Information about the prostate

I have been told that once a man is over 50 years of age, his Prostate gland may start to give him some problems. I will appreciate it if you can kindly enlighten me about the Prostate.

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The Prostate is a small gland that is part of the male reproductive system. It’s supposed to be about the shape and size of a walnut. It rests below your bladder and in front of your rectum. It surrounds part of the urethra, the tube in your penis that carries pee from your bladder.

The prostate helps make some of the fluid in semen, which carries sperm from your testicles when you ejaculate. As you age, your prostate can become larger.

It’s a normal part of aging for most men. By the time you reach age 40, yourprostate might have gone from the size of a walnut to the size of an apricot. By the time you reach 60, it might be the size of a lemon.

Because it surrounds part of the urethra, the enlarged prostate can squeeze that tube. This causes problems when you try to pee.

Typically, you won’t see these problems until you’re 50 or older, but they can start earlier. You might hear a doctor or nurse call this condition benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH for short.

It is not cancerous. BPH is common and cannot be prevented. Age and a family history of BPH are two things that increase the chances you might get it.