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Academic exchange on prostate diseases (Chile)

On 1st May 2008, the sino-western joint academic exchange on prostate diseases was held in TCM center. There were about 10 medial experts and nurses who come from Chile visited TCM center Guilin and attended the symposium on prostate diseases.

Prostate diseases include prostatitis, prostate enlargement, and prostate cancer. It should be payed more attention to.

Prostatitis is one of the most common diseases in male adults. It is divided into tow types: acute prostatitis and chronic prostatitis. Acute prostatitis is rare in clinic practice while the incidence of chronic prostatitis is higher in adults. Since prostatitis come with seminal vesiculitis, it is called prostate seminal vesiculitis.

Prostate enlargement is one of the key pathological changes of bladder cervix obstruction in male. According to pathology, apropos it should be called Prostatic Hypertrophy rather than Prostate enlargement. But people would like to call it Prostate enlargement, so do we. Besides, the name which is benign prostatic hyperplasia makes difference from the name of malignant prostatic cancer.

Academic Exchange Tour is an activity focuses on health, traditional Chinese medicine and academic exchange between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.

Prostate cancer is one of the key reasons leading to death in male in western country. It occurs with increasing age. Half of 80-year-old people have prostate checking suffer from caner, but in fact, the number of clinical disease is lower than that. Prostate cancer distinguishes in areas and races obviously. Besides, it is also related to environment.

If symptoms appear, they can include blood in the urine; the need to urinate frequently, especially at night; weak or interrupted urine flow; pain or burning feeling while urinating; the inability to urinate; constant pain in the lower back, pelvis, or upper thighs. If you have any of these symptoms, see your doctor as soon as possible.

The academic exchange showed how the traditional Chinese medicine treats the prostate diseases successfully.The symposium lasted for 5 days. 3 days for academic exchange and 2 days for Guilin tour.

The arrangement as follows:
Day 1, Morning: study TCM therapy, such as yin and yang, four diagnosis, natural therapy and so on.
Afternoon: enjoy the foot massage and experience acupuncture and qigong. View the taiji show.
Day 2, study the lecture gave by a famous Chinese medicine expert on prostate diseases.
Day 3, discussion on treatment of prostate diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.
Day 4, travel Lijiang river by boat.
Day 5, go to yangshuo and enjoy impression sister liu at night.

The medical experts was satisfactory with the arrangement we arrangement for them. They felt traditional Chinese medicine useful and appreciated the wonderful scenery in Guilin. Some of them show their interest to come here again. The symposium was very successful.

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