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How's Your "Symptoms of Prostate Diseases" IQ?

Have you noticed a sudden need for annoying nocturnal visits to the bathroom that disrupt your sleep?

When it first started did you think nothing of it? But now, as the frequency has increased, you're more than a little curious (or worried) as to the cause? Or perhaps that's because other unpleasant symptoms have raised their ugly heads too?

Many guys will initially write this off as a simply a sign they're getting older. But you may not want to do that. Or you may not be able to do that if you have any kind of pain during any trip to the bathroom.

So what are the symptoms of prostate diseases? Can you get up to speed to avoid prolonged problems others put up with? What should you do first? What options do you have when it comes to treatments?

To somewhat oversimplify things there are three common diseases of the prostate gland. They are

BPH
Prostatitis
Prostate Cancer

Let's take a closer, if brief look, at each.

BPH: BPH or benign prostatic hyperplasia is your doctor's term for an enlarged prostate.

• Typically effects men 50 years and older. But is seen in younger guys too.
• The signs are difficulty in passing urine, urgency in passing urine, hesitancy in urine flow things like that.
• It results due to bad genes ( your dad had it), or dietary or hormonal changes as men age.
• The most common treatment options are drugs like alpha blockers or FLOMAX. Worse cases may require tissue removing surgery. Some report relief from herbal remedies like saw palmetto.

Prostatitis: Painful inflammation or infection of the prostate gland.

This problem comes in several varieties.

Acute bacteria prostatitis is due to the infection of bacteria.

Chronic bacteria prostatitis is when the infection keeps flaring up. It is less severe than the acute condition.

Chronic non bacterial prostatitis is infection by non bacterial causes.

• The symptoms would include fever accompanied by chills, aches and pains plus urinary difficulties.
• The most common treatment options consist of antibiotics, painkillers and sometimes alpha blockers.

Cancer: Or tumors found to be present in the prostate. Being metastatic in nature, if left untreated this can spread to surrounding organs and other tissue in your body.

• In the early stages there may not be any symptoms at all which is why annual tests and screening is vital. But when the cancer becomes more advanced and the prostate starts pressing on the urethra that will introduce similar symptoms as found with BPH.
• Typically hereditary and race are two indicators. Or environmental issues like diet is thought to affect the incidence of prostate cancer.
• The most common treatment options vary from hormone therapy, radiation, surgery, chemotherapy, or watchful waiting depending on your age and the stage of cancer.

Regardless of your specific problem, after the fact, most wish they had sought treatment earlier. Since most BPH or prostatitis symptoms can be minimized or eliminated completely in some cases. Or with cancer, if caught early enough, most can have a good long term prognosis.

The smart ones get ahead of curve. They figure out that sometimes making life style changes like cutting down on animal fats, red meat, and diary products or eating more foods rich in zinc, selenium can reduce the risk of getting prostate diseases. While pomegranate juice is showing promise in helping to slow progression of prostate cancer in some studies. There are no guarantees. But obviously a healthy lifestyle can't hurt.

In any case these and other prostate diseases are unlikely to get better on their own. And like most things catching the problem earlier than later leaves you with more treatment options for dealing with them. Even better the choices are increasing all the time from ongoing research efforts.