Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Take Charge of It - Prostrate Cancer

By Veronica Carrillo

People are under the impression that cancer symptoms can be detected by continuous testicular pain in one particular area. And just because, they are not feeling any sort of pain in the testicle region, according to them, QED. They are definitely not suffering from testicular cancer. Nevertheless, it is a known fact that testicular cancer symptoms may not be painful in the initial stages. So, if you are looking for this particular symptom in the initial stages, you might also want to look for other testicular cancer symptoms, which may give you an inkling that you need to see the doctor immediately.

The alkaline fluid of the prostrate helps to neutralize acidity of the vaginal tract, thus prolonging the life of the sperm as it makes its way toward the female ovary. During physical examinations, men are subjected to the "digital" examination of the prostrate. This means bending over the examination table, spreading your thighs, and bracing yourself for the insertion of your doctor's lubricated, gloved index finger into your rectum.

Instead of feeling sorry for yourself and waiting for death to happen because of prostate cancer, you should immediately get upbeat and find out what you can do to survive it. Read up on all that is to be studied on the condition and learn all you can about it, including the medications, treatments, etc. Specifically, talk to other people that have survived it and find out what they did, so that you can do the same thing to get the same results.

Prostate Specific Antigen is a protein produced in small quantities by the cells of the prostrate gland. These quantities become elevated in the presence of prostrate cancer. A blood test is administered to determine the PSA level. No one can say with certainty what causes prostrate cancer. Their appears to be disparities based on race, nationality and culture.

Testicular cancer is definitely not life-threatening, if it is caught in the early stages. Nevertheless about 400 people, out of the 8000 people suffering from testicular cancer die annually, just because they have disregarded the symptoms and have attributed the testicular pain to other reasons. That is when the cancer cells are going to spread to different parts of the body and one is going to get hard put to check the promulgation of such pernicious malignant cells.

If you are not hopeful and optimistic I am not confident that any solution or treatment can work for you. If you ask those that have survived it, they will tell you that their hopefulness and optimism had a lot to do with the results they got. So, if you want similar results, you have to be hopeful and optimistic as well.

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