Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

There are three treatment options for prostate enlargement: wait and see, medication, and surgery. For patients with prostate hyperplasia, especially when the symptoms are mild, we usually start with wait-and-see observation, and in wait-and-see observation there are some patients who need to receive medication, and when the effect of medication is unsatisfactory, they need to undergo surgical treatment. Waiting for observation: For patients who have not serious prostatic hyperplasia and very mild symptoms, we usually adopt vigilant waiting, regular checkups and no medication for the time being. As soon as a worsening of urinary symptoms is detected, the patient should seek immediate medical attention to reassess the patient’s symptoms in order to obtain prompt treatment. So will this condition delay treatment? The answer is: it won’t. Because many patients’ symptoms may stabilize at their current state, and some may even experience some degree of remission, premature intervention will not benefit the patient, will not be clinically effective, and will be a waste of money and effort. What about waiting, not negative waiting, but positive waiting, vigilant waiting. Why do we have to emphasize this point over and over again? Because many of us tend to go to extremes in dealing with this issue of disease, either too much or indifferent. Clinic often encountered many people with health checkup ultrasound report card asked me: doctor, my prostate hypertrophy, you see what to do? I took a look at the report card, the prostate volume is slightly larger, do some math, that is, a little more than 20g. I asked the patient: what are the symptoms of urination? Patients often answer; I have no symptoms. I said: the current situation, can only say that your prostate is slightly larger, can not diagnose prostate hyperplasia, do not need any treatment. You can see your doctor regularly, if there is a progression of the disease, and then give intervention, treatment, which is also an extension of the vigilant waiting.