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Learn about the prostate |
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Learn about the prostate
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Darrell Miller | 06/13/14 |
Date:
June 13, 2014 09:25 PM
Author: Darrell Miller
(dm@vitanetonline.com)
Subject: Learn about the prostate
Introduction:
The human prostate is a walnut-sized gland that is located between the bladder and the penis. It is just in front of the rectum with the urethra running through the center from the bladder to the penis, letting out urine off the body. The prostate gland secretes fluid that is useful in nourishment and protection of sperms. The prostrate squeezes this fluid into the urethra during ejaculation and it comes out with sperms as semen.
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However, the prostate is faced by some conditions that lead to its dysfunctions. Some of the main conditions are.
Prostate cancer:
This is one of the major cancers affecting men and it kills one in every thirty-five men. Some of the treatments used to treat it are, chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and hormone therapy.
Prostatitis:
This is inflammation of the prostate, which is caused by infection. It is usually treated with antibiotics.
Enlarged prostate:
This usually affects older men above the age of fifty. Its signs are difficulty in urinating that increases with age. It can be treated through medication or surgery. This usually affects older men above the age of fifty. Its signs are difficulty in urinating that increases with age. It can be treated through medication or surgery.
It is of much importance to keep the prostate healthy due to its major functions. The general function of the prostate is to secrete a slightly alkaline fluid that is white in color constituting 50-70% of the semen volume together with spermatozoa and seminal fluid. The prostatic fluid is expelled in the first ejaculate fractions together with most of the spermatozoa. Maintaining good health of the prostate for example by taking foods rich in lycopene mainly found in tomatoes lower the risk of developing prostate cancer.
The pygeum africanum is made from the bark of the African palm tree while the saw palmetto is made from ripe berries of the plant serenoa repens. They are both used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Pygeum may reduce symptoms such as nighttime urination, urinary frequency and residual urine volume. But despite that the pygeum is also proposed for prostatitis, impotence and male infertility. This makes it better than saw palmetto. Saw palmetto has mineral selenium and vitamin E while pygeum africanum has zinc.
Sources
- //www.webmd.com/urinary-incontinence-oab/picture-of-the-prostate
- //www.med.nyu.edu/content?ChunkIID=21851
- //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_palmetto_extract
