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Title: Balanitis xerotica obliterans: A form of lichen sclerosus. (Editorial).
Author: Alex E. Finkbeiner
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 96Issue: 1Page: 7(2)

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Title: Treatment of Zoon's balanitis with imiquimod 5% cream.(Case study)
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Publication: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (Magazine/Journal)
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Chapters: Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) is a dermatological (skin) condition affecting the male genitalia. It was first described by Stuhmer in 1928, though earlier reports describe what may have been the same condition. BXO commonly occurs on the foreskin and glans penis. Atrophic white patches appear on the affected area, and commonly, a whitish ring of indurated (hardened) tissue usually forms near the tip that may prevent retraction. The true prevalence of BXO is controversial and unclear. One study calculated a rate of 0.6% of boys are affected by their 15th birthdays. Another reported a rate of 0.07%. However, a review noted that "with a high degree of suspicion and histologic examination, the condition will prove to be much more frequent than one generally believes." Another suggested that "more cases would be diagnosed during infancy if all dried foreskin were examined systematically." Another remarked that the condition "may be misdiagnosed or ignored in the young boy." Yet another commented that "its true incidence is not appreciated because most cases are cured by circumcision, and unfortunately many surgeons still fail to send their circumcision specimens for histology." Another remarked that the "extent of asymptomatic disease in this series would suggest the true prevalence of LS in men might be much higher than published work suggests." According to some authors, the disease most frequently affects middle-aged men. However, a large study reported that the age distribution was similar from 2 to 90 years of age, except for men in their twenties, who were at twice the risk. The same study found that black and Hispanic men had approximately twice the risk of white ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1183774 ... Read more

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Title: Balanitis xerotica obliterans: epidemiologic distribution in an equal access health care system. (Original Article).
Author: William S. CPT Kizer
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 96Issue: 1Page: 9(3)

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Medical analysis of circumcision. Circumcision,Oppositionto circumcision, Circumcision advocacy, Carcinoma of thepenis, Human papillomavirus, Cervical cancer,Circumcisionand HIV, Antiretroviral drug, Balanitis, Balanitisxeroticaobliterans, Phimosis ... Read more

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Curing Yeast Infections The Natural Way

Don’t think that is a title with a vain promise. I really did discover how to get rid of them forever.
How I Won the Battle With Yeast

Although my book is written by a professional researcher (myself) keep in mind that is also written by a genuine and sincere human being who has suffered for years from these infections. I had real trouble with recurrent infections for many years.

I have been there.

Perhaps you can relate to the fact that I started avoiding sex. Sexual intercourse was frightening. There was itching, burning and I would feel like I had to urinate even if I didn’t.

Then I had a fear of disgusting my partner with the smell and appearance of the vaginal discharge. The smell was often fishy and very unpleasant.

There was also the pain, before during and after sexual relations with my husband. I soon began to avoid sex. My partner started to think it was him. It wasn’t. It was simply that I was ashamed of how slimy, smelly and unattractive I felt.

After suffering from yeast infections for two and half years I finally hit rock bottom. I had been in the vicious cycle of getting them treated with antibiotics and then I finally got an infection where the symptoms could not be allayed at all!

I was prescribed several rounds of antibiotics and NO type of antibiotic worked when it came to getting rid of the pain.

This was a serious yeast infection that was compounding in my other organs and I was well on my way to developing Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

You see the yeast had hung around long enough in my body that it had time to change into a mold that latches on to your intestinal organs and compounds and gets worse and worse.

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I knew it was the one because

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Yeast Infections Affect Everyone.

A yeast infection is just not a "female disease." Men get them too!

Yeast Infections Affect All Ages!

Yeast infections affect everyone including babies and seniors!

Symptoms migrate with time.

You can ache in one place one day and then in another the next. The pain could move to different places in your body.

A medical test does not exist!

Yeast does not show up on a medical test! You will be diagnosed with everything else before the yeast diagnosis is admitted.

Everyone experiences different symptoms.

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Chronic Infections Are Dangerous

If left untreated these yeast infections can cause great harm to the body!

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