What is prostate enlargement? What are the dangers? How to treat it?

Prostatic hyperplasia is the most common benign disease causing dysuria in older men. It is now unanimously recognized that old age is an important factor in the development of prostate enlargement. As men age, the prostate gland grows, and after the age of 35, the prostate gland may be enlarged to varying degrees. The hyperplasia of the gland protrudes into the posterior urethra and causes obstruction, which will cause difficulty in urination, and most clinical symptoms appear after the age of 50. Many people believe that the larger the prostate, the more serious the disease, this statement is not entirely correct. The severity of the disease is not fully proportional to the size of the prostate, but depends on the degree of obstruction, the speed of development of the lesion, and whether or not it is combined with infections, etc. The symptoms can also be mild or severe. Prostatic hyperplasia has a multifaceted impact on the human body, not only will we often mentioned urination, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary pain and other symptoms of the lower urinary tract, will also cause decreased urinary bladder capacity, hydronephrosis, recurrent urinary tract infections, bladder stones, and in severe cases, will also cause kidney failure. If discomfort occurs, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to seek the guidance of a specialist, and timely medical intervention is more effective. We have seen a lot of patients in the clinic has been chronic renal failure before coming to the clinic, although after careful conditioning and treatment, prostate hyperplasia cured, kidney function has been irreversible damage, very regrettable! After years of scientific research and clinical practice, prostate hyperplasia treatment methods can be described as a variety of flowers. However, in general, it can be divided into four kinds of observation and waiting, drug treatment, minimally invasive treatment and open surgical therapy: 1, observation and waiting: the symptoms are mild and do not affect the life and sleep, or the symptoms are more pronounced, but can be tolerated and the residual urine is not much, can be observed and waiting. Watchful waiting does not mean that there is no need for any treatment, patients should reduce the amount of liquid intake, avoid drinking alcohol or excessive coffee drinks, avoid the application of drugs affecting urination, such as atropine, 654-2, paracetamol, salbutamol, aminophylline, doxorubicin, cardiac painkillers, ciprofloxacin, and so on. However, close follow-up is needed. If symptoms worsen, treatment should be changed to other methods. 2.Drug treatment: It is suitable for those who have obvious symptoms of dysuria, but there is no need for surgery for the time being, so they can choose drug treatment. For those who need surgery but are physically unable to tolerate surgery, medication can also be used first. The goal of drug treatment is to reduce symptoms, improve urination difficulties, and prevent the occurrence of urinary retention, urinary tract infections, and kidney function damage. (If these effects cannot be achieved and there are surgical indications, medication cannot be adhered to and surgery must be performed.) 3.Minimally invasive treatment: It is generally believed that surgery is needed when the following conditions occur in prostate enlargement. (1) repeated urinary retention; (2) repeated urinary tract infections; (3) hydronephrosis, renal function impairment; (4) repeated hematuria; (5) bladder stones; (6) large bladder diverticulum. The occurrence of these complications may lead to serious life-threatening consequences, and should be actively treated with surgery. Minimally invasive treatments are available in a wide variety of methods with varying efficacy. Among them, transurethral resection of the prostate is a widely used, effective, safe and less painful treatment method, which is regarded as the “gold standard” for the treatment of prostate hyperplasia. With the progress of science and technology, minimally invasive treatment methods are also changing rapidly. 4, open surgery: with the promotion of minimally invasive surgery, bleeding, slow recovery of open surgery has been rarely chosen by urologists. In short, according to the patient’s symptoms, combined with the necessary examination, evaluation of the condition, the development of appropriate treatment programs, in order to achieve satisfactory therapeutic results.