Does prostate enlargement cause painful urination?

When men have prostate hyperplasia, due to the disease continues to aggravate the progress will lead to slow flow of urine, when there is residual urine in the bladder will be secondary to urinary tract infection. Once the case of urinary tract infection will lead to urethral mucosa with congestion and edema and inflammation, in the process of urination will appear symptoms of urinary pain, and even the emergence of hematuria. Therefore, prostate hyperplasia when the disease progresses to a certain extent will be accompanied by the appearance of painful urination symptoms. Patients should go to the urology department for timely examination to assess the severity of prostate enlargement. If the disease worsens and progresses, there is even a risk of causing acute urinary retention, and if urinary retention occurs for a long time, it may even cause bilateral fluid retention in the kidneys, which may damage kidney function. Once the prostate hyperplasia appears uncomfortable symptoms, patients need timely treatment. In the early stage, medication can be used to fight prostate enlargement, and if the medication is not good enough, surgery is also needed to release the obstruction.