It is a glandular organ of the genitourinary system, exclusive to men, in the shape of a chestnut located in the rectum, below the outlet of the urinary bladder, it helps in part to the production of seminal fluid with some cells that it possesses, nourishing it and protecting the Sperm contained in the semen just above and to the sides of the prostate gland are the seminal vesicles. The prostate surrounds the first part of the urethra, a tube that carries semen and urine to the penis. The man has hormones that stimulate the prostate gland since it is developing in the womb as an embryo.
Continuing its growth until it reaches adulthood and maintains its size as long as the man produces male hormones; because without the presence of these hormones, the prostate gland cannot develop, thus reducing its size, which in some cases disappears from the entire human body. Through the lymphatic vessels it drains lymphatic drainage on the surface, forming the periprostatic network, which in turn drains both the external iliac chain nodes, as well as the sacral and hypogastric nodes.
To check its status, it is palpated by a physical examination called retal touch, there its size is checked in real time, it can also be visualized by means of transrectal ultrasound, axial tomography, computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance. With these examinations, several areas of the prostate can be observed, but the two most important are: the periurethral or central area that surrounds the urethra, is the seat of prostate hyperrotrophy and the peripheral or marginal area, which is where the cancer is usually located. The most frequent diseases being prostatitisIt is a very complex inflammation in its symptoms ranging from acute, chronic, chronic to bacterial and prostatodynia; thus complicating the functioning of the prostate, being the most frequent in young or middle-aged adults, it tends to present frequent urinary infections, benign prostate hypertrophy and prostate cancer.
