A walnut-sized gland found in males, which surrounds male urethra at the bottom of the bladder. This gland has a function to control the flow of urine from the bladder and to produce an exact portion of the seminal fluid that carries sperm.
Prostate problems can be of many kinds, like enlargement of the prostate and prostatitis, which is a bacterial infection. As for prostatitis, it can come in acute, severe, and mild forms. The symptoms also vary, like when acute prostatitis occurs high fever, difficulty in urination, blood in urine, pain, and frequent urination. However, when severe or chronic; symptoms are frequent and difficulty in urination, dull pain in the pelvis and genital area, painful ejaculation and sexual dysfunction.
The major cause of enlargement of prostates is the decreasing level of testosterone hormone and with that increasing level of other hormones in the blood. However, prostatitis occurs cause of some infection (sexually transmitted), which spreads to prostrate glands. One should not avoid this problem or should not feel shy to visit a doctor cause it might turn into a fatal disease like prostate cancer.