What kind of medicine should I take for a cold? Men who take cold medicine indiscriminately lead to prostate hyperplasia

A few days ago, Mr. Wang, 55, was diagnosed with prostatic hyperplasia. As he gets older, his resistance also decreases. Mr. Wang blew on the air conditioner for a while and caught a cold. Mr. Wang wanted to take out the cold medicine he often used as before, but he didn't expect that Mr. Wang felt that his symptoms of dysuria had suddenly worsened.

Mr. Wang immediately came to the hospital for examination, and finally learned that the culprit was his common cold medicine. The doctor told Mr. Wang that when the bladder is full of urine, the nerve that controls the urination activity of the human body is excited, and the nerve endings release acetylcholine.

However, many commonly used compound preparations for the treatment of colds, such as quick-acting cold capsule, cold, VC Yinqiao, Kontec, Kegan, Ganmao granules, contain chlorpheniramine. Chloramine can destroy the activity of acetylcholine, reduce the function of bladder urination, further aggravate the difficulty of urination, and even cannot urinate.

With this experience, Mr. Wang found that patients with BPH should try to avoid using cold medicine containing chlorpheniramine. Of course, desensitization drugs similar to chlorpheniramine should also be avoided as far as possible. For example, diphenhydramine, Feiqi, Mindy, etc.

Mr. Wang also learned from the doctor that when he has a cold, he can choose the appropriate pure Chinese medicine preparation according to his own cold and wind-heat to avoid aggravating the symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia.