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Saddam Suffers From Prostate Infection
Seven months after being taken prisoner, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein suffers from a chronic prostate infection but has rebuffed suggestions that a biopsy be performed to rule out cancer, Iraq's human rights minister said Thursday. So give him two aspirin and tell him to call back in the morning if it still hurts. OK, tetracyclene too. Tests show that, despite the prostate problem, the 67-year-old deposed dictator is otherwise in good health He's going to live for the execution, Hoorah! and has even shed some extra weight while in U.S. detention We know how to cure obesity! , Human Rights Minister Bakhtiar Amin told Al-Jazeera television. He said X-ray and blood tests came back negative for cancer, but officials wanted to take a biopsy to be safe. Chronic prostate infections occur in about 35 percent of all men over 50, but are not linked to cancer Especially when their diet is constipating. . Routine screening for prostate cancer, especially among older men, is becoming more common. Saddam has been held by U.S. officials at an undisclosed location in Iraq since his capture by U.S. forces last December near Tikrit. He had been on the run since his regime collapsed in April in the face of a U.S.-led invasion. There have been several media reports saying his health was deteriorating, something the U.S. military denied Thursday. Look at the picure at the link. It is obvious that at a minimum the U. S. has cut off his Botox treatments "Saddam did not have a stroke, and he is not dead," 1st Sgt. Steve Valley told The Associated Press. He did not provide further information. He can say no more. Must have been in country too long. A Jordanian-based spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the only neutral Bwahahahah at least the reporter has a sense of humor entity with access to Saddam, said Thursday the organization had no information about a downturn in Saddam's health. We know nothing. "Saddam's sickness was rumors spread by the media," Mu'in Kassis told The Associated Press. The ICRC said it has visited him at least twice to check on his condition and carry messages to his family. According to Amin, Saddam has lost weight after following a diet. He spends his time reading the Quran Preparing to met his maker? , writing poetry and tending to a garden, Amin said. Mohammed al-Rashdan, a member of Saddam's defense team, said Officials at the Iraqi prime minister's office said they had no information on the ousted leader's condition. No one knows nothing Caused by a variety of bacteria, prostate infections develop gradually and can remain undetected for a long time because symptoms are typically subtle and sometimes there are none at all. The infections are not easy to cure because antibiotics do not accumulate in high concentrations in the prostate. Treatment usually involves several months of strong antibiotics. Can this treatment ever be fatal? After much suffering Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-07-30 |
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