Once upon a time, people had no idea how to diagnose and treat prostate disease and this lead to scores of men throughout history needlessly suffering and even dying from not taking the proper preventative steps. Thanks to modern medicine, prostate disease is now well documented and not longer necessarily considered a death sentence to those who suffer from it. Knowledge and preventative maintenance have become the most effective methods for handling the disease. In this article we hope to help shed some light on prostate disease, the various diagnostic tools that are at your disposal as well as recommend some treatment options.
The Prostate Defined
The first step to understanding how your prostate affects your health is to learn exactly what the prostate is and what purpose it serves. While the prostate is a rather small walnut sized gland that sits just below the bladder, in front of the rectum and behind the pubic bone, it does play a very important part in the male reproductive system. This small donut shaped gland surrounds your urethra (the channel that transports your urine from your bladder to your penis) and helps control the flow of urine. The prostate is also contacted to your testicles via tubes. Before ejaculation, sperm is first carried up to the prostate where it mixes with a prostatic fluids and proteins produced by the seminal vesicles which are attached to the prostate. The resulting fluid is then ejaculated during orgasm through ejaculatory ducts that are connected to the urethra.
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