WHAT IS BPH?

Problem

• Do you frequently have to go to the bathroom?
• Do you have difficulty getting a good night’s sleep due to frequent urination?
• Do you have difficulty emptying your bladder completely?
• Does the urge to urinate sometimes come on suddenly?
• Do you feel the need to strain or push your bladder when you begin to urinate?
• Do you have a weak urine stream?

Diagnosis

• Your physician has diagnosed you with enlarged prostate (BPH). You are not alone.
• Enlarged prostate or BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) affects over 17 million men in the US.
• BPH occurs in approximately half of all men 50 years and older and up to 80% of men 80 years of age.