Patient's question:
Actually, it wasn't very serious at first. It was just that every time I urinated, I felt a bit of resistance. Recently, I've noticed the situation is getting worse. Sometimes the urine is very thin, and urination is quite difficult, a bit painful. After checking at the hospital, the doctor said it's benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Please ask: What are the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia?Doctor's answer:
Hello, the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) can be divided into two categories. One category is obstructive symptoms caused by fibrosis of the prostate blocking the urinary tract. The other category is complications resulting from urinary tract obstruction.1. Obstructive symptoms are primarily due to the prostate gland blocking the urinary tract and controlling the bladder neck. This also includes the bladder's reflex response to eliminate the obstruction. Frequent urination is an early sign of BPH, especially when nighttime urination frequency continuously increases, which holds greater clinical significance. Generally, the number of nighttime urinations often correlates with the severity of BPH. An elderly person who previously did not urinate at night suddenly experiencing 1–2 nighttime urinations may indicate the impending onset of early obstruction. Conversely, a progression from 2 nighttime urinations per night to 4–5 or even more per night demonstrates the expansion and relief of inflammation.