Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is nonmalignant (noncancerous) enlargement of the prostate gland and related to aging. It oftentimes happened to the old men, that is 50 years old or older. Sometimes men feel asymptomatic (doesn't feel anything), sometimes symptomatic (feel abnormality). Symptoms are a hesitant, interrupted, weak stream, urgency and leaking or dribbling, more frequent urination, especially at night (nocturia).
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is a kind of prostatic gland disease. Another else are prostatic inflammation and prostatic carcinoma. Prostate is an small organ which normally functioned for making a fluid that helps to nourish sperm as part of the semen (ejaculatory fluid). It located below the bladder, where the urine stored, and around urethra, where the urine turned out.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is nonmalignant (noncancerous) enlargement of the prostate gland and related to aging. It oftentimes happened to the old men, that is 50 years old or older. Sometimes men feel asymptomatic (doesn't feel anything), sometimes symptomatic (feel abnormality). Symptoms are a hesitant, interrupted, weak stream, urgency and leaking or dribbling, more frequent urination, especially at night (nocturia).
It has been known that many factors can influence this disease, such as hormone (testosterone, estrogen, prolactin), diet, and any environment factors. They increase synthesis of the growth factor, and leading to make a growth of prostate gland. But the mechanism of this theory is not clearly understood.
Well, so what will we have to do if we found someone who has similar symptoms like this disease or we experienced this disease?
1. Go to see a doctor soon. The more you see a doctor soon, the more a prognosis is going well.
2. Tell about the symptoms.
It includes:
a. what are the symptoms that you feel
b. how long you feel that symptoms, like difficulty of urinate, frequent urination, etc.
c. How much it annoying your daily life
d. Tell about your history of another disease that you ever had
e. Tell about your medication that you taking on that period
f. Tell about a sexual disturbance that you feel, it can be appeared or not.
3. Don't be shy to tell about all of abnormality
4. Don't too afraid. It is not a really dangerous disease. But if you keep this disease, it can cause some complications that more dangerous, such as urinary infection, hydronephrosis, and then the worst complication is renal failure.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is nonmalignant (noncancerous) enlargement of the prostate gland and related to aging. It oftentimes happened to the old men, that is 50 years old or older. Sometimes men feel asymptomatic (doesn't feel anything), sometimes symptomatic (feel abnormality). Symptoms are a hesitant, interrupted, weak stream, urgency and leaking or dribbling, more frequent urination, especially at night (nocturia).
It has been known that many factors can influence this disease, such as hormone (testosterone, estrogen, prolactin), diet, and any environment factors. They increase synthesis of the growth factor, and leading to make a growth of prostate gland. But the mechanism of this theory is not clearly understood.
Well, so what will we have to do if we found someone who has similar symptoms like this disease or we experienced this disease?
1. Go to see a doctor soon. The more you see a doctor soon, the more a prognosis is going well.
2. Tell about the symptoms.
It includes:
a. what are the symptoms that you feel
b. how long you feel that symptoms, like difficulty of urinate, frequent urination, etc.
c. How much it annoying your daily life
d. Tell about your history of another disease that you ever had
e. Tell about your medication that you taking on that period
f. Tell about a sexual disturbance that you feel, it can be appeared or not.
3. Don't be shy to tell about all of abnormality
4. Don't too afraid. It is not a really dangerous disease. But if you keep this disease, it can cause some complications that more dangerous, such as urinary infection, hydronephrosis, and then the worst complication is renal failure.