Causes and Management of Difficulty in Urination

The causes of difficulty in urination include prostate hyperplasia, prostate cancer, mental factors, urinary stones, etc. The treatment includes medication, psychological counseling and surgery.
1. Prostatic hyperplasia: Prostatic hyperplasia can lead to difficulty in urination, frequent urination, urinary urgency, increased nocturia, etc. Finasteride, tamsulosin can be taken to improve urination symptoms, and catheterization can be given when urinary retention occurs, and prostatectomy can be performed in serious cases.
2. Prostate cancer: if the tumor presses the urethra, urinary difficulty may occur. According to the stage of the tumor, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy (such as abiraterone), or surgical treatment are feasible.
3. Psychological factors: difficulty in urination caused by mental tension, psychological counseling can be given to make them relax, if necessary, go to psychosomatic medicine department.
4. Urinary stones: stones can appear obstruction, incarceration, etc., according to the size of the stone, can be given to the drug lithotripsy (lithotripsy particles), extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, transurethral ureteroscopy lithotripsy and so on.
All the above drugs need to pay attention to the side effects and adverse reactions of drugs, please use the above drugs under the guidance of a doctor. Difficulty in urination can be caused by a variety of reasons, and if you have difficulty in urination, you need to go to the hospital in time and cooperate with the doctor for treatment.