Cancer Care

The prostate gland is in your care, from the moment you were born to the moment that you finally come to an inevitable end. Even though your parents might have taken care of you, still, it is your body that generally takes care of itself. That is the most important thing that one must remember.

Why is the prostate gland that important? First of all, you must thank this gland for your existence. Without the it, you could not have been possible. Everyone started out as a single sperm cell. With this body organ, you were protected from the harsh acidic environment of the vagina with the seminal fluid being alkaline in nature. Because it is base, it was possible for your parents’ sperm and egg cell to unite to create you. That is logical enough reason, to start off. Basically, the prostate gland is important in matters of procreation. Without it, the start of life would not be scientifically possible.

The next subject is males. As you have yourself you, your friends, brothers, fathers, grandfathers or children who are male, it is imperative to study this exocrine gland for their safety. To describe it, the said organ is about, on the average, the size of a walnut. It weighs not more than seven to sixteen grams. With its normal size, it lies beneath the bladder and, after, it surrounds a part of the urethra. The fluid that it excretes is excreted outside directly into the urethra. Likewise, with the prostate gland in normal size, urine is able to pass easily.

That was when the prostate is in normal condition. There are cases when the prostate gland is overly bigger than the normal. Usually, the prostate gland does grow when one gets older. When a man reaches fifty years of age or so, the growth doesn’t stop. Still, it’s when the growth that is abnormal that there is something wrong with the picture. There are some cases where the prostate gland gets so big that it brings about problems in urination and the overall health. With the prostate gland having tremendous size, the urination process can either be irregular, difficult or impossible. It pushes the bladder which causes urine to pour down into the urethra; it gets so big that it is painful to urinate; and, likewise, sometimes effort is not enough that the prostate gland blocks the entire passage. This is how Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is. The cells of the prostate gland grow in number beyond the normal. Sometimes, even, moreover, there would be Prostatitis that is the inflamed prostate gland. There would be an inflammation due to the infection. There would be infection because of the urine deposit and the body’s effort in functioning normally. Likewise, as a rather worse case with the prostate disease, there is also the Prostate Cancer which is the result of an over-stimulated and long irritated prostate gland. A substance called Di-Hydro-Testosterone or DHT is responsible for irritating the prostate gland. This is because of the body’s estrogen content, converting testosterone into DHT. Read the rest of this entry »

The prostate is a vital organ of the body. Although the body can do without this organ, this organ is essential for a man’s functioning. To start off with what and how the prostate gland is, it is imperative, in fact, to know about the basics. The prostate is an exocrine gland which means that it is an organ that secretes what it secretes in a duct. That is a bit of explanation in relation to its name. As to its functionality, the very basic function of this exocrine gland is to secrete the alkaline seminal fluid that will be holding the spermatozoa which is necessary for life. This fluid is alkaline due to the fact that, during intercourse, the vagina’s environment is rather acid, thereby killing the sperm cells that may enter. Without the secretion of the prostate gland, procreation would not be possible.

Men have, by birth, the prostate gland. As men grow older, so does this prostate gland. It increases in size as one age. Normally, the size of this is that of a walnut. It weighs about seven to eleven grams, normally, according to studies, as an average weight. It lies beneath the bladder and it surrounds the urethra. The significance of this is that, as people grow old, what is expected is the normal wear and tear of the body and that means that there are changes that happen.

Some of the male population of the west as early as fifty years or so, experience a sort of different kind of change in the prostate. This so is true with the other parts of the world. This change is rather unpleasant and disturbing. There would be frequency of urination or the opposite. It is important to take note that these inconveniences can lead to further significant disturbance in health. With the frequency in voiding and blockage, urination can be bothersome as it can wake you up in the middle of the night or have you go finding toilets during awkward moments or can bring about a tremendous deal of discomfort because of the pain that this brings.

Why is this so? This is due to an unhealthy prostate gland. Just because the prostate gland is having issues, the whole body suffers. That is why it is significant to take note of this organ. There are medical conditions to be considered. There are at least three terms that are to be concentrated when talking about the prostate gland and prostate disease. The prostate gland is at risk of having Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer. These three occur because of what one eats and because of what one does not eat. Of course, also involved are the things that one does that may or may have not contributed. But first, a brief discussion on what these three are all about. Read the rest of this entry »