Post Date April, 15 2023
If you catch a cold, it may be the practice of many elderly friends to buy some cold medicine and take some. However, for patients with prostate hyperplasia, it may not be surprising that they soon feel that their symptoms of difficulty urinating suddenly worsen.
Recently, 55 year old Lao Wang was diagnosed with prostate hyperplasia. As he grew older, his resistance also decreased. However, due to a momentary desire to cool down and blow on the air conditioning for a while, Lao Wang caught a cold. Lao Wang took out his commonly used cold medicine and took it like before, but to his surprise, he soon felt that his symptoms of difficulty urinating had suddenly worsened.
Lao Wang quickly went to the hospital for examination, and finally found out that the culprit was his commonly used cold medicine. The doctor told Lao Wang that when the bladder is filled with urine, the nerves that control urination in the human body are excited, and nerve endings release a substance called acetylcholine.
However, various commonly used compound preparations for treating colds, such as Quickacting Cold Capsules, Gankang, VC Yinqiao Tablets, Kangtaike, Keganmin, Ganmao Granule Granules, etc., all contain the ingredients of chlorpheniramine. Chlorpheniramine can disrupt the activity of acetylcholine, reduce the urinary function of the bladder, and further exacerbate difficulty in urination, even leading to inability to urinate.
With this experience, Lao Wang understood that patients with BPH should try to avoid the use of cold medicines containing chlorpheniramine when they have a cold, and of course, desensitizers like chlorpheniramine should also try to avoid the use of such medicines as diphenhydramine, phenagan, Mindy, etc.
Lao Wang also learned from doctors that when catching a cold, he can choose appropriate pure Chinese medicine preparations for treatment based on his own wind cold and wind heat, in order to avoid exacerbating the symptoms of prostate hyperplasia.
(Intern Editor: Chen Hao)
