What are the symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia? How to prevent prostatic hyperplasia?

The prostate is an important organ for men, and prostatic hyperplasia disease is more common in the elderly, and some elderly people may not be aware that they have this disease, so what are the symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia?How is it treated?

1. Symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia

(1) Early symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia

Frequent urination is an early sign of prostatic hyperplasia, especially increased nocturia. 1 to 2 voids of urine at night often reflect the onset of early obstruction, and the progression from 2 to 4 to 5 or more urination per night indicates the development and worsening of the lesion. As symptoms progress, dysuria, urinary incontinence, etc. may occur.

(2) The main symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia

Early manifestations include urinary frequency, urgency, and nocturia. With obstruction of the prostate gland hyperplasia, weakness to urinate, thinning of the urine line, and dribbling of urine may occur. As the obstruction progresses, the blood vessels of the prostate rupture, as the pressure increases, causing blood in the urine to become hematuria. Acute urinary retention can occur due to cold, alcohol, prolonged urine holding, or infection. The degree of prostate enlargement can be inconsistent with the severity of symptoms.

(3) Prostatic hyperplasia with calcification

It is usually a calcified scar caused by chronic inflammation of the prostate, and if there are no symptoms, no treatment is required. However, it is important to pay attention to personal hygiene, as calcifications are prone to bacterial growthprostatitisRecurrent episodes or worsening prostatic hyperplasia.

2. How to prevent prostatic hyperplasia

(1) The diet should be light and easy to digest, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less spicy and stimulating products, and abstain from alcohol to reduce the chance of prostate congestion;

(2) To prevent prostatic hyperplasia, you should ride a bicycle as little as possible, because the bicycle saddle can compress the prostate and aggravate the condition;

(3) Do not hold urine for a long time, so as not to damage the function of the detrusor muscle and aggravate the condition.Maintain a good mood, avoid worrying and irritation, and avoid overexertion. Moderate physical activity can help strengthen the body's immunity and improve blood circulation in the prostate;

(4) For the prevention of prostatic hyperplasia, it is necessary to treat genitourinary system infection in time and actively avoid the occurrence of urinary retention. Neither indulgence nor abstinence from sexual life can be determined by age and health.

3. Prostate misunderstandings

Myth 1: Hyperplasia must be treated

Prostatic hyperplasia is not necessarily a disease. Some middle-aged and elderly friends with prostatic hyperplasia do not have any discomfort in life, this is because of the outward growth of the prostate, which does not cause pressure on the urethra, so it does not need treatment. Patients with urination disorders should be treated appropriately according to the size of the hyperplasia and the severity of the symptoms.

Myth 2: The greater the hyperplasia, the more severe the disease

Some patients find that their prostatic hyperplasia is particularly severe after examination, and they are very anxious.In fact, the size of prostatic hyperplasia is not related to the severity of the disease. As long as the prostate tissue does not compress the urethra, no treatment can be required even if the hyperplasia is large.

Myth 3: Surgery will causeSexual dysfunction

There are many ways to treat prostatic hyperplasia surgically, among which laser treatment has fewer side effects, and prostate resection is often incomplete due to the difficulty of operation, and it is easy to recur after surgery. Surgery to treat prostatic hyperplasia may affect the patient's sexual function, but it does not cause itSexual dysfunction。 Because the surgical treatment is to partially remove the prostate, and the prostatic fluid secreted by the prostate gland is the main component of semen, the patient can have normal sexual life after surgery, but there may be azoospermia.

Myth 4: Hyperplasia can lead to prostate cancer

There is no clinical evidence that prostatic hyperplasia causes prostate cancer. The prostate includes two parts, the prostate capsule and the prostatic body, and prostatic hyperplasia occurs in the prostate body, while prostate cancer occurs in the prostate capsule, which is not directly related.