How Knowledge Of Prostate Cancer May Benefit You Information is power, isn't it? knowledge empowers you to be able to do something. Having knowledge of prostate cancer at your finger tips will enable you to have more chance of diagnosing yourself or helping your family and friends. One of the problems with prostate cancer is that it grows slowly and by the time you notice it, it can be far advanced. The knowledge that you will find in this piece is stuff that I have discovered for my own knowledge and benefit. It is not definitive medical advice. For that depth of information you will have to talk to a physician. I am not a doctor, but my father and a decent friend passed away of prostate cancer and as a man, I have a fairly high chance - one in six - of contracting the disease myself, hence my interest. It seems that there are things that a man can do to lower the likelihood of acquiring prostate cancer and these include eating healthily and doing manly things like sport and physical 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 good for the prostate. If you are not able to help but have a sedentary lifestyle, then you need to become aware of the early signs 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 pain urinating. Most older men have problems with their bladder, but when it starts happening to you, go to your medical doctor and have it checked out. It may be nothing except age, but on the other hand ... The bigger the issues, such as pain or bleeding, the more reason that you ought to go to the doctor. Frequent urination can be the first sign of prostate cancer but it can only mean that you are getting older as well. 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 at that. Prostate cancer is curable. About 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 over about 40 ought to have a check up at least once every year, perhaps two times. The test is disagreeable but quick, painless and easy - a finger up the bum. Dying of prostate cancer is the result of neglect nowadays, because it grows slowly in its preliminary stages, but when it gets a hold, it goes like a train and moves to other parts of the body, giving the patient much 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.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now concerned with prostate cancer and radiation treatment. If you want to know more go to What is the Treatment for Prostate Cancer?