The hidden disease behind “poor urine flow” in elderly men should not be ignored

  The neighbor’s old man is over 70 years old, usually like to play mahjong, do not pay much attention to the maintenance of the body, when urinating “poor flow” for some time, think it is old, did not care, recently “poor flow” situation has increased, feel some tension, hearsay may have prostate disease, and doubt whether they are suffering from “bad”. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.   The actual “poor flow of urine” is not a natural aging phenomenon in older men, often caused by a number of diseases, should pay enough attention to timely diagnosis and treatment, causing “poor flow of urine” mainly the following kinds of diseases.  1, prostate enlargement, prostate enlargement is a common disease in elderly men, although not life-threatening, but will affect the quality of life. The main symptom is difficulty in urination, typically manifested as thin and weak urine flow, prolonged urination time, dripping at the end of urine, accompanied by frequent urination, increased night urination, sometimes accompanied by hematuria, urinary tract infection, acute urinary retention, kidney function damage, and may cause inguinal hernia, hemorrhoids, etc. Prostate enlargement can be clearly diagnosed through clinical manifestations, rectal finger examination and ultrasound and other examinations.  The incidence of prostate cancer has been increasing year by year in recent years. In the early stage, there can be no clinical symptoms, and as the disease progresses, there can be slow urine flow, incomplete urination, nodules in the prostate on rectal finger examination, hard texture, and elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA).  3, urethral stricture, there is a thin urinary line, prolonged urination time performance, serious patients can occur urinary retention, urethral stricture usually have a history of urethral injury and infection, perform urethral cystography and urethroscopy, not difficult to diagnose.  4, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, the clinical manifestations are similar to prostatic hyperplasia, there is difficulty in urination, more residual urine, hydronephrosis and renal insufficiency, patients often have a history and signs of central or peripheral nervous system damage, such as sensory and motor impairment of the lower limbs, perineal skin sensation and anal sphincter tone is reduced or disappeared, urodynamic examination can clearly diagnose.  5, urethral stones, the typical symptoms are difficult urination, dribbling urination, accompanied by painful urination, severe pain in the perineum and acute urinary retention may occur in serious cases, the majority of urethral stones come from the kidney and bladder.  6, urethral tumor, mainly manifested as progressive thinning of urine flow, or difficulty in urination, sometimes there is secretion or bright red blood out of the urethral orifice, urethroscopy can be clearly diagnosed.  7.True-eyed prepuce, which can show thin urine flow and poor urination, with history of prepuce or prepuce, and chronic prepuce inflammation, can be easily diagnosed by physical examination, the biggest harm of prepuce is the accumulation of prepuce scale, which induces penile cancer by long-term chronic stimulation.