What and where is the prostate gland?
The prostate is a gland found only in men that sits just below the bladder. When you pass urine it flows through a tube (urethra) and out through the penis. The urethra passes through the prostate and this is why some men have problems passing urine when they have an enlarged prostate. Fluid produced by the prostate forms part of semen and may help nourish sperm. What are the symptoms of BPH?
A. The prostate gland is only present in men, forming part of the male reproductive system. It’s function is to add nutrients to the seminal fluid on ejaculation, to help the sperm cells survive. It lies at the base of the bladder, surrounding the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the penis. As a man gets older the prostate gland enlarges, and often this is due to a non cancerous condition called Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy(BPH). However, the enlargement can be caused by cancer, which can spread quite rapidly, in particular to form secondary tumours in the bones. Cancer of the prostate is the second most common cause of cancer related deaths in men. The condition is increasing in the Western world it has doubled in the past 30 years, with over 10,000 new cases being detected in the UK each year. Q. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF PROSTATE CANCER? A. Enlargment of the prostate blocks the flow of urine and the man has difficulty in starting to pass urine and the flow is poorer than n
