When confronting with a terrible disease such as the prostate cancer, one must make sure to find the right treatment for it and to avoid as much as possible for the cancer to become metastasized. A better option would be to prevent this disease but certain factors such as the age, the genetic background and race are seen as the main causes for the prostate cancer and unfortunately these causes can not be ignored and no one can get rid of them. Bone care is highly important because cancer has the predilection to affect the entire body structures once it starts spreading and the prostate cancer is no different. The most common prostate cancer symptoms are frequent urination or weak urine stream, burning or pain while urinating, blood in urine or semen, painful ejaculation, back pains, stiffness and ache.

Cancer is a cruel disease which can be cured only if it is detected in its early stages and since it is an abnormal condition, occurring once the normal cells know an uncontrollable and fast growth while the cancerous cells tend to appear and multiply, radical treatment procedures such as prostatectomy and radiation therapy are highly recommended to stop the spreading process. The invasion is done through the bloodstream and the lymph vessels, affecting the surrounding tissues and organs of the gland, and once it becomes locally advanced the original tumor will grow other small, secondary tumors on distanced areas, until the cancer finally becomes metastatic. In this stage the terminal symptoms are painful and if the cancer is left untreated it could lead to a painful but certain death.

In the worst case scenario, the spinal cord will be affected by the prostate cancer which will cause a compression of the spine, resulting in muscle weakness or fecal and urinary incontinence; if the lungs are affected the patient will experience some respiratory problems, excessive coughing and pains in the chest; the cancer will also affect the liver causing abdomen pains and giving to the skin a yellow color. Calcium is important for the bone structures and muscle weakness or fatigues happen when the complex activity of movement, described as the detection of the flow of electrical impulses by the muscle cells and generated by the brain after giving them the signal to contract when calcium is released by the sarcoplasmic reticulum, is not working very well.

The leg pain can be an early symptom or a terminal symptom, but a correct diagnose can only be put after the routine screening tests or after the prostate biopsy is done. The metastatic cancer will affect the bone structures because as a main characteristic, cancer will affect first the bones: the pelvis, the ribs, the spinal cord, the vertebrae and the leg bones. It is not uncommon for prostate cancer patients to report extreme leg pains and that usually happens in almost forty per cent of the cases. A healthy, nutritional diet, rich in antioxidants and mineral supplements such as selenium, zinc and calcium, is often recommended not only by herbalists but also by doctors, because prevention is highly important. If you experience any strange symptoms, and this advice should be taken in consideration mostly by men over forty, contact immediately your personal doctor because the prostate cancer has no early symptoms so there is a possibility that the existing cancer already started to spread. If the screening tests gave a good result, the prevention measures should not be forgotten and the practice of a daily physical exercise is found in this category.