Prostate hypertrophy is a common prostate disease. Suffering from this disease often presents symptoms such as incomplete urination, frequent urination, painful urination, and urgency. At the same time, the harm of this disease is great, and if not treated promptly, it will attract other diseases, so it is necessary to be timely. So, is prostate hypertrophy harmful? Let me give you a detailed explanation.
Is male prostate hypertrophy harmful?
1. Physical discomfort affecting work:
Due to the stimulation of inflammation in life, a series of symptoms occur, such as swelling and pain in the waist, perineum, testicles, and other parts, irregular urination, and frequent nocturnal urination, which make patients irritable and affect work and life.
2. Inducing prostate cancer:
Prostate disease can cause a decrease in the immune system and antibacterial capacity of the prostate, increasing the chance of bacterial infection. Chronic inflammation or hyperplasia can also induce prostate cancer.
3. Causes bladder stones:
When the urinary tract is unobstructed, stones generally do not grow in the bladder, and even if stones fall from the ureter into the bladder, they can be discharged with urine. However, elderly people with prostate hypertrophy are different, and deposits of dissolved substances form stones.
4. Causes impotence and premature ejaculation:
Various symptoms and discomfort associated with enlarged prostate can worsen later, leading to impaired excitability of the sexual nerve, symptoms such as bleeding, premature ejaculation, and even severe impotence, until complete loss of sexual function.