BPH
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Nocturia – need to look beyond prostate in men
Frequent night time urination, otherwise known as nocturia, is extremely common in men, especially elderly. At a time, nealy 60-70% of men older than 60 years of age wake up once or more in night for passing urine. In men older than 80 years, almost each and every man gets up in night to pass… Continue reading
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Prostate cancer – Part I
What is prostate ? Prostate is a lemon sized reproductive gland, found only in men, below the bladder. Its function is to produce fluid which helps providing nourishment to sperms in semen. Urinary passage goes through prostate, before reaching the penis. What all diseases can occur in prostate ? BPH (BPH (Enlarged prostate) Symptoms), Prostatitis (Infection… Continue reading
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NOCTURIA- is it sign of prostate disease in men ?
Nocturia is waking up more than once in night for urinating after going to sleep. Waking up more than once at night for urinating leads to sleeplessness, fatigue, poor concentration daytime, anxiety etc. Nocturia can be due to increased urinary frequency at night-time or increased urine production at night (Global or Nocturnal polyuria). Global Polyuria… Continue reading
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Prostate cancer and PSA testing
Prostate is a small walnut sized organ present in men and is the part of male reproductive organ. It helps in the male fertility. Normal prostate size varies from 15-20 gm. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men after skin cancer. PSA (Prostate specific antigen) is the blood test which is specific for… Continue reading
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Hematuria
•Hematuria is passing blood in urine. See how this is different from blood in semen in men Hematospermia (Blood in semen) •Can be Gross (visibly red urine) or microscopic hematuria (blood present in urine examination). •Even single episode of hematuria warrants investigation as upto 50% patients with gross hematuria and 33% with microscopic hematuria show… Continue reading
