During the initial stages of prostate cancer there are no specific symptoms. Usually, it happens so that a patient is diagnosed with prostate cancer when he is on routine checkup. But sometimes the symptoms also begin to appear and these symptoms are very similar to diseases like gentle prostatic hypertrophy. Frequent urination, to go for urination again and again at night, to face difficulty in passing urine and fail to keep a steady flow of urine, feel pain while passing urine and have blood in the urine are some of these symptoms.
Prostatic gland finds around prostatic urethra and that is why prostate cancer is linked with urinary malfunctioning. Problems in sexual functions can also occur due to prostate cancer. Patients feel pain in achieving erection and ejaculation also turns into a full of pain experience. The sperm duct known as vas deferens stores semen and other fluid in prostatic urethra and some fluids that are produced by prostate gland itself also include in semen.Usually prostate cancer at advance stages spread to other parts of the body and thus causes some other symptoms besides the above mentioned symptoms. To feel continuous pain in upper thighs, lower back and hips may also be a symptom of prostate cancer. Pain in vertebrae (Spine’s bones) pelvis and ribs are some of these pains that occur as symptoms of advanced prostate cancer.
It is very important to be checked by the doctor if any of these symptoms appear as a number of of these symptoms may be due to non-cancerous prostate condition like prostatits which is considered an inflammation of the prostate, stones in prostate, BHP and other infections.
How to prevent prostate cancer
There are drugs and vitamins that prove very helpful to avoid prostate cancer. Two dietary supplements, if taken daily, like vitamin E and selenium can be very helpful to avoid prostate cancer. Results of many researches prove that diets have great impacts on a person’s chances to have prostate cancer. Estrogen that is received from fermented soybeans and some other plant resources can also prove very helpful to avoid prostate cancer. In the early trials, the selective estrogen receptor modulator drug toremifene has offered some hopeful results to cure prostate cancer. Similarly, two other drugs that stop the change of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone finasteride and dutasteride may prove very handy to avoid prostate cancer.
Green tea has a polyphenol content that may be beneficial to prevent prostate cancer but it has not been confirmed yet. A study that was conducted on green tea during 2006 showed lack in originality of claims regarding prevention of prostate cancer among the patients who had higher risks for the disease.
According to a recent research that was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, multivitamins supplements if used more than seven times during a week may enhance the risks of contracting the disease. Many scientists recommend that a healthy well balanced diet, which is rich with fiber and lacking animal proteins, is the best protection against prostate cancer. The results of a research shows that men who take cauliflower, broccoli and other vegetables have almost 40% lesser risk to get prostate cancer than those who seldom or never eat vegetables. It is believed that these vegetables have phytochemical named as Diindolylmethane in them and this Diindolylmethane has Anti-Androgenic and immune adjusting properties. However, this compound is still under study by the National Cancer Institute.
Masturbation as the best prevention
In nineteenth century, masturbation was considered a disease but now it is considered a cure .During 2003, an Australian research team showed such results as proved that regular masturbation by males was very helpful to prevent the development of prostate cancer. The researchers found that the more men masturbate between the ages of 20 to 50, the lesser chances they have to get prostate cancer. The results of that research were absolutely contrarily to the previous researches that suggest that many sexual partners or hyper sexual activity may increase the risk of prostate cancer up to 40 percent. The key difference in the previous and current studies is that the previous studies used to took only sexual intercourse as sexual activity while in the new study number of ejaculations is has been focused.
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