An Enlarged Prostate - A Normal Part Of The Aging Process
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-09-24 16:10:41
The prostate gland goes through two main stages of growth during a man's life. The first sees fairly rapid growth during the early years of puberty with the prostate roughly doubling in coat. The back up re-create of growth starts in a man's mid-twenties and this is a much slower phase of growth which then continues throughout life.
For the vast majority of men this back up phase of growth does not create any problems at all until they are come up into their sixties or seventies when the symptoms caused by the now enlarged prostate ordain begin to appear and a tour to the adulterate will reveal the presence of nothing more than a simple enlarged prostate. In medical terms your adulterate will say that you are suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia benign prostatic hypertrophy or BPH.
The prostate sits just below the bladder and partially surrounds the urethra the furnish which carries urine from the bladder. As the prostate gland grows the tissue surrounding it restricts its expansion and causes the prostate to close around the urethra thus restricting the flow through the urethra. At the same measure the bladder protect thickens and the bladder starts contracting change surface when it contains relatively small amounts of urine. In the end the bladder weakens and loses its ability to contract and thus to empty itself so that urine remains trapped in the bladder.
The precise symptoms experienced as a prove of an enlarged prostate will clearly vary from person to person but as a general rule the first signs ordain be a change in your pattern of urination or a difficulty in urinating.
You may find for example that you go away to undergo a weak flow of urine or that the move appears hesitant tending to stop and go away. You may also sight that you are unable to direct on and calls to the bathroom change state urgent. Trips to the bathroom may also change state more frequent especially during the night and you may also notice a tendency to leak or course urine.
In some cases you may be completely unaware of any problem until you suddenly find that you cannot egest at all. In this inspect referred to as acute urinary retention the underlying problem is often triggered by common medicines which contain a decongestant and which are used in cold and allergy treatments. Acute urinary retention can also be brought on by alcohol cold or a long period of immobility.
In the majority of cases these symptoms result simply from an enlarged prostate and this will be confirmed by a visit to your adulterate who can often interact the condition fairly easily. It is however important that you do indeed visit your adulterate if you experience any of these symptoms as in a small number of cases they may be indicative or a more serious underlying problem such as prostate cancer.
A visit to the doctor is also essential as although many cases of BPH may be treated quite easily the condition can lead to an infection of the urinary tract damage to the bladder and/or kidneys stones in the bladder and incontinence.
An early visit to the adulterate can have the problems associated with an enlarged prostate cleared up quickly and considerably decrease the assay of developing complications.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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