Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
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Hi. My name is Young Kim on the director of
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academic urology at Cedar Sinai.
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Today, I'd like to talk to you about benign prostatic
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hyperplasia or BPH.
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This reverse to the an atomic changes that the prostate
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undergoes as men get older.
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Now, when you become an adult, all your body parts
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stop growing.
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However, the prostate never stops growing.
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So the older you are, the bigger the prostate gets.
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This is a problem because as the urine leaves the
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bladder, it has to flow through the prostate and in
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large prostate can obstruct urine flow and cost symptoms.
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This figure illustrates some of the an atomic changes that
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can result.
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The enlarged prostate can restrict urine flow.
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The bladder compensates by becoming more muscular and thicker.
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A thick and bladder may have less volume to store
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urine. Also, a thickened bladder can have bladder spasms.
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Thes air involuntary contractions that suddenly raised the pressure within
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the bladder.
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The body interprets that increased pressure as a need to
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urinate. The's severity of symptoms related to BPH can be
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quantified. This link takes you to a questionnaire.
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Each question has a number associated with it.
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You can add these numbers up, and the final score
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can be used to categorize your symptoms as mild, moderate
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or severe.
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When the symptoms are significant enough to affect your quality
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of life, you should consider medications, for example, of urination.
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Interrupt your sleep so that you're tired during today, or
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urinary urgency interferes with car rides, you can consider medications
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such as awful blockers.
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Flomax is an example of an alpha blocker.
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If all the symptom relief that medications can provide is
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considered 100% awful, blockers provide 70% of that relief.
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Slightly less effective medications are also available on can be
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added to the Alfa Blocker when necessary.
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Medications aren't sufficient.
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You can consider surgical therapies.
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The mainstay of surgical therapies is a terp, which stands
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for Treasury throw resection of the prostate.
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Here, the doctor inserts a camera to the opening in
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the Penis and from the inside, a channel is core
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to allow urine to exit the body more for you
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freely. Other surgical therapies that are less invasive but perhaps
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also less effective include the euro.
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Left and resume for the euro left titanium strings air
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used to tent the prostate in an open position for
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urine flow, withdrew zoom hot water vapors air inserted into
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the prostate, which causes necrosis and atrophy of the inside
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of the prostate again, allowing for better urine flow.
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In summary.
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BPH refers to the an atomic changes that occur with
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older age.
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The symptoms that can arise are usually treated with medications,
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and when medications aren't sufficient, surgeries ought to be considered.
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If you believe you have symptoms of BPH, I need
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more information.
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Please consult your urologist.
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Thank you for listening.