Problematic Prostate

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Imagine one day you wake up and you notice that you have been waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom frequently. Previously you slept an uninterrupted 8 hours ;you also noticed that you try not to be far from a restroom at any given time and have been avoiding long road trips. It's time for a prostate check up.

You decided to get that prostate check up you've been postponing for so long.Your doctor confirms that you have benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH) or in layman’s terms an enlarged prostate.

What is the prostate and what goes wrong with it?
The prostate is a walnut sized organ that provides the fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation.  It is situated at the bottom of the bladder.  Urine collects in your bladder until it gets full and you have the urge to urinate.  But as your prostate swells when you get older, the urge to urinate comes prematurely and feels more urgent due to the pressure that comes from a swollen prostate.

There are two reasons for this:
  1. Enlarged prostate squeezes the urethra that carries the urine from the bladder to the toilet As the urethra narrows, the bladder has to contract more forcefully to push the urine through the body.
  2. Overtime the bladder muscles may gradually become stronger, thicker and overly sensitive. It begins to contract even when it contains small amounts of urine, causing a need to urinate frequently.  Eventually, the bladder muscles can't overcome the effect of the narrowed urethra, so urine remains in the bladder and it is not completely emptied.




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