The prostate gland, which lies below the bladder and surrounds the urethra, is the male organ that produces semen. It is very common for the prostate gland to start enlarging after the age of 40, although it may not always produce symptoms. The first noticeable symptoms appear when the enlarged prostate gland presses upon the urethra, causing problems with urination. The most common problems encountered with the prostate are benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer and prostatitis.

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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.

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A recent study, by the World Health Organization (WHO), revealed the fact that working in night shifts may cause serious problems including an enhanced risk of cancer in humans. Women are at specific risk in such an environment of working in the night shifts.

The study findings bring out the fact that after a prolonged exposure to the night shifts women have higher risks of developing breast and colon cancer. Men are equally at risk with the night shift working conditions. Men have more probability to suffer from the prostate cancer.

Almost 15 to 20% of the working class population in the United States and the Europe is undergoing a night shift working schedule. Such night shifts working system is very much prevalent in some specific business sectors including healthcare, transportation, communication, leisure, and hospitality industries.

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