Prevention of jockey's sores and the extreme pain of kidney stones

Remember to thoroughly dry your groin area after each wash.

Soap helps kill the germs that cause jockey's sore, and scrubbing removes the dead skin that the germs love to eat.

Remember to use a clean towel to wipe; old towels may have infected dead skin.

Finally, turn the hair dryer to a low setting and dry the groin area thoroughly.

Change your underwear frequently. The more you sweat, the more often you should change your underwear, says Dr. Schulz. It's the simplest way to keep your underwear dry.

Fresh underwear means dry underwear; changing into freshly washed underwear ensures that it has only a very small amount (if any) of dead skin that could be infected.

If you insist on wearing athletic protective gear, you should take it off immediately after exercising, instead of sitting there playing games like throwing sandbags with your friends.

Since the germs that cause jockey's sores (which are also the germs that cause athlete's foot) are everywhere, it is difficult for us to remove them from our feet.

But it is possible to remove them from your groin, says Dr. Schulz.

Since underwear can transfer bacteria that cause athlete's foot to the groin area when it passes over the instep, you should wear a pair of clean socks before putting on underwear.

Losing a few pounds can create creases in your skin, providing a perfect breeding ground for microorganisms and bacteria.

If you are overweight and frequently get jockey's sores, then there must be a connection between the two.

If all other methods have failed (or before that), consult a dermatologist; they are better able to make an accurate diagnosis than you are.

This can reduce the pain of not being able to lift your legs during long-distance running.

He can also prescribe necessary medications when your condition is serious, including oral antibiotics for general use, such as griseofulvin, as well as a wide range of antibiotics for serious conditions.

However, please note: As is well known, these types of medications can interact with other drugs and may cause adverse side effects in some people. Therefore, you should ask your doctor about the potential effects of these medications on the medications you are taking.

Kidney stones

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> ------ **Avoid extreme pain**

This is the 50th time your wife has told her "story".

She vividly and in detail recounted the agonizing 10 hours she endured during childbirth.

She said that childbirth is a painful experience that men cannot empathize with.

Don't jump to conclusions so quickly.

If you insist on doing it this way, imagine a pea-sized stone very slowly passing through your kidney and then down into the tube connecting your kidney and bladder.

With each step the small stone takes, the tube we call the urethra is pierced, producing a sharp, intense, and spreading pain.

At this moment, your urine is flowing backwards.

Didn't you break out in a cold sweat? Then, the stone travels down your urethra, through the tube through which that thing flows-slowly-until finally, perhaps a whole month later, it is expelled from your body when you urinate.

This is real pain, nauseating and vomiting pain.

This troubling thing is called kidney stones, and about 15% of men will develop it at some point in their lives.

Gary Khan, MD, chief of clinical nephrology at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, says these stones are undoubtedly among the most intense forms of pain in the body.

"It is one of the most painful diseases that men experience."

Women who have had kidney stones say they would rather have another natural childbirth than get kidney stones again.

"It feels like there's a knife trembling inside your body," Dr. Khan said.

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Approximately two-thirds of kidney stones are primarily composed of calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate.

If there are too many of these two substances in your urine, they will accumulate into a grain, and then that grain will grow into a stone.

Dr. Khan explained, "It's like putting two spoonfuls of sugar in your coffee; the sugar will dissolve, but if you put ten spoonfuls, it will sink to the bottom of the cup."

There is not enough fluid in the human body to dilute the accumulated minerals.

Doctors cannot give a definitive answer as to why some people have kidney stones while others do not.

But they know that the first kidney stones occur between the ages of 20 and 40, and that diet and genetics play a major role.

Kidney infection

Although men are more prone to kidney stones, they are very lucky in another respect: they rarely get kidney infections, also known as pyelonephritis.

This is mainly due to the body's structure.

Infectious pathogens must travel up the urethra before reaching the kidneys.

Men's urethras are longer than women's, and they are not as close to the anus as women's urethras are, and the anus is a breeding ground for bacteria that cause infections.

In addition, the prostate gland secretes antibacterial agents, which also serve as a line of defense against sources of infection.

"Kidney infections are not a problem for men," said Howard Trachman, MD, chief of nephrology at Sneider Children's Hospital, Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island University, located in New Hyde Park, New York City. "Boys and girls are equally likely to get urinary tract infections at two months old, but after that, women account for 90% of infections."

Dr. Trachman points out that when men in their sixties or seventies have prostate problems, infection is a major issue for both men and women.

Symptoms of pyelonephritis are hard to ignore; chills, high fever, and joint and muscle pain are clear signs.

Urinary urgency, which often occurs in cystitis, is usually not a symptom of nephritis.

You need to touch around your kidneys with your hands to see if they hurt when touched.

Treatment options include taking antibiotics, complete bed rest until symptoms disappear, and increasing fluid intake (this will ensure you urinate frequently).

Although kidney stones can be harmful, the condition is usually not serious.

As long as there is no infection, you can wait for the stones to pass out of your body on their own, which usually takes several weeks or even months.

But be careful: Dr. Khan says that 50% of kidney stone patients will develop a second stone 8 to 10 years later.

"The probability of every first-time kidney stone patient rushing to call a doctor remains very high," says Judge McAninchi, MD, associate professor of urology and professor of urology at the University of California, San Francisco.

"Most kidney stones require a doctor's visit because they cause severe pain," said Dr. McAninch.

**Nip the pain in the bud.**

Importantly, kidney stones are easily preventable.

Here are some ways to prevent kidney stones from forming.

Drinking away disease: The more fluids you drink, the more urine you produce, which means that the substances that form stones don't have much of a chance to solidify.

"The most straightforward way is to drink more water, which will dilute your urine," says Howard Trachman, MD, chief of nephrology at Sneider Children's Hospital, Long Island University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, located in New Hyde Park, New York City.

Dr. Trachman recommends drinking 6 to 8 glasses of water a day: 2 glasses with each meal and 1 glass between meals.

Many men believe that they can't truly eat a meal as long as their teeth can't bite into greasy steak or tenderloin, but men who eat too much animal protein (including lean meats like chicken) are at greater risk of developing kidney stones.

"Animal protein has three harmful effects," Dr. Khan said.

It promotes the secretion of calcium and uric acid in urine, both of which are components of kidney stones.

It also reduces the secretion of citric acid in urine, which can inhibit the formation of stones.

He recommends consuming 2.5 to 3 ounces of cooked lean meat, pork, or fish daily.

"Eating less salt is beneficial," says Dr. Trachman.

"The kidneys process salt and calcium simultaneously."

If it excretes a large amount of salt in its urine, it will also excrete a large amount of calcium.

**Latest Information**

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> • Commonality: About 1 in 7 people will develop kidney stones in their lifetime.

More than one million people are diagnosed with kidney stones each year.

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Risk factors: insufficient water intake, excessive salt intake, excessive meat consumption, and genetic factors.

If you have had kidney stones before, the chance of having kidney stones again is 50%.

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> • Affected age group: The first occurrence of kidney stones is generally between the ages of 20 and 40.

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Gender differences: Male patients are 3 times more likely to be female patients.

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· Target patients: urologists or nephrologists.

**Eat some bananas** Dr. Khan says that potassium, a nutrient found in fruits like bananas, melons, and apricots, as well as vegetables like lima beans and potatoes, is associated with a lower risk of kidney stones.

On the other hand, you want to eat less of foods containing oxalates, such as beets, spinach, peanuts, and chocolate, which can form kidney stones.

Some studies have found that vitamin B₆, found in green beans and sunflower seeds, can help break down kidney stones, but experts have not yet confirmed this.