Post Date December, 02 2023
Prostatic hyperplasia, also known as hypertrophy of the prostate, is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly men. Half of men over the age of 50 will experience symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia; The incidence rate is more than 60% at the age of 60-80; The proportion of people over 80 years old is as high as 80%. Many people believe that BPH is due to aging, a physiological aging phenomenon, and is not a disease, resulting in very few standardized treatments.
Experts recommend that benign prostatic hyperplasia is also a progressive disease, and only by adhering to drug control can prostate constitution be reduced. Prostatic hyperplasia in the research center can compress the urethra, leading to frequent urination, urgency of urination, weak urination, and urinary problems such as incomplete urination, which brings many inconvenience to patients' lives. If symptoms worsen before reaching a hospital, the best period of medication is often lost. Even patients with prostate hyperplasia who are being treated with medication may discontinue medication without authorization due to symptom relief and eventually have to undergo surgical treatment.
There are many early signs of prostate hyperplasia, and many families should pay attention to it in life to detect the lesion as soon as possible:
1. "If an elderly person is consistently healthy and has frequent nocturnal urination or bed wetting, urinating 2-5 or more times per night is a sign of prostate hypertrophy.".
2. In the early stage of progressive dysuria and hypertrophy of the prostate, patients may manifest as slow urination, laborious urination, weak urination, small urinary lines, dripping urine, segmented urination, and incomplete urination.
3. Pain in urination and urgency. Urine in the bladder cannot be drained cleanly, which can easily cause bacterial infection and cause pain in urination.
4. Interruption of urination After prostate hyperplasia, many crystals in the urine are prone to agglutinate and form bladder stones, resulting in sudden interruption of urination. Interruption of urination and the presence of bladder stones in the elderly are strong signals of prostate hypertrophy. Some also have blood like urine.
5. Hyperlibido patients may experience increased libido that does not match their age, or they may have normal libido but suddenly become stronger.
For the health of the prostate, it is recommended that men pay more attention to their daily diet and lifestyle. Limit the amount of water you can drink to 1500 to 2000 milliliters a day, and avoid spicy and stimulating foods, alcohol, and coffee. In addition, urination should be discharged completely. Do not hold your urine. Urine stays in the bladder for a long time, providing opportunities for bacterial growth and reproduction, which is also easy to cause acute urinary retention.
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)
