Your Friend the Prostate
The prostate is situated right underneath the bladder around the urethra. The semen passes through the same urethra as urine does. That’s why the prostate enlargement interferes with the male’s ability to have sex and urinate.
There are three main types of prostate problems: infection, enlargement, and cancer.
Prostate enlargement which is also clinically called benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a non-cancerous enlargement. About 50 percent of all men experience BPH symptoms by the age of 60, and 90 percent experience BPH symptoms by the age of 85. Enlarged prostate constricts the urinary tube, the symptoms of which can be frequent urination, straining to start urination, difficulty in urinating, getting up multiple times at night to urinate, urgent urination, sexual problems. The main medical treatment of BPH is the non-invasive surgery. It is also called transurethral resection of the prostate. Such drugs as Proscar used to lessen the prostate, are not very effective and have multiple negative side effects.
Prostate infections, or prostatitis, are the very frequent prostate problems with the following symptoms: frequent and or painful urination, other urinary problems, or pain during sex.
Prostate cancer is the most serious problem with the symptoms similar to those of BPH: getting up often at night to urinate; often small amounts urination; inability to start the urine flow; and a urinary stream that starts and stops.
