Prostate enlargement is a common geriatric disease, medically known as “benign prostatic hyperplasia”, and is one of the most common benign diseases that cause urination disorders in middle-aged and elderly men. The prostate gland is located below the bladder, and its secretion is the main component of semen. The prostate gland increases in size with age, and men can have different degrees of hyperplasia after the age of 35, with clinical symptoms appearing after the age of 50. With the social progress and the improvement of people’s living standards, the average life expectancy is longer, the elderly is increasing, the incidence of prostate hyperplasia is growing rapidly. According to the statistics of urology department of Qingyuan People’s Hospital, the patients with prostate hyperplasia have reached about 15% of the number of urology hospitalized patients, ranking second only to urinary stones, which does not include many patients who failed to seek medical treatment for various reasons. What are the main symptoms of prostate enlargement? Symptoms of prostate enlargement usually appear after the age of 50. Symptoms are not proportional to the size of the prostate, but depend on the degree of obstruction, the speed of development of the lesion, and whether it is combined with infection, etc. Symptoms may be mild or severe. Frequent urination is the most common early symptom in patients with prostate enlargement, and it is more obvious at night, sometimes accompanied by urinary urgency. Difficulty in urination is the most important symptom of prostatic hyperplasia, which is characterized by slow and intermittent urination, thin and weak urine stream, short range, incomplete urination and prolonged urination time. When the obstruction is serious, urinary retention or even urinary incontinence (involuntary overflow of urine from the urethra) and lower abdominal distension will gradually occur. Prostatic hyperplasia is easy to combine with infection or stones, which can appear obvious urinary frequency, urgency, urinary pain, and may appear hematuria. When it causes hydronephrosis and renal function damage, it can have symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. What are the dangers of prostate enlargement? Prostatic hyperplasia formation of lower urinary tract obstruction: 1, resulting in the aforementioned frequent urination, urinary difficulties and a series of symptoms, seriously affecting the quality of life of elderly men; 2, long-term lower urinary tract obstruction caused by bladder dysfunction, urinary incontinence, etc.; 3, easy to merge with infections, bladder stones, etc., aggravate the symptoms; 4, long-term urinary difficulties to cause increased abdominal pressure, resulting in inguinal hernia, hemorrhoids, prolapse of the anus, etc.; 5, obstruction of the serious can cause Hydronephrosis, renal function damage, chronic renal insufficiency, uremia, and even death! It should be noted that prostate enlargement may also be caused by prostate cancer, which must be identified. Prostatic hyperplasia is a disease of the elderly, but never “normal phenomenon”, can not be ignored. When symptoms of frequent urination and difficulty in urination affect the quality of life, you should consult a doctor, so as to get timely and professional medical advice and treatment! There are many treatment methods, such as medication and radiofrequency treatment in the early stage, and surgery when the symptoms are more serious. Surgery to remove the hyperplasia of the prostate, the traditional open surgery to remove the prostate trauma, high risk, long hospitalization time, has been basically replaced by minimally invasive surgery “transurethral resection of the prostate”. “Transurethral Resectomy of the Prostate (TURP) refers to the insertion of an electroscope through the urethra and the removal of the hyperplastic part of the prostate under the image monitoring system. TURP is a minimally invasive urology technique with a history of more than 70 years. It is suitable for most patients with prostate hyperplasia, and its efficacy can be comparable to that of open prostatectomy, while it has the advantages of no incision, small surgical blows, less bleeding, fast postoperative recovery and fewer complications, etc. Most of the patients can be discharged from the hospital within one week after the operation, and thus it has been widely used in the clinic as the first choice of procedure for the treatment of prostate enlargement, which is internationally recognized as the best treatment of prostate hyperplasia. It is internationally recognized as the “gold standard” for the treatment of prostate hyperplasia.