Diseases

Benign Prostrate Hyperplasia

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The enlarged prostate may compress the urinary tube (urethra), which courses through the center of the prostate, impeding the flow of urine from the bladder through the urethra to the outside. Abbreviated bph.

SYMPTOMS

Urinary: dribbling after urination, excessive urination at night, frequent urination, sense of incomplete bladder emptying, urge to urinate and leaking, or weak urinary stream also common: incontinence or sexual dysfunction

CAUSES

Incomplete bladder emptying.
• nocturia, which is the need to urinate two or more times per night.
• dribbling at the end of your urinary stream.
• incontinence, or leakage of urine.
• the need to strain when urinating.
• a weak urinary stream.
• a sudden urge to urinate.
• a slowed or delayed urinary stream.