What are the Best Methods for Prostate Treatment?

when your prostate grows What you need to know when trying to decide what to do is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

benign, a condition common in men as people ageprostateThey encounter problems with overgrowth ( BPH ) .

You can talk to your doctor about your symptoms and together decide on the best way to handle your situation. Your options may include:

Watchful waiting and lifestyle changes
Medications or supplements
Operation

Watchful Waiting

If your complaints don't bother you much and you haven't had any problems, you can choose to have you and your doctor monitor everything regularly.

You can visit your doctor once a year or sooner if your symptoms change.

If there is an enlarged prostate, which complaints should be paid attention to:

needing to pee frequently
Feeling that there is still urine after urinating
a sudden urgent need to urinate
delay in starting urination
Decrease in urine pressure, calibration, projection, pressure
startup problem
Having to stop and start peeing several times, intermittent peeing
incontinence

What are the necessary conditions to monitor an enlarged prostate:

Your complaints are mild
You don't want the side effects of drugs.
Some men with mild prostatic enlargement may experience relief without treatment. Summer and winter difference, food and beverage selection, keeping yourself warm, etc.

If you choose to watch or observe, there are a few things you can do to make things easier:

Make simple changes to your habits. Drinking less fluids before going to bed. In general, avoiding less tea, coffee, sweet, salty, sour, pickled and spicy foods. Reducing alcohol consumption, especially not getting cold feet.
Avoid drugs used for other diseases. Diphenhydramine can make prostate problem worse (Benadryl ), chlorpheniramine maleate (well done tablet for flu colds), such as pseudoephedrine decongestant or specific antihistamines including the common cold and Leave your medications aside. Because these drugs close the urinary tract while opening the respiratory tract.

Because of these drugs, we have to give treatment to patients who experience sudden obstriction and prostate inflammation every winter.

If your symptoms get worse, it's time to talk to your doctor about active treatment. Here are some questions to ask yourself and your doctor about each option:

How much will my condition improve?
How long will the effects last?
Is the treatment likely to cause problems?

You can talk about medications, prostate supplements, or surgery.

Prescription Prostate drugs

These drugs can relax you. You may consider using these medications if you have the following complaints for an enlarged prostate:

There are moderate complaints that do not improve or are likely to worsen.
You have tried to make lifestyle changes, with no results.
If prostate enlargement reduces your quality of life.

Three types of drugs are available to treat moderate BPH. Each works differently in the body and each has its own side effects.

The three classes of drugs for an enlarged prostate are:

Alpha blockers that relax the prostate and bladder neck muscles to relieve symptoms. Examples of alpha blocker drugs include: alfuzosin (xatral), doxazosin (Cardura), tamsulosin (tamprost), and terazosin (Hytrin).
5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), which help shrink the prostate and prevent further growth. Examples of 5 ARI include: dutasteride (Avodart) and finasteride (Proscar). These drugs disrupt hormone balance by reducing the level of dihydrotestosterone.
Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5 inhibitors) shown to improve prostate symptoms by increasing flow rate. Examples of PDE5 inhibitors available in the US include: sildenafil (Viagra, Pfizer), tadalafil (Cialis, Eli Lilly). These drugs were labeled for erectile dysfunction. Studies have shown that they are beneficial in prostate enlargement complaints.

Some patients use more than one drug, called combination therapy. However, men who take both may be affected by the side effects of both drugs.

The FDA requires that labels on 5-ARIs include a warning that they may be linked to an increased chance of high-grade (or aggressive) prostate cancer. Medications containing 5-ARI include: dutasteride (Avodart) and finasteride (Proscar).

Prostate Enlargement Natural Remedies

Saw palmetto is one of the most studied and most commonly used supplements to treat BPH. Its benefits have been demonstrated in hundreds of scientific studies.

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