A man’s prostate gland is small, like a small chestnut turned upside down. It is different from other tissues and organs in the human body: when the body develops, other organs stop growing, but it grows silently. If you tell men that the prostate gland grows tirelessly, will you still be calm? Prostate enlargement is unavoidable As men age, almost all of them will have different degrees of prostate enlargement. It can be said that prostate enlargement is a natural process, and what we need to identify is which kind of prostate enlargement, needs to be treated. After the age of 45-50, a man will face the agony of prostate enlargement head on. An increase in the size of the prostate alone does not necessarily require treatment, and only if it is complicated by urinary symptoms do we need to take treatment measures. Is prostate enlargement becoming younger? With the popularity of ultrasound examination of the prostate, many young people have been diagnosed with “prostate enlargement”, which has given rise to the concept of “rejuvenation of prostate enlargement”. Liang Weibo, director of the Department of Urology at the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, pointed out that the use of “rejuvenation” to describe prostate hyperplasia is debatable, and young people generally do not easily suffer from prostate hyperplasia. Prostatic hyperplasia is closely related to age and is still a disease of middle-aged and older men. So what’s the deal with young people who find enlarged glands on ultrasound? Director Liang Weibo specifically pointed out that it may be due to prostatitis, prostate congestion and edema. When the inflammation is eliminated, the gland will shrink back to normal. Prostatic hyperplasia is a continuous growth process, the two are completely different nature of the disease. As mentioned earlier, prostate growth is an unavoidable phenomenon for men. The prostate growth is an unavoidable phenomenon for men, but under what circumstances does it need to be taken seriously? According to Mr. Leung, the need to treat prostate enlargement depends on the severity of the symptoms, that is to say, asymptomatic prostate enlargement does not need to be treated. Below is the International Rating Scale for Prostate Symptoms, which middle-aged and elderly people are advised to use to determine the severity of hyperplasia. The scores for the answers to the seven questions in the table are added up to get the total IPSS score, with scores ranging from 0-7 for mild symptoms, 8-19 for moderate symptoms, and 20-35 for severe symptoms. Reminder: Patients with mild prostate enlargement only need regular checkups, while patients with moderate to severe prostate enlargement need to be treated according to their individual symptoms. In addition, patients should not believe in the “miracle cures” advertised on the Internet, and should go to regular hospitals and adopt appropriate treatments under the guidance of professional doctors.