Enlarged Prostate WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Enlarged Prostate and compiled helpful research notes below.
- A.D.A.M. (via New York Times Health): Enlarged Prostate health.nytimes.com - Enlarged Prostate
- eMedicineHealth: Enlarged Prostate Overview
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- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (via HealthAtoZ): Enlarged Prostate healthatoz.com - Enlarged Prostate
- Mayo Clinic: Enlarged Prostate mayoclinic.com - Enlarged Prostate
- Wrong Diagnosis: Enlarged Prostate wrongdiagnosis.com - Enlarged Prostate
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Research Notes on Enlarged Prostate
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also known as nodular hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy (technically a misnomer) or benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP) refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-aged and elderly men. To be accurate, the process is one of hyperplasia rather than hypertrophy, but the nomenclature is often interchangeable, even amongst urologists. It is characterized by hyperplasia of prostatic stromal and epithelial cells, resulting in the formation of large, fairly discrete nodules in the periurethral region of the prostate. When sufficiently large, the nodules compress the urethral canal to cause partial, or sometimes virtually complete, obstruction of the urethra which interferes the normal flow of urine.
Fast Facts:
- Enlarged prostate may lead to symptoms of urinary hesitancy, frequent urination, increased risk of urinary tract infections and urinary retention.
- 50% of men have enlarged prostate by the age of 50 and 75% by the age of 80.
- Patients should decrease fluid intake before bedtime, moderate the consumption of alcohol and caffeine-containing products.
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Latest Headlines on Enlarged Prostate
What is Enlarged Prostate?
- UnderstandBHP: What is Enlarged Prostate (BPH)?
- 1on1Health: Enlarged Prostate
- A.D.A.M. (via Penn Health): Enlarged Prostate
- Care Mark: What is an Enlarged Prostate?
What Are The Symptoms of Enlarged Prostate?
- Heart Spring: Enlarged Prostate Signs & Symptoms
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Symptoms of BHP
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Symptoms of Prostate Enlargement
- Cleveland Clinic: Enlarged Prostate-What Are the Symptoms?
- Mayo Clinic (via RevolutionHealth): Prostate Gland Enlargement - Signs and Symptoms.
What Are The Causes and Complications of Enlarged Prostate?
- Wrong Diagnosis: Causes of Enlarged prostate
- MedLinePlus: Causes of Enlarged Prostate
- Prolieve: What Causes BHP?
- Cedars-Sinai: Causes and Risk Factors for an Enlarged Prostate
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland): Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Enlarged Prostate?
- UrologyChannel: Enlarged Prostate Treatment Options
- UnderstandBPH: Office-Based Minimally Invasive Treatments for BPH Symptoms
- ProstateCommons: Enlarged Prostate Treatment
- Henry Ford Health: Enlarged Prostate Treatment
- NIDDK: Treatment of Enlarged Prostate
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Enlarged Prostate?
- About.com: Natural Help For An Enlarged Prostate
- EarthClinic: Enlarged Prostate Cures
- Alternative-Medicine-And-Health: Natural Treatment
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Enlarged Prostate?
- Answers.com: Enlarged Prostate: Prognosis
- eMedicine: Enlarged Prostate Prognosis
- InteliHealth: Enlarged Prostate Prognoisis
- WrongDiagnosis: Statistics About Enlarged Prostate
How Do You Prevent Enlarged Prostate?
- eMedicineHealth: Prevention of Enlarged Prostate
- DentalPlans: Prevent Enlarged Prostate
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Enlarged Prostate
- HealthCentral: People Who Are Living With Enlarged Prostate
- Prostate-Help.Blogs: Prostate-Help
- BlogSpot: Enlarged Prostate Over the Age of Forty
- Ronny1938.Tripod: Ronny's Prostate Blog
- PaulRubillo: Enlarged Prostate
- Pevention: Pumpkin Seeds for Prostate
- MSNBC: Can Men Prevent an Enlarged Prostate?
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Enlarged Prostate
- DailyStrength: Enlarged Prostate Support Community
- Forums.HealthCentral: Prostate Forums
- MedHelp.Forums: Enlarged Prostate
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Enlarged Prostate
- JAMA: Enlarged Prostate Articles
- PubMedCentral: Enlarged Prostate Articles
- Google Scholar: Enlarged Prostate Articles
Clinical Trials on Enlarged Prostate
- CenterWatch: Enlarged Prostate Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Enlarged Prostate Clinical Trials
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Enlarged Prostate Gland, Nodular Hyperplasia, Benign Enlargement of the Prostate, BEP
- Last update: Jun. 3, 2009
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