Urinating Difficulty : one of prostate enlargement symptom

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More than 45 million of men around the world expected will have prostate enlargement problem, known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi or BPH by 2020. However Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi is nothing to do with prostate cancer. It's only refers to the increase in size of the prostate and squeeze the uretha.

What is Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi (BPH) ?

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (technically a misnomer), benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP), and adenofibromyomatous hyperplasia, refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-age and elderly men.

The original size of prostate is only as big as walnut, sits under bladder and in front of rectum. If prostate getting bigger, it will narrow and stop the urine flows.


Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi symtoms :

• difficulty to urinate
• frequent of urinating
• don't feel release of urinate

Complication Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi:

• Erektil Disfunction (ED)
• Ejaculation disfunction (EJD) -
• Those will effect sexual relation, depression and lose self confident.
• Hydroureter dan hydronephrosis
• Urethra infections
• Stone

Without proper prostate treatments, the problem will become worse and the kidneys will get effected as well. Based on statistic, 1 out of 10 men (age 70 above), are expose to the risk, while it is 1 out of 3 for men of 80 above!


Prostate treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi

Apha blockers method used to relaxing the small muscles component in the prostate and uretha,
which helps for smoother during urinate. However, this method is limited as for some patient,
threre are complication with high blood pressure and dizzy.

Now, there is new treatment method using Harnal Ocas (tamsulosin hydrochloride), a pill in 400mg with controlled absorbence. tamsulosin hydrochloride will reduce the BPH with more effective. This is because of selective prosess to prostate receptor which minimize the side effects of dizzy, fast heart beat, and fainted which normally happen to Alpha Blockers medicine.

How to treat BHP?

• Medical:

• Alpha Blockers
• 5 Alpha Reductase Inhibitor
• Teraphy combination
• Alternative theraphy

• Operation:

• TURP
• Laser Prostatectomy (but majority treated with pills).

Reference : Berita Harian