to clean well (I told him I did). Besides that, he said he couldn't see anything to be causing it.

What's moved me to post this is tonight it's been extremely painful without letting up. I've tried wiping and nothing is coming up. I've tried probing inside myself to see if I can find anything, but I can't get a good angle, and the pain does seem to increase once I get deeper and try to move the skin around. I generally avoid just shoving a finger in there because the smell is not only very gross, but hard to get rid of (even with soap), but I did tonight and I have no idea what I'm feeling for!

The only thing I can think to add is that I suffer from pretty moderate anxiety, and I have noticed that the pain increases significantly when I'm under more stress and anxiety. I don't know if that could in any way be related, but it's the one pattern that has stuck. Thanks for any help you give, and for sticking through the disgusting story!View Thread

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Younger at 71!

I am 71 and female. I have always been active but in the last 15 years I have had a trainer and work out at a...

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Embarrassing Body Problems

Hi Guys,2 months ago i started feeling slight pain/fatigue in my right leg after that the pain moved to the...

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Mouth Issue

Hi guys I have been to my doctors twice now and am not impressed with the outcome for over 12 months now i...

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Torsion without testical pain?

Hi all Last Saturday night (7 days ago), after a lazy afternoon slouching on the couch, I had a very sudden...

Posted by Chris_H

Hi all

Last Saturday night (7 days ago), after a lazy afternoon slouching on the couch, I had a very sudden pain in my groin.

Specifically it was behind my scrotum on the left side, seemingly in the muscle that runs from the base of the penis behind the scrotum. When I flexed this muscle, I'd get a sharp pain in that area. At no point did the testes themselves ache.

A few days of on and off pain, usually worse when sitting, I saw a GP. He gave everything a good poke and ruled out hernia and doesn't believe it's a testical injury as there is no pain or swelling in the testical itself. He did find when he applied pressure to the pelvis right in the crook of my left leg and scrotum, there was sharp pain. He believes it's a muscle strain or sprain, and prescribed pain relief containing Ibuprofen as an anti inflammatory.

I can go whole days with no pain, then wake up with an ache. Often if there is an ache, it will also present into the abdomen on the left side. The pain is never crippling. More a persistent ache that can be uncomfortable.

I have varicocele in that left testical (bag of worms, so to speak) and my leftie has always hung lower than the right. Again, I have no pain, swelling, tenderness or redness in either testical. What I have is a dull ache, something the feeling of heaviness on the left side high up in the area, and occasionally the sensation of a testical trying to descend despite it being well and truly descended. I'd describe that last point as the feeling you have when your testical has risen (say at orgasm) then descends. Just that feeling.

If I press in the crook of my leg and scrotum the pain is clear.

I am happy to trust my GP's diagnosis of it being a muscle injury (despite being on the couch when it happened). My question is can something more serious such as a torsion present the same symptoms with no pain or swelling in the testical itself?

Being 31 and healthy, having kids is something I'm planning in the next few years. Functioning testes would probably help.

Any thoughts appreciated. Doc advised to come back in a week if no improvement.View Thread

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2 Things You Need for a Younger Brain

When I was in medical school, we were taught that you got all your brain cells by the time you were...

Posted by Henry S Lodge, MD

When I was in medical school, we were taught that you got all your brain cells by the time you were two years old. And by age 30, you start to lose them. Cognitive aging was simply the slow, steady loss of brain cells that occurred as you age. Well, it turns out this was wrong! Scientists around the world have demonstrated that your brain can continue to grow throughout your life -- growing new cells, forming new connections, and rewiring existing ones. But this only happens if you use it. An idle brain will wither and decay, which leads to the decline in cognitive function that we once accepted as being part of the normal aging process.

There are two great roads to rejuvenating your brain, and they might surprise you:
- Exercise. MRI studies show marked growth in new brain tissue after three months of regular exercise. This growth is not just in the parts of the brain that control movement. It's also evident in the areas responsible for memory, decision-making, and judgment.

- Social Connectedness. Your brain grows and thrives in direct proportion with the meaningful social connections you have -- meaning your engagement with friends, family, and your community. People who are lonely and depressed actually lose brain tissue overtime and show marked reductions in cognitive function. But people who stay connected with others and give back to their communities improve their chances of staying vibrant and sharp well into their later years.

There's a wonderful scientific study going on that's a great example of the power of staying connected. A program called Experience Corps is putting older people in schools as reading tutors for young kids. The kids are doing better, of course. But the tutors are doing better too -- a lot better! All markers of health are improving -- blood pressure and weight are going down, and mood and energy are going up. What's also interesting is that a wide range of blood tests that measure inflammation (linked to long-term risks of heart attack, stroke, and common cancers) also show improvement with social connection and emotional involvement!

Are you surprised at the control we can have over our brain health? Could this prompt you to make different lifestyle choices?View Thread

Posted by Henry S Lodge, MD

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Relationships with Men and Women

No, I'm not talking about romantic relationships but, rather, friendships, good co-working...

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hemorrhoids

I have had external hemorrhoids for 6 months with no relief. What can I do?

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Need Dr.'s help with "Prostititis" question.

Dr. Marks, if an urologist is concerned about the health of my prostate, even without that diagnosis, will...

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Is Aging Optional?

Aching joints, weight gain, loss of energyâ€¦Most people think that problems like these are...

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NEW WebMD Answers!

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Botched Prostatectomy surgery?

Without much research I had "nerve sparing prostatectomy " due to a cancerous prostate tumor about 7 years...

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Sweating at night

I am 63 years old and lately I have been sweating so bad at night I soak the sheets, any ideas why this is...

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Sperm Color

Hi, I have noticed that my sperm color has always been slightly yellow. I'm wondering if there's any...

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To Manscape or Not To Manscape?

Do you 'manscape'? What does your manscaping routine involve? Neck and up, waist and up, or all...

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Penis Numbness

Hi All, I've been having a seemingly non-serious problem that has been bugging me for a month. The main symptom...

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Health changes

Recently slight health issues. Increased appetite. Sometimes metallic taste in mouth. Bowel movements twice a...

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Bald and Free Day

Depending on which calendar you look at, October 7 or October 14 is Bald and Free Day! Is hair...

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Annual physical and genital exam

I just had my first annual physical with a new internist (my former one died last year). He has an...

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