The senior medical assistant of the 21st clinic, Dr. Eric Marfo has advised the general public to rather seek medical checkups before treatment for their sickness.

On Health Point with Dr. Blessed Foster, CEO of the 21st clinic on Sompa Tv, the health practitioner while educating the viewers on Prostate cancer said, people, are having misconceptions about some health conditions, saying, people perceive that once you have a prostate enlargement, failure to give it proper care can lead to prostate cancer, a condition he described as false.

“Let me clear these misconceptions, you know people say if you don't treat your gonorrhea well, it can lead to syphilis, likewise prostate enlargement can lead to prostrate cancer, they are all false, they have different causes, it's never true that prostate enlargement can turn into prostate cancer, sometimes, some illness is hidden and can be detected when you visit your doctor, how can gonorrhea turn to syphilis and HIV Aids, that's highly impossible” he explained.

Dr. Eric went on to say about 50 percent of men suffering from erectile dysfunction are a result of prostate and said men about 30 years and above are more highly affected by prostate than those below that said age.

Touching on the symptoms of prostate cancer, he said that even though there are symptoms not everyone has the signs and symptoms because they can be hidden for years.

He, therefore, called for diagnosed measures to be taken to ascertain if one is affected or not.

He appealed to the general public to take their health seriously and go for medical checkups.

Author: Eric Murphy Asare