Patient's question:
With benign prostatic hyperplasia, is it better to use traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine? Please ask: How should benign prostatic hyperplasia be treated?Doctor's answer:
1. Surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): Surgical treatment for BPH involves the direct removal of the fibrotic areas. After this surgery, the male hormones in the testes nearly disappear, which can easily interfere with men's quality of life and is therefore not recommended.2. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): BPH falls under the categories of "dampness retention" and "dysuria" in TCM. Clinical diagnosis is divided into three patterns: insufficient kidney qi, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and heat-toxin stagnation. TCM external therapies have a good therapeutic effect on it. However, its onset of action is too slow, and the course of treatment is too long, often making it difficult to completely alleviate the symptoms of BPH in men. For BPH patients, timely treatment can reduce the incidence of the disease, while delayed treatment can affect overall health. Therefore, patients should take medication promptly and maintain regular sexual activity in daily life to avoid prolonged sitting. Wish you early recovery.