Oriki Ato...eulogy Of Semen...part 2

Now, done with the jokes!
As the (male) prostate performs its salutary role of producing liquid nutrients for semen and consequently sperms therein, it enlarges in response...like any other tissues...the more so if such duties are excessive!

So, a voracious sexual appetite of various forms would suffice here! Extramarital sex! Polygamous lifestyles! Excessive masturbation!

As the male urinary tube ( called the urethra) leaves the (urinary) bladder, it passes through the prostate gland to reach the substance of the penis.

Now, liken the urethra to a cannalized flexible straw. Visualize this straw being grasped in a hand. Visualize this hand increasing in size while sustaining the firm grip on the straw which is thus compressed and gradually narrowed till its tunnel is totally occluded!

That's exactly what happens to many men in middle and old age...especially promiscuous ones...their urethrae are blocked by an enlarged prostate gland...causing urinary retention...a most undesirable phenomenon!

It's not funny having an overfilled bladder almost bursting at its seams, having a great urge to urinate, bearing down with no effect...or having to go around with a catheter and urine bag strapped to your body!

If you still don't do something quick, that bag might as well be a colostomy bag...a filled-up shit-bag taped to your flanks!

An enlarged prostate gland may be benign or malignant....cancerous! With the latter comes the added symptoms of low back pain, pelvic pain and thigh pain...especially after cancer spread! Bloody urine. Wasting of body frame. Hernias. Haemorrhoids. Anaemia. A life of misery!

Of course urinary retention in males may be due to other causes....notable examples being spinal cord and nerve injuries and diseases!

Ignoring urinary retention is dangerous! Dire consequences... Urinary tract infection. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis of the bladder. Hydroureter. Hydronephrosis... End-stage kidney failure!

So, see a doctor immediately and do the screening tests!

I will not elaborate further....
Just see a doctor!
Who knows what other hidden problems he might stumble on....

Dr Tosin Akindele is a medical practitioner and public affairs analyst.

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Articles by Tosin Akindele