How to check for prostatic hyperplasia

Studies have shown that there are many men who are not very concerned about prostatic hyperplasia, so how to check for prostatic hyperplasia? It has always been a problem that everyone feels confused, and next, I will ask the relevant experts to talk about this problem in detail for friends, I hope it will help you.

1. Physical examination: check whether the patient is sluggish, whether there is anemia, and whether there is edema. Hypertension (identified or excluded earlyuremiaclues); the presence and location of a mass in the abdomen (determining whether the urinary tract obstruction is compensated or decompensated); Whether there is discharge from the urethra and whether the epididymis is enlarged (to determine whether there is co-infection).

2. Digital rectal examination: the easiest and necessary examination method for prostatic hyperplasia, the anatomical boundary, size, texture and whether there is induration of the prostate should be paid attention to during the examination.

3. Laboratory examination: urinalysis should be used to find out whether there is urinary tract infection; Routine blood and biochemical tests: low hemoglobin and elevated urea nitrogenuremia。

4. B-ultrasound examination: However, the shape, size and nature of the hypertrophic prostate can be measured, and the internal tissue structure can be analyzed, which provides a basis for the differential diagnosis of other diseases, and the patient can be repeatedly examined without damage. Among them, transrectal ultrasound examination can be more accurate, and can show the deformation and displacement of the urethra during urination, thus reflecting the dynamic changes of bladder outlet obstruction.

5. Ultrasound examination: it can determine the size of prostatic hyperplasia and whether there is residual urine in the bladder and its quantity.

6. Renal function test: elevated urea nitrogen and creatinine indicate impaired renal function.

7. Uroflow rate test can measure the function of the lower urinary tract.

8. Isotope nephrogram examination: to understand the urinary tract obstruction and kidney function.

9. X-ray examination: it can understand the condition of the prostate itself and judge the impact of prostate obstruction on the urinary tract.

10. Prostate biopsy: Patients with prostatic hyperplasia with nodules should be biopsied if necessary to diagnose or rule out prostate cancer.

The above is the expert's introduction to how to check for prostatic hyperplasia, I hope that friends should insist on doing physical examination every year, friends pay attention to the examination of prostatic hyperplasia, so as to be able to better cure the disease, I wish patients and friends can have a healthy body.