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It is important to know that when surgery is done for prostate growth, sexual function is not affected. ISTOCK/LD
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The prostate, which is one of the male sexual glands, increases in size with age, so it is a normal process, and this growth is called benign prostatic hyperplasia, this means only that the prostate grows in size and that this growth is benign, or the same thing: it is a growth that should not worry. In urology it is one of the most frequent causes of consultation. After the age of 40, it is important to visit a specialist.
Symptoms
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When this growth or hyperplasia of the prostate produces symptoms such as getting up a lot at night to urinate,if you urinate very frequently during the day, if you feel that you do not have a complete emptying of the bladder, if you have drips when you finish urinating, as this significantly affects your quality of life and your environment, it also affects the work and psychological part. The progress of these symptoms could lead to urinary retention, that is, not being able to urinate, repeated urinary tract infections, stone formation and in some cases it could even lead to kidney failure. or kidney failure.
Importance of treatment
In cases where we have the aforementioned symptoms, we have to use medications to improve voiding function, urination, and in case If the way you urinate does not improve, then you have to think about prostate surgery, which is currently being done. This is done endoscopically, that is, without injuring, but through the urethra itself, which if performed with the laser technique, the patient can go home in 24 hours, and the They return to work quickly. In some very exceptional cases, open surgery is required.
It is important to know that when surgery is performed by the prostate growth, sexual function is not affected, on the contrary, it improves after the obstructive symptoms disappear.
If in doubt, visit your urologist.
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