Causes and Symptoms of Enlarging Prostate

The chance of developing Enlarging Prostate increases with age. After age 50, nearly half of all men will have Enlarging Prostate. What´s more, at least 80% of men will have Enlarging Prostate by the time they are 80 years old.

In addition to aging, another cause of an enlarged prostate is thought to be the male hormone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is made in the prostate gland. For men with Enlarging Prostate, DHT levels continue to increase, causing the prostate to grow beyond a healthy size.

Symptoms

Think you could have Enlarging Prostate? The following symptoms may give you a clue:

Feeling the need to urinate frequently
Difficulty starting to urinate
Difficulty emptying your bladder completely, and because of this, urine may dribble after you are done
The stream of your urine is weak and may start and stop
Urinating two or more times in the middle of the night
Sudden strong urges to urinate
Urinary issues that get in the way of daily life

Enlarging Prostate is not life-threatening, but you and your doctor need to keep an eye on it so that it does not get worse, possibly leading to serious prostate and urinary problems,such as acute urinary retention.