By: Ashley Whiteaker Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia In The
Urinary System
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What Is It? When your prostate glands becomes very enlarged,
and cause problems with urination which is what makes you pee. This
also could be a high risk for prostate cancer which is cancer
inside your prostate.
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How Do You Get It? In mens prostate they have two growth
changes. They have their puberty, and when it doubles its size at
the early age of 25 years old. Men usually start having Benign
Prostatic Hyperplasia before the age 60.
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What Happens To The System? It presses against the urethra
which makes problems with the urination. Also your bladder will
become thicker, it gets irritated, it get weaker, and may not empty
all the way and there might be more urine inside.
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Does The Body Try to Fix Itself The only way your body will try
to fix itself when having Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is if you
take meds to help it.
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What Medicines do You Need to Take You would need to take
bothersome or moderate. If you stop taking these meds then the
symptoms will come back.