Prostate cancer is a common disease among Westerners, but the incidence rate among Japanese has been on the rise in recent years.
It is also said that men over the age of 55 are more susceptible to benign prostatic hyperplasia, but the impression is that the Japanese are not very concerned about it.
Ninety-nine per cent of my customers say they have never been tested.
One man in his 60s who used to be one of my regular customers had urinary and erectile problems.
I told him to go to the hospital for a check-up.
He had an ultrasound of his prostate during a physical examination and the doctor diagnosed him with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
He said that age was a contributing factor, but stress, drinking, improper diet and lack of exercise were probably also contributing factors.
He then started going to hospital.
Medication helped to alleviate his urinary problems, but the side effect of erectile dysfunction was more pronounced, he said.
I started him on prostate massage and massaged him once a month.
He stopped the medication because he was concerned about his erectile dysfunction. However, I told him to have regular check-ups at the hospital.
During the year that he started prostate massage, his doctor frequently told him that his enlarged prostate was getting smaller, but finally the doctor told him that his prostate was back in the 30s and 40s.
Nonetheless, he still had problems urinating.
I suggested a diet and lower body muscle exercises.
I thought it might be due to muscle weakness and the weight of his organs and fat.
After all, that’s what the doctor said.
However, he doesn’t seem to like dieting, exercise or diet control.
In Eastern medicine, it is often said that it is ‘70% cure and 30% medicine’.
He graduated from my massage practice in June this year, having retired and returned to Osaka.
He is also taking medication to control his high blood pressure and blood sugar levels, but I wish him a happy life.
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