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The Prostatitis Manual |
J.
Curtis Nickel, M.D. from Kingston, Ontario,
Canada has written an excellent book about prostatitis. It
is published by Bladon Medical Publishing.
The Prostatitis Foundation makes this book available to patients
and their doctors and in return Dr. Nickel and Bladon Medical
Publishing have agreed to donate eight dollars back to the
foundation from the proceeds of every book sold using our
order blank . We are enclosing a form to fill out and mail
back to the foundation by snail mail which should include
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| The Foreward by Dr. Daniel Shoskes
explains the importance of this book to patients and
their doctors. |
| Foreword |
| Chronic prostatitis has been
a backwater of clinical and basic science urology research
over the past few decades. Most physicians have a vague
feeling that these patients have a chronic infection even
though cultures are seldom positive (if they are even
performed) and many patients get no improvement despite
kilograms of antibiotics over months or years. It's not
as though academic researchers have given much guidance
to practitioners; amazingly there are only a handful of
small randomized placebo-controlled studies for therapy
in chronic prostatitis, the vast majority being for documented
bacterial prostatitis, which makes up fewer than 10% of
those patients we see in practice. |
| Over the past two decades,
Dr. Nickel has devoted his prodigious talent and energy
towards understanding this disease and testing novel therapies.
Thanks to him and like-minded researchers, there is a
greater understanding of the heterogeneity of the condition
we now call 'chronic pelvic pain syndrome' and new rational
therapeutic options which can be effective for the majority
of patients. In this handbook, the first of its kind for
chronic prostatitis, Dr. Nickel succinctly summarizes
the current understanding of the pathophysiology, evaluation
and treatment options available for these patients. Particularly
illuminating is the history lesson, which demonstrates
in sobering detail how little progress has been made until
most recently. |
| This guide presents a clear
stepwise approach to the management of these challenging
patients in clinical practice. For the student and resident
it summarizes all the didactic and clinical information
they need to know. For the experienced clinician, it can
provide a roadmap to novel therapies to assist in the
management of their most difficult patients who are refractory
to conventional treatments. |
Daniel Shoskes MD
Cleveland Clinic - Florida |
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