Post Date December, 03 2023
Winter is a high incidence period for many diseases, and diseases can easily come to your doorstep if you do not take more precautions and deal with them carefully. Among them, prostate diseases that appear to be unrelated to weather are also one of them. Here is a look at the relationship between benign prostate hyperplasia and weather.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is often referred to as prostatic hypertrophy, which is a typical middle-aged and elderly male disease. It is mainly caused by benign hyperplasia of prostatic stromal cells and epithelial cells. With the continuous improvement of people's living standards and sanitary conditions, and the extension of the average life expectancy of our country, benign prostatic hyperplasia has become one of the common diseases in urology.
Because the prostate gland surrounds the male posterior urethra, the symptoms caused by enlarged prostate gland are mainly manifested as lower urinary tract symptoms characterized by difficulty urinating.
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Frequency of urination: It is an early signal of prostate hyperplasia, especially the increase in the frequency of nocturnal urination, which has more clinical significance.
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Waiting for urine, thinning of urine lines, and dripping urine: Due to the obstruction of the posterior urethra caused by hyperplasia of the prostate, patients need some time to urinate to overcome urethral resistance, leading to symptoms such as waiting for urination.
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Hematuria: The enlarged prostate gland has abundant blood supply and is prone to bleeding.
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Acute urinary retention: some patients usually have no symptoms and can not urinate spontaneously.
Relationship between the occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia and the smooth muscle surface of the prostate and bladder neck α- Adrenergic receptors are related, reminding you to pay attention to keeping warm when the weather gets cold, and actively prevent or treat lower urinary tract symptoms caused by prostate hyperplasia. In fact, when the weather is cold, the adrenaline secreted by the human body increases, which then causes the contraction of the smooth muscle of the prostate and bladder neck, increases the resistance of the posterior urethra, and presents the clinical manifestation of the aggravation of the symptoms of the lower urinary tract. Some patients will have the manifestation of sudden urinary retention.
In addition, during the cold winter season, the human body's sweat secretion decreases and urine volume increases. At this time, the patient's experience is that the frequency of urination increases, which exacerbates the symptoms of frequent urination. Therefore, we say that the occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms caused by prostate hyperplasia is related to weather.
