I spent 16 years with a prostate problem before I understood what a prostate actually was. Not because I was not paying attention.
Because, I did not know I should be paying attention, nobody explained it, nor why it was important.
Most men can tell you where their kidneys are. Most men have no idea where their prostate is, what it does, or why it matters. - I did not.
Here is the simple version. Every man has a prostate. It sits just below the bladder - about the size of a walnut.
It wraps around the tube that carries urine from your bladder out of your body. That position - right there, wrapped around that tube - is exactly why it causes problems when it grows.
The prostate's job is to produce fluid that protects and nourishes sperm. It has been doing that job your entire adult life without you thinking about it once.
The real issue is this: the prostate keeps growing. Like your nose and ears, it does not stop. And as it grows, it squeezes that tube. Which is when the problems start.
That is basics post number one.
What was the first thing YOU learned about your prostate - or the prostate of someone you love? Drop it below. I want to know where most people are starting from.