Ch11 Male Reproductive System DISEASES

PAP

Prostatic Acid Phosphatase -

• Test that measures levels of acid
  phosphatase produced by the prostate
  gland only;

• increased levels indicate
  prostate cancer that has metastasized
  elsewhere in the body

Brachytherapy

Prostate Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Ultrasonography

Radiologic procedure that uses ultra-high frequency soundwaves to produce an image

• Views the testes or prostate gland

DRE

Digital Rectal Examination

• Procedure to palpate the prostate gland to check for signs of tenderness, nodules, hardening, or enlargement

TSE

testicular self examination

• Procedure in which the patient palpates his own testes and scrotum to look for early signs
  of cancer

Androgen Drugs

Drug that treats low testosterone

Antiviral drugs

Drug that treats viral infections that cause genital herpes or warts

Antibacterial drugs

drugs that treat Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis

Antiretroviral drugs

Drugs that treat HIV and AIDS

Benign prostatic hyperplasia drugs

Drugs that nhibit the horome that normally cause prostate enlargement

Erectile Dysfunction drugs

Drugs that increase blood flow into the penis to create an erection

Bx

Biopsy

• Procedure to obtain samples of prostate or testicular tissue to test for cancer cells

Orchiectomy

Surgical removal of a testis

Ochiopexy

Procedure to reposition an undescended testis
and fix it within the scrotum.

HPV

Human Papillomavirus

• Causes genital Warts

HIV

PUL

Prostate Urethral Lift-

• pushes enlarged prostatic
  tissue away from the urethra; used in the treatment of BPH. Surgical Procedures

Prostatectomy

Removal of the entire prostate gland, used in treatment of prostate cancer

Vasectomy

Surgical removal of part of the vas deferens to
prevent spermatozoa from entering the semen

AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

• damages the immune system so that the body is less able to fight infection and disease

DRE

Digital Rectal Examination

ED

Erectile Dysfunction

FSH

follicle-stimulating hormone

HoLEP

holmium laser enucleation of the prostate

HSV

Herpes Simplex Virus

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