Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: Self-assessment, Treatment

Self Assessment (Expert Homeopathy: Dr. Anutosh Chakraborty)

Prostatic hyperplasia is a common urological disease, which occurs frequently in elderly men over 50 years old, and the incidence tends to increase gradually with age. The incidence rate is about 50% for men aged 50 years, 60% for 60 years old, and 60% for 70 years old. 70%, 80% is as high as 80%. If not treated in time, benign prostate hyperplasia will cause many serious complications, such as acute urinary retention and stones.

There is an internationally recognized simple self-test table for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Patients can test it by themselves, which is simple and easy.

The scoring standard for the self-test is: within the last month,

1. After urinating, how often do you feel that your bladder is not completely empty?

2. How frequently do you need to urinate again inside 2 hours?

3. How often do you stop and start again during urination?

4. How often do you have difficulty delaying urination time?

5. How often do you feel weak in urine flow?

6. How often do you have to press or strain your abdomen to urinate?

7. During the period from going to bed at night to waking up the next morning, how many times do you usually have to get up at night?

The test subject can determine the scores from "0" to "5" according to the conditions of "never", "1 time", "2 times", "3 times", "4 times", and "5 times".

The scores of the above 7 questions are added together, and the total score is 0 to 7 for mild symptoms, 8 to 19 for moderate symptoms, and 20 to 35 for severe symptoms.

Investigation / Treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia

Experts said that under normal circumstances, mild symptoms need to go to the hospital for further examinations and perform prostate B-ultrasound, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and other related tests. Observe for 3 months and follow up regularly. However, those with moderate symptoms generally need drugs. Treatment. Surgery should be considered for patients with severe symptoms when the medication is not well controlled. In addition, if any of the 7 questions score more than 3 points, then even if the total score is not high, the corresponding treatment plan needs to be considered.

Should not drink alcohol before exercising

Some men like to drink some alcohol before exercise, believing that alcohol can make people excited and more passionate during exercise. This is not only harmful to health but also harmful, so do not drink before exercise.

 

Foremost, alcohol first causes a short-term excitement in the cerebral cortex, which is manifested as a lot of talking, emotional agitation, and restlessness, and then turn to a longer period of inhibition, with slow response and sleepiness. At this time, the brain function is in an unstable state, which reduces the ability of discrimination, attention, and judgment, and affects the balance and coordination of the whole body movement. If you exercise in this state, the cerebral cortex will have to strengthen the spirit' to work, which will damage the brain's function and is prone to dangerous situations.

Secondly, alcohol can speed up the heart rate, increase myocardial oxygen consumption and blood pressure, and can induce arrhythmia, which increases the burden on the heart. If you exercise after drinking, it will further increase the burden on the myocardium and cause damage to the heart.

Furthermore, alcohol can cause muscle fatigue. Drinking alcohol will relax the muscles and decrease muscle tone. When the muscles exercise vigorously, the oxygen demand increases sharply, and the oxygen supply is insufficient, and the muscles will produce a large amount of lactic acid, causing human fatigue. Alcohol accelerates the production and accumulation of lactic acid and slows down the elimination of lactic acid.

In addition, the liver has to process alcohol after drinking, and the blood supply is relatively increased, and the gastrointestinal tract is congested due to alcohol stimulation, and a part of blood must be accumulated. And the blood supply of the gastrointestinal tract. In this way, it is not only harmful to the detoxification of the liver, but also detrimental to the function of the gastrointestinal tract.