Knowledge is power, isn't it? knowledge empowers you to be able to do something. Having information on prostate cancer at your finger tips will enable you to have more opportunity of diagnosing yourself or helping your family and friends. One of the concerns with prostate cancer is that it grows slowly but by the time you notice it, it can be well advanced.
The information that you will find in this piece is stuff that I have discovered for my own information and benefit. It is not definitive medical advice. For that depth of knowledge you will have to talk to a physician.
I am not a medical doctor, but my father and a good friend passed away of prostate cancer and as a man, I have a fairly high risk - one in six - of contracting the problem myself, hence my interest.
It seems that there are things that a man can do to lower the likelihood of getting prostate cancer and these include eating healthily and doing manly things like sport and manual labour. One of the worst things you can do is sit on your prostate gland all day long - desk jobs and watching TV is not healthy for the prostate.
If you cannot help but have a sedentary lifestyle, then you have to become aware of the early symptoms of prostate cancer so that it can be treated before it becomes life-threatening. The foremost thing to be on the look out for is issues urinating.
Most older men have problems with their bladder, but once it starts happening to you, go to your GP and have it checked out. It may be nothing except age, but on the other hand ...
The bigger the problems, such as pain or bleeding, the more reason that you ought to go to the GP. Frequent urination may be the first sign of prostate cancer but it could just mean that you are getting older too.
I was once told by my Thai optician that the reason why I was losing my sight was because I was 'prematurely senile'. it can happen, but I asked him to check the wording and he returned with 'premature senile cataracts'. We had a good laugh about that.
Prostate cancer is curable. Around 90% of people are cured (some surveys say 85% others say 95%), however, it very much relies on catching the disease in its infancy. All men more than around 40 ought to have a check up at least one time every year, maybe two times. The test is unpleasant but quick, painless and simple - a finger up the bum.
Dying of prostate cancer is the result of negligence these days, because it grows slowly in its initial stages, but when it gets a hold, it goes like a train and moves to other areas of the body, giving the patient a lot less opportunity of recovery. If the worst comes to the worst you can do without your prostate gland anyway - after all, women don't need one.
The information that you will find in this piece is stuff that I have discovered for my own information and benefit. It is not definitive medical advice. For that depth of knowledge you will have to talk to a physician.
I am not a medical doctor, but my father and a good friend passed away of prostate cancer and as a man, I have a fairly high risk - one in six - of contracting the problem myself, hence my interest.
It seems that there are things that a man can do to lower the likelihood of getting prostate cancer and these include eating healthily and doing manly things like sport and manual labour. One of the worst things you can do is sit on your prostate gland all day long - desk jobs and watching TV is not healthy for the prostate.
If you cannot help but have a sedentary lifestyle, then you have to become aware of the early symptoms of prostate cancer so that it can be treated before it becomes life-threatening. The foremost thing to be on the look out for is issues urinating.
Most older men have problems with their bladder, but once it starts happening to you, go to your GP and have it checked out. It may be nothing except age, but on the other hand ...
The bigger the problems, such as pain or bleeding, the more reason that you ought to go to the GP. Frequent urination may be the first sign of prostate cancer but it could just mean that you are getting older too.
I was once told by my Thai optician that the reason why I was losing my sight was because I was 'prematurely senile'. it can happen, but I asked him to check the wording and he returned with 'premature senile cataracts'. We had a good laugh about that.
Prostate cancer is curable. Around 90% of people are cured (some surveys say 85% others say 95%), however, it very much relies on catching the disease in its infancy. All men more than around 40 ought to have a check up at least one time every year, maybe two times. The test is unpleasant but quick, painless and simple - a finger up the bum.
Dying of prostate cancer is the result of negligence these days, because it grows slowly in its initial stages, but when it gets a hold, it goes like a train and moves to other areas of the body, giving the patient a lot less opportunity of recovery. If the worst comes to the worst you can do without your prostate gland anyway - after all, women don't need one.
About the Author:
Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with prostate cancer and radiation treatment. If you want to know more go to What is the Treatment for Prostate Cancer?
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