Question: Is it right US Gov is violating undocumented man's constitutional rights for medical treatment? The family of an illegal immigrant who was denied treatment for penile cancer during his detention could sue government officials for violating his constitutional rights, a federal appeals court in US ruled Thursday. The man died subsequently.
In a 3-0 ruling, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said that Francisco Castaneda's daughter and the administrator of his estate could seek damages against the government doctors and officials who supervised his treatment at immigration detention centers in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Castaneda, 36, from El Salvador died in February at his Los Angeles-area home a year after doctors amputated his penis to try to stop the spread of the cancer that had developed while he was in custody. He testified in October 2007 to a congressional committee looking into complaints of shoddy care and preventable deaths at centers that hold tens of thousands of immigrants during deportation proceedings.
http://www.medindia.com/news/Family-of-Illegal-Immigrant-Who-Died-for-Lack-of-Treatment-can-Sue-Govt-Officials-US-Court-Rules-42598-1.htm
Answer: I knew that when you asked this question the racists or whatever you call them would all come out. To answer your question, it is not right for them to violate a human beings right. The people that feel that the man has no rights, feed the hate groups in America. If an American needed emergency help in another country, most Americans would know that the person should receive help Some people believe because others were born in another part of the world and didn't get "permission" to be here, they feel that the person has no rights and should be treated like a dog. This really upsets me.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Question: I think I might have penile cancer? I can feel a small lump on my penis
but I have to feel from the front of my scrotum, but inside the sac where the shaft of the penis is
it feels like a lump on my penis, but not on the outside of my body.
Could it be anything else?
What kind of treatment options do they have other than amputation?
Answer: Go see a urologist and get checked.
Question: Does this seem like penile cancer? Five weeks ago I was using a new soap in the shower and my meatus (opening of penis) became inflamed and burned right away. Saw a doctor after a week. Said it was balanitis (an infection) and gave me an antibiotic. That night my lymph nodes on one side of my groin inflamed and were very painful / swollen.
Swelling went down a week after treatment. Redness cleared up nearly totally. However, some time after I began the antibiotic a dark inset spot formed next to my meatus / frenulum. Some patchy but normal colored erosion eventually formed in that area later. I also still have some lymph node pain off and on (as well as glans burn).
Went to my urologist a few days ago. He said he didnt see it, that I was fine. A line of white dots formed under glans. Went to my normal doctor today and he hooked me up with another urologist. We didn't talk about cancer.
Could this be penile cancer? I just turned 20. I am not circumcised (will be soon). Please don't answer with jokes. Appreciate it.
Oh, and I am due to see the new urologist in five days. I am extremely worried.
Answer: You can irritate yourself or have an allergic reaction to a new soap, but you cannot give yourself cancer, especially in this short an amount of time.
Question: Old dog w/ transitional cancer of prepuce- penile area. Anyone with expierience in treatment decisions ? I own a 12 year old mixed breed, (rot, lab, shepard);has a biopsy of transitional cancer but tumor must come out or it will affect his abiity to urinate, etc. Anyone having experience with a OLDER canine with a tumor on or near penis or prepuce please respond.
Answer: This sounds like a Prostate enlargement. You must be guided by your vet on this one. I had a Lab. with this problem and I had to take him out into the garden and gently compress him to get urine out. No dignity there!
