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Prostate Gland - Causes, Treatment and Remedies

The prostate gland is about the size of a immediate medical treatment to avoid
walnut and is found at the base of the damage to the kidneys, among other
bladder. A thin tube that allows the things.
passage of urine out of the penis Treatment
(urethra) runs through the prostate The surgeon (urologist) must first prove
gland. Fluid produced by this gland helps that the prostatic enlargement is the
to nourish and support sperm, which come cause of the symptoms. He may find it
from the seminal vesicles via the helpful to measure the urinary flow rate.
ejaculatory ducts into the urethra. This is a simple test: you pass urine
Prostate cancer is a disease in which the into a large funnel and the time taken
cells of the prostate become abnormal. for a particular volume of urine to pass
They start to grow uncontrollably, is calculated electronically. The
forming tumors. A tumor is a mass or lump urologist will also arrange an x-ray or
of tissue made of abnormal cells. Tumors ultrasound scan to make a picture of the
may be malignant or benign. A malignant bladder after an attempt at emptying.
tumor can spread to other parts of the This will reveal whether the prostate is
body. Malignant tumors are cancerous. causing obstruction to the urethra. The
Benign tumors cannot spread to other ultrasound scan will also check that the
parts of the body. kidneys are normal. In some hospitals,
Causes the size and the shape of the prostate
Increasing age and the presence of normal can also be measured by ultrasound.
male hormones (testosterone and Medications
dihydrotestosterone [DHT]) are the Alpha blockers. These drugs were
best-known factors that contribute to originally developed to treat high blood
BPH. A hormone known as 5?-reductase pressure. They relax muscles around your
converts testosterone into DHT in the bladder neck and make it easier to
prostate gland, which results in prostate urinate. Four alpha blockers have been
enlargement. DHT concentrations in BPH approved by the Food and Drug
tissue have been shown to be increased Administration (FDA) for treatment of
when compared with normal prostate BPH: terazosin (Hytrin), doxazosin
tissue. (Cardura), tamsulosin (Flomax) and
The actual cause of prostate enlargement alfuzosin (Uroxatral).
is unknown. It is believed that factors Remedies
linked to aging and the testicles Pumpkin seeds are an effective home
themselves may play a role in the growth remedy for prostate problems and many
of the gland. Men who have had their patients have been helped by their use.
testicles removed at a young age (for These seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty
example, as a result of testicular acids which are essential to the health
cancer) do not develop BPH. of the prostate. Persons beyond the age
For some men, it suddenly becomes of fifty, who have any signs of prostate
impossible to urinate (known as acute trouble; or those who suffer from urinary
retention). Studies have shown that acute disorders of some kind, namely, burning
retention affects between 1 and 2 per or difficulty in passing urine freely,
cent of men with BPH each year. This should take sixty to ninety grams of
condition is very painful and demands pumpkin steeds per day.




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