Prostate massage is the
massage or stimulation of the male
prostate gland for sexual stimulation or medical purposes.
The prostate takes part in the
sexual response cycle, and is essential for
ejaculation. Normally, in mammals found to be most active during the time of ejaculation, this organ also faces many threats from disease. Due to its close proximity to the anterior rectal wall, it can be stimulated manually via the anus. Manual massage may lead to an urge to urinate, excretion of prostatic fluids without orgasm, and pain
Prostate massage is part of the
digital rectal examination (DRE) routinely given to men by
urologists in order to look for nodules of
prostate cancer and to obtain an expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) specimen for
microscopy and
microbiological culture to screen for
prostatitis.
