Prostate enlargement treatment options

Benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy (BPH) is an enlargement of the prostate gland that affects almost all men as they age. It is non-cancerous growth, but can cause debilitating urinary symptoms such as frequency, urgency, dribbling, and straining. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the most effective form of therapy, but it has a high risk of equally debilitating complications, other forms of surgery are not yet as successful; medication is also use to improve symptoms. Having no treatment can result in irreversible damage.

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Related Disease Topics:

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy

Related Symptom Topics:

• Urinary frequency
• Urinary urgency
• Urinary straining
• Urinary dribbling

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About: Prostate enlargement treatment options

Date: 29 May 2005

Source: Medical News Today

URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=25303

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Surgery and benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Surgery and benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Surgery and enlarged prostate gland
• Surgery and transurethral resection of the prostate
• Surgery and the prostate gland
• Cause of urinary frequency
• Cause of urinary urgency
• Cause of urinary straining
• Cause of urinary dribbling
• Medication and enlarged prostate gland
• Medication and benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Medication and benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Diagnosis and benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Diagnosis and benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Diagnosis and enlarged prostate gland
• Diagnosis and urinary frequency
• Diagnosis and urinary urgency
• Diagnosis and urinary straining
• Diagnosis and urinary dribbling

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