Symptoms of enlarged prostate: From A to Z

For the majority of men, the ringing bells of having symptoms of enlarged prostate are night bathroom visits.

“Oh, doctor, in the past, I used to sleep like a stone, but now, I have to wake up several times each night to go to the bathroom”.

Other early signs might include decreased in the urinary stream force and dribbling at the end of your urination.Unfortunately, the problem starts when this bathroom visits become more recurrent during your daytime too.

“I can’t finish a meeting without going to the bathroom once or twice, and when I need to urinate, I really have to go urgently”.

These are considered as symptoms: a prostate enlargement is a normal sequel of getting older exactly like having grey hair.

Recently, National Kidney and Urological Disease Information Clearinghouse has revealed that prostate enlargement is the most commonly occurring prostate problem for men above fifty years old.

In fact over than 50% of men above 65 years old have BPH. According to American Urological Association (AUA), this number jumps to ninety percent by the age of eighty five.

What really causes the symptoms of enlarged prostate?

Normally in the male urinary reproductive system, the urine passes from the urinary bladder to the urethra, any enlargement in the prostate can definitely prevent the passage of urine via the urethra.

As the cells of the prostate increase in number, they will press the urethra, and gradually close the pathway through which semen and urine come out from the body.

While narrowing of your urethra occurs, the contraction of your bladder will become more aggressive to introduce urine effectively out of your body.

By time, the muscle band surrounding the bladder will become more sensitive, and stronger; the muscles will start to contract to push even smaller amounts of urine.

This causes you to feel that you need to urinate more frequently. Finally, the muscles of the bladder fail to empty the bladder completely, and some urine will be left behind.

The symptoms of enlarged prostate are known as prostatism and can be further divided into 2 main categories, including 1. voiding (obstructive) and 2. storage (filling) symptoms.

Be aware that the size of your prostate enlargement is not an indicator for the severity of your symptoms. Sometimes, no or few symptoms might accompany an enlarged prostate.

1. Voiding (Obstructive) symptoms of enlarged prostate are mainly due to obstruction or blockage of the urethra, which occurs usually as a result of BPH.

Really, the most dangerous complication of BPH is obstruction which requires immediate medical intervention. You will suffer from hesitant, discontinued, weak urine.

Also you will feel that you have to go to bathroom urgently (urinary urgency), and dribbling might occur at the end of your urination or urine might leak afterward.

You will always feel that you haven’t emptied your bladder completely. You can have urinary retention and straining during urination. If you detect blood or pus in your urine, call your doctor immediately.

2. While the storage or filling symptoms of enlarged prostate are: