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GROWING OLD – PROSTATE GLAND

March 11, 2009

One problem which becomes increasingly common in old age involves a sex organ, the prostate gland. As you grow older, especially after the age of 50, your prostate gland commonly enlarges. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube which carries your urine from your bladder to the eye of your penis. If the gland enlarges, you may find that you have to pass urine more often, and when you do, you only make a poor stream. Later, if the prostate grows even larger it may press on the urethra and make it difficult, or impossible, for you to pass urine.

If this should happen you need surgery, so that the enlarged prostate can be removed (prostatectomy). This can be done either through your bladder or by operating through your urethra with a special instrument. Either method is safe and successful, provided your health is good.

Many men worry that if they have to have a prostatectomy they will become impotent. Prostatectomy by today’s surgical techniques does not affect a man’s potency. In some cases, he no longer ejaculates any sperms, instead they go into his bladder, but he still has orgasms. If you need surgery, get your surgeon to explain what he is going to do, and make sure that he knows that you enjoy sex and want to go on enjoying it.

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