Patient's question:
Male, 30 years old, suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia for 1 year. Currently, the symptoms of frequent urination have been alleviated a lot, but the frequency is still high. What are the common symptoms of severe benign prostatic hyperplasia?Doctor's answer:
1. Frequent urination, urgent urination: The most common symptom is frequent urination, which gradually improves, especially with an increasing number of nighttime urinations.2. Progressive urinary difficulties: Mainly slow start of urination, difficulty urinating, weak urine stream, thin stream, dribbling urine, intermittent urination, and incomplete emptying of the bladder.
3. Urinary incontinence.
4. Acute urinary retention: If triggered by factors such as cold exposure, alcohol consumption, or overexertion, leading to congestion and edema of the prostate gland and bladder neck, acute urinary retention may occur. The patient's bladder becomes extremely distended, causing pain, frequent urge to urinate, restlessness, and difficulty sleeping.
5. Hematuria: The amount of bleeding is usually intermittent, with occasional large bleeding episodes where blood clots fill the bladder, requiring urgent treatment.