Men Forced to Wear Urinary Catheters for Acute Urinary Retention Have Prostatitis

Five men, who suffered acute urinary retention and were catheterized in order to urinate, presented to the Cebu branch of the Manila Genitourinary Clinic. All the men were previously diagnosed as having a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. Urologists had told all the men that they must undergo prostate surgery.

All five men tested positive for prostatitis. The men were treated with repetitive prostatic massage, antibiotics, and alpha-blocker medication. All the men were able to urinate without a catheter and all the men have avoided surgery for over 2.53 years.

During treatment, statistically significant improvements occurred in symptom scores, prostatic fluid white blood cell counts, prostatic fluid red blood cell counts, urinary white blood cell counts, and urinary red blood cell counts.

The paper, “Repetitive Prostatic Massage and Drug Therapy as an Alternative to Transurethral Resection of the Prostate” was published as the featured article on Medscape General Medicine (www.MedGenMed.com), a peer-reviewed, Medline-indexed medical journal. The URL for the article is http://medgenmed.medscape.com/viewarticle/545733.

The senior author of the study, Antonio Espinosa Feliciano, Jr., M.D. (www.Prostate.com.ph), has published several medical studies on repetitive prostatic massage and antibiotic therapy for chronic prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). He is the Medical Director of the Manila Genitourinary Clinic and the Cebu Genitourinary Clinic.

The first author of the study, Bradley Hennenfent, M.D., wrote the book "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery,” which is a bestseller for Biblio Distribution. The book can be found at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Waldenbooks, Copperfield’s Books, Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, and other fine bookstores. "Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery” (www.SurvivingProstateCancerWithoutSurgery.org) is distributed by Biblio Distribution (800-462-6420). ISBN Number: 0-9717454-1-2.

Contact:
Antonio Feliciano, Jr., M.D.
Manila Genitourinary Clinic
G/F Kimvi Building Ground Floor
1191 M. Orosa Street
Ermita, Manila 1000
E-mail: aef@prostate.com.ph,
Telephone Philippines: [63] 2-521-7069
Fax Philippines: [63] 2-522-3564
www.Prostate.com.ph

Keywords:
Prostate, urinary retention, acute urinary retention, benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH, prostatitis, urinary catheter, urethral catheter, men’s health.