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