Post Date December, 03 2023
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common disease in the elderly. Generally, after the age of 60, there is about one patient with BPH in every two men, and the prevalence rate is as high as 83% at the age of 80. The typical symptom of BPH is poor urination. If you have difficulty urinating or increased nocturnal urination, you should go to the hospital to check whether you have BPH.
Night urine ultrasound twice alert to prostatic hyperplasia
Young people who hold their breath all night long will urinate quickly when they get up in the morning. The urine line is thick and the urine range is far. However, when people get old and lack strength, the urine line will become smaller and thinner, and the range is not far. Sometimes urine will drop down. It is recommended to see a doctor.
After the age of 50, if there are symptoms of prostatic hyperplasia, they will not be able to hold their urine. Generally, the elderly urinate more than twice at night and last for many days, and the situation of drinking less water has not improved. Even if they feel like urinating, they will urinate before they go to the bathroom, and a series of symptoms with bladder irritation will appear.
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia can cause uremia
BPH is also a "chronic disease". If it is not interfered in the early stage, the condition will gradually worsen. Urinary dysfunction caused by the enlargement of the prostate gland pressing the urethra, and the urine cannot be drained cleanly for a long time, thus causing damage to bladder function and chronic damage to renal function, and even causing serious complications, including acute urinary retention, and developing into uremia.
Therefore, if the elderly find that they have the above symptoms during urination, they should go to the hospital for examination. If they have BPH, they should be treated as soon as possible. Generally, they can be controlled only by drug treatment in the early stage.
