If the prostate was at the end of the ear, we would probably never talk about it … Yes, but alas, this tiny gland completely surrounds the tube called the urethra and which connects the bladder to the outside.
Specialists in diseases of the kidneys of the prostate bladder are called urologists. They often take care of sexual disorders. They are gathered in Paris for their annual congress, AFU 2017. Why Docteur is live from the Palais des congrès to explain and comment on the main news. Today’s workforce review… And first the prostate
Until the age of 50, we hear little or no talk about the prostate. It is a gland which is used in the composition of the sperm. Unfortunately, after 50 years, she often presents a new growth spurt and then, it is the adenoma. If this disease does not endanger the life of the one who suffers from it, the situation of the prostate around the urethra causes many inconveniences due to the crushing of this tube. The bladder empties badly and almost all older men were well aware of the symptoms: difficulty urinating, the jet that becomes weak and thin – the days of teenage contests are long gone. If nothing is done, the situation worsens: urine leakage, infection or, more serious, blockage of the bladder which is then an absolute emergency.
It is estimated that out of 8 million French people over 50, two million show one of the warning signs. It is the moment when the consultation with the general practitioner is imperative and the reason of this world day turned towards the screening using a simple examination, the rectal examination.
Digital rectal examination, the reference examination
Admittedly, a man who is still young, suffering for example, from a sore throat may be surprised to be offered this somewhat traumatic examination, but modesty, fatalism, refusal to grow old can have unfortunate consequences later on, because if the medical treatment does not work any more, the recourse to the surgery is then imperative.
The prostate adenoma should therefore not be scary because it never turns into cancer. This cancer is another disease, another prognosis, but the discovery of which is also made thanks to the rectal examination. Here again, the earlier the diagnosis, the more effective the treatment.
So a piece of advice for over 50s. If your doctor does not offer it to you, ask for this simple and free screening examination
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