What is the symptom of prostate cancer? How serious is prostate cancer?
Prostatic Problems The prostate exists only in the male. Women are spared this dilemma of the ardent cavalier and of the aging male. The prostate is an accessory sex organ that provides part of the fluid in the ejaculate. There is no physical awareness of the normal prostate, but the diseased prostate is a source of great discomfort. It produces symptoms when it becomes enlarged, infected or contains a tumor. This organ is composed of many glands which produce prostatic secretion. The prostate is very much under the influence of hormones but itself produces no hormones. It is a heart shaped structure that surrounds the outlet of the urinary bladder. The import nee of the prostate as a provocator of symptoms is accounted for by its strategic position. By its overgrowth, congestion or enlargement it can distort the width, angularity or position of the bladder out'et channel. The consequence of this is obstruction, irritation or inflammation of the bladder, with its attendant...