Dr. Jose Antonio Canovas, specialist in urology and doctor in medicine and surgery, tells us what is benign prostatic hyperplasia, that is, the abnormal growth of the gland and the erectile dysfunction.
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What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is abnormal growth of the prostate gland, which can cause bothersome urinary symptoms, such as blockage of the flow of urine from the bladder.
What symptoms is it characterized by?
The main symptoms are difficulty emptying the bladder and irritative symptoms such as urinating more often than normal or even having a leak.
What diagnosis do you have?
It is a really simple diagnosis when you have experience.
Treatments
There are both pharmacological and surgical treatments, from less invasive to more invasive if necessary.
Erectile dysfunction
What is erectile dysfunction?
La erectile dysfunction it is a common male sexual dysfunction. It occurs when you have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection. It may be that you produce more as you get older, although it is not a natural part of it.
What causes erectile dysfunction?
Erectile dysfunction can be caused by the following medical problems and conditions:
- Type 2 diabetes. Men with diabetes are two to three times more likely to develop ED than those without.
- Disease of the heart and blood vessels
- Atherosclerosis
- High blood pressure
- Kidney diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- Injury caused by treatments for prostate cancer
- Injury to the penis, spinal cord, prostate, bladder, or pelvis
Other reasons that can cause erectile dysfunction are certain medicines, psychological or emotional problems such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem or fear of sexual failure.
Also certain factors and behaviors related to health such as smoking, excessive consumption of alcohol, drugs, being overweight or lack of physical activity.
How is erectile dysfunction diagnosed?
One of the first things the specialist needs to know is the patient's medical and sexual history.
It is also diagnosed with laboratory tests, by images. There are also other tests such as nocturnal erection tests and injection tests.
How can erectile dysfunction be treated?
The most advisable thing is to coordinate erectile dysfunction with a health professional. The type of treatment chosen is a personal decision.
Other treatments are changes in lifestyle such as quitting smoking, limiting or stopping alcohol, increasing physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight or not taking drugs, among others.
On the other hand, if the dysfunction is caused by psychological problems, it will be necessary to seek help from a specialist to help treat them.
There are also medicines to maintain an erection such as viagra, cialis, etc. as well as injecting a medicine into the penis.
It should be noted that the erectile dysfunction medications that are taken can have side effects, including a prolonged erection. A small number of men have vision or hearing loss.
A recommended surgery can also be performed but this should be the last resort, a device is implanted to erect the penis.
If you want to learn more about the subject, visit the consultation of the Dra. Iris Alexandra Henkel.
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