Patient's question:
How should benign prostatic hyperplasia be treated?Doctor's answer:
Prostate hyperplasia is a very terrible disease because the prostate may lead to urinary toxicity in later stages. In the early stage, mild intestinal obstruction occurs again in the urethra, and patients can still urinate regularly, but the time it takes to urinate has become shorter than that of normal people. By the middle stage, the intestinal obstruction of the urethra worsens, the resistance of the urethra increases, and it is lower than the bladder's urination ability. Patients may experience symptoms such as frequent urination and urgency again, and the urine in the bladder cannot be completely emptied, leading to residual urine again. In the late stage, the intestinal obstruction of the urethra is severe, and the compensatory function of the bladder is insufficient. Due to the increase in bladder pressure, it is transmitted upward to the kidneys, causing increased pressure in both kidneys, leading to bilateral hydronephrosis, damaging kidney function, and ultimately resulting in chronic urinary toxicity.