Patient's question:
I used to drink beer quite often, but recently I've been experiencing frequent urination and urgency, especially at night when I need to go to the bathroom many times. I'm not sure if this is due to benign prostatic hyperplasia in the elderly, and I don't know what to do to treat this condition.Doctor's answer:
The manifestations of benign prostatic hyperplasia include: (1) frequent urination, which is often the first symptom to reappear in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. In the early stages, it is more pronounced at night and gradually subsides to frequent urination during the day. (2) progressive urinary difficulty, which is the most important symptom of benign prostatic hyperplasia. The expansion is often very slow, and sometimes it is believed to be a natural phenomenon without attracting attention. In mild cases of intestinal obstruction, urination is slow, muffled, and there is post-urination dripping. After the relief of intestinal obstruction, urination becomes laborious, the stream becomes longer, the urine line is thin and weak, and finally it becomes a dripping state.