Prostate enlargement as a physiologic aging phenomenon?

“Many middle-aged and older people believe that prostate enlargement is a physiologic aging phenomenon rather than a disease. So clinically, only about 1/3 of patients come to the clinic, and even fewer get standardized treatment.” Benign prostatic hyperplasia in men is the most common disease in middle-aged and older people, and about half of men over 50 years of age will experience clinical symptoms. The prostate gland will enlarge at a rate of 1.5-2 grams per year by the time a man is about 35 years old. However, if the prostate enlargement is too large and too fast it will squeeze the urethra, resulting in a series of urinary disorders such as frequent urination and urgency, thin and weak urine stream, dribbling urine, inability to pass urine, and bladder dysfunction, which will seriously affect the patient’s quality of life, and if it is not treated in time through the regular channels, it will lead to acute urinary retention, urinary tract infections, stones, hydronephrosis, renal insufficiency, renal failure, and many other serious complications, which will even jeopardize the patient’s life. At present, many people’s understanding of prostate disease there are three kinds of bad state: First, the treatment is not timely, will urinary disorders as a manifestation of aging, or common “difficult to talk about”, to be worsening symptoms, when the disease is serious only to go to the hospital to seek medical attention, and often lose the drug treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, had to be surgical treatment. Secondly, the treatment is unreasonable not in place, treating the surface but not the root cause, some patients take a period of time to eat the drug, urinary disorders of the symptoms of the reduction of the drug is discontinued. In fact, benign prostatic hyperplasia is a progressive disease that should be controlled by adhering to medications to reduce the size of the prostate under the guidance of a professional doctor. This can reduce the incidence of acute urinary retention and surgery, and can prevent the need for surgical treatment in 64% of patients with BPH. Another type of over-treatment is surgery for BPH that can be controlled with medications, causing unnecessary pain to the patient. Therefore, the treatment of BPH should be timely, and the means of treatment should be reasonable and standardized, and at the same time, patients should be educated about the science. Authorized to call on middle-aged and elderly men to pay attention to prostate health, once found that frequent urination, increased nocturia, urination and other symptoms, should be timely to the urology specialties of regular hospitals, for relevant examinations and reasonable treatment. Usually pay attention to adjust the daily diet and living habits. The amount of water you drink a day is limited to about 1500-2000 milliliters, less spicy and stimulating food, less alcohol, coffee. When urinating and defecating, try to force to drain clean, can do pelvic training, such as running and climbing mountains, moving muscles, avoid playing mahjong or pedaling bicycles and other prolonged sedentary. And urology professionals must follow the principles of formal treatment, to develop a treatment plan suitable for the patient’s specific situation.