What Causes Prostrate Cancer

What Causes Prostate Cancer

Prostrate cancer, a malicious disease only seen in males, unfortunately has well known causes. Unlike other cancers, there are also no disease specific symptoms by which the prostrate cancer can be identified at its early stages. Its presence is felt only when the prostrate gland begins to swell and when the cancer spreads to other parts of the body.

Prostrate cancer is mostly observed in males who are over and above the age of 45. The virus can take years to activate inside the human body. Once activated, the virus begins to multiply rapidly and is a threat to the survival of the person, if its growth is not checked upon time. The fact that it has got no known symptoms makes it more difficult to treat the cancer on time, and hence makes the disease deadlier than ever.

Obesity as the cause of prostrate cancer:

The symptoms of advanced prostrate cancer are majorly observed in individuals who:

Are obese.
Consume diets rich in Carcinogen (meat cooked at high temperature).
Consume a lot of fat especially from non-vegetarian diets.

High amounts of fat increases the chances of catching the disease. The voluminous Fat present in the body increases the production of testosterone in the body which in turn is responsible for activating the cancer cells.

Genetic Causes:

Those men who are related to people suffering from prostrate cancer also have a very high chance of catching the disease.
Those men who are related to women suffering from breast cancer also have a slight chance of getting infected.

Other Causes:

African-American men and African-Caribbean men have the highest chances of developing the disease than men of other ethnicity. The reason for this is not known, but if you are an African reading this, you should get checked by a doctor as soon as possible.

Common misconceptions about prostrate cancer:

Activities like smoking, drinking, circumcision, infertility, masturbation, an active sex life, use of tobacco etc. and diseases like prostrate infection, inflammation of the prostrate gland etc. have no scientific link with prostrate cancer. It is a serious misconception among people who treat them as one of the causes of the cancer.
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