Patient's question:
Feeling very uncomfortable in the private area, that feeling can't be described, it affects work and life very much, it's very troublesome. I wonder what kind of detailed examinations are generally done for benign prostatic hyperplasia?Doctor's answer:
Physical examination: Carefully check how dull the patient's response is, whether there is anemia, and whether there is edema. Hypertension (clues suggesting or excluding early uremia). Whether there is a mass in the abdomen and its location (compensatory or decompensatory phase of urinary tract obstruction). Whether there is discharge from the urethra, and how swollen the epididymis is (speculating whether there is a split infection).Digital rectal examination: Carefully check the tension of the anal sphincter (to differentiate neurogenic bladder) and the condition of the prostate, noting its size, how the central sulcus disappears, whether there are nodules, the hardness of the prostate, and whether there is tenderness, etc.
Laboratory tests: Urinalysis to pay attention to detecting whether there is a split urinary tract infection.