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.
