Next time you see your father, your uncle, or any older gentleman over age sixty or so, ask them about their prostate. If you know the man well enough, and he feels comfortable enough around you ( some would say too comfortable ), he\'ll certainly share an entire litany of the common prostate issues that are worrying him, or concern him, or will give him difficulty in the future. It is the sad but true fact of getting older a man is more likely to see prostate problems arise. It tops the list of cancers that trouble men, affecting virtually as many men, fundamentally, as breast cancer in ladies. Prostate cancer does not get the press that breast cancer does, however, possibly because most men would rather not speak about what\'s occurring down there.

The second thing most men don\'t, but should know is precisely what that prostate is. A prostate is really part of a man\'s sexual organs.

Found slightly below the bladder in a person, wrapped round the urethra, the prostate is about the size of a walnut. Its main job in the birds-and-bees scheme of things is to add liquid to your sperm during ejaculation.

And almost all of the time, men don\'t even realize they\'ve a prostate because it is a hidden internal organ, but all men find out quickly what and where their prostate is when they suffer a standard prostate problem. As an example, all men should know that prostate issues aren\'t only for older men. Men under fifty can get prostatitis, or an highly unpleasant infection of their prostate. And all men over 50 should be conscious of their number one commonest prostate problem, which is an enlarged prostate, or benign prostatic hypertrophy. This benign, or non-lethal condition, is really much more common in older men than prostate cancer, which should comes as a relief to older men who worry about bladder and urinating difficulties. Men should all be conscious of the indications of benign prostatic hypertrophy,e.g. leaking and dribbling during urination, a weak pee stream, difficulty getting started with urination, and even tiny amounts of blood in the pee.

And though benign prostatic hypertrophy is commoner than prostate cancer, men should be advised that the two can go side by side.

But it is good to keep your eyes out for both, because they are able to have similar symptoms. If you do have any of the problems listed above then please visit you doctor. You may feel embarrassed about your difficulties but you are not alone and the problems above are very common and your doctor no only sees these problems regularly but will also know the best course of treatment to overcome your difficulties.