The Prostate Basics
The prostate is a male sex gland. It surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra, the tube that drives out urine from the bladder. The prostate gland produces a faintly alkaline liquid, a part of the seminal fluid that transmits sperm during ejaculation.
The problems of prostate can be the following: cancer and non-cancerous prostate problems, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate enlargement, infections, inflammations. Prostate cancer can be effectively treated once it is discovered on early stages.
The prostate enlargement or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the main non-cancerous prostate problem. The symptoms of BPH are painful and embarrassing. The symptoms of BHP are very similar to those of prostate cancer, comprising urinary incontinence, or the loss of bladder control, sexual problems such as impotence, or the inability to have or keep an erection.
Specific Non-Cancerous Prostate Problems
Prostatism: any state of the prostate that interferes with the flow of urine from the bladder.
Prostatitis: a state of irritated prostate gland with accompanying pain, discomfort, frequent or troublesome urination, and at times a low-grade fever.
Prostatalgia: pain in the prostate gland.
