Feeling the prostate on your own

The prostate gland is an important male organ of the male reproductive system. There is a lot of information about the importance of prevention and timely treatment of emerging prostate diseases, but not many men know how to find a prostate at home.

Features of organ anatomy

All men know the peculiarities of the functioning of the organ and their importance to the reproductive system, but few people know that in order to identify pathological changes in the work of the prostate, it is necessary to probe the gland and identify inflammation. Most often, massaging the gland is recommended to solve problems with the organ. To do this, you also need to know how to gently feel the prostate.

The prostate gland is considered a paired organ, consisting of two lobes. Sometimes an organ in its structure can differ in the number of lobes, it depends on the individuality of the organism. Excretory ducts depart from the lobes, which are combined into one large canal.

• The organ is located under the urinary tract, surrounding the lower part of the bladder. In inflammatory processes, the prostate protects the ureter from infection, and in another case, with inflammation of the prostate, an increase in its size negatively affects the process of urine outflow, which is a pathology.
• The size of the male gland is normal - up to 5 cm, during the inflammatory process it increases in size, which causes painful symptoms. The organ is located adjacent to the posterior wall of the rectum, which explains the prostate procedures for diagnosing prostate pathologies.
• Through the thin intestinal wall, you can therapeutically affect the organ yourself. Applying rectal suppositories, enemas, prostate massages.
• The size of the prostate gland varies with age. In childhood, she is very small. As a man ages, the organ becomes larger.
• In the case of castration for a man, the prostate has a small size, this is due to a change in hormonal levels, which is directly related to the work of the organ.

Self-probing the prostate

If you feel the prostate gland with pressure, then the patient may experience pain with discomfort. This phenomenon suggests that the organ is inflamed. The progressive inflammatory process is accompanied by pain of a pulsating, sharp, strong type.

This pain syndrome occurs in the rectum and is the first symptom of acute inflammatory pathology (acute prostatitis). On self-examination, you can feel the prostate with special, therapeutic massages, which improves the functioning of the prostate and increases sexual activity.

Preparing for rectal examination

Rectal finger massage to identify the condition of the prostate is performed in medical institutions. This procedure has long established itself as an effective research, treatment and prevention of the organ.

For maximum, painless palpation, especially when the procedure is performed at home, the patient must be prepared.

• Before carrying out therapeutic massage, a man must undergo the recommended anti-infectious therapy.
• To locate the prostate before a rectal examination, the rectum is cleansed with an ordinary enema.
• The enema is applied with warm, boiled water with a few drops of vegetable oil.
• Since the organ is located behind the urinary tract, the bladder should be as full as possible; for this, a man drinks 700 ml of water before the session.

The liquid is consumed about half an hour before the finger session.

Step-by-step instructions for probing the prostate

Usually, with the help of a rectal examination, a specialized specialist gives a complete assessment of the condition of the organ and predicts the diagnosis. In cases of doubts about the diagnosis, the doctor prescribes other examination methods.

Useful information

When probing of the prostate gland is performed for the purpose of conducting independent massages, then the first examination is carried out according to the instructions presented above. The sequence of execution must be taken into account to the utmost, in order to avoid injury to the mucous membrane or the anal canal, the nails must be cut off.

Conducting subsequent massages is performed daily. One of the differences between palpation during examination and therapeutic massage is the tactics of conducting sessions. During medical procedures, during massage, light pressure and stroking of the organ should be done with your finger. Each session for the purpose of therapeutic therapy is carried out for one and a half minutes.

During this time, the patient receives a healing procedure to stimulate the functioning of the male gland. If during the sessions the patient feels painful symptoms, this indicates the occurrence of an inflammatory process in the organ.Pain syndrome can be a harbinger of the chronic course of prostatitis in the acute stage.

Chronic prostatitis may have a mild organ texture

Soreness during rectal massage is possible in the presence of stones in the prostate. When the prostate is enlarged in both lobes equally, but at the same time its condition is homogeneous, this can warn of prostate adenoma.

When a patient independently gropes for a gland or conducts massage sessions, while identifying at least minor changes in the organ, he should seek the advice of a specialist. It is impossible to delay a thorough diagnosis of the organ, because more than half of the male population with prostate pathologies, due to untimely treatment and elimination of the causes of the disease, is faced with such a problem as prostate cancer. The oncological process in some cases leads to death, for this very reason men's health must be under control.

In order to avoid serious processes, men should conduct scheduled, annual examinations with a urologist. Occasionally, accidental inspection can be life-saving.