BODY SIGNAL ALERT URINATION, DIFFICULTY IN
Description and Possible Medical Problems
If you frequently have trouble urinating and sometimes find that it’s almost impossible unless you turn on both faucets in the sink (plus the shower), chances are you have a problem with your prostate (see sidebar: “The Prostate”). This is one of the most common diseases of men over 50. Many times, however, the condition is temporary and caused by cold medications or blood pressure pills.
Treatment
If you are having trouble urinating, you need to see your doctor or urologist. He will conduct a full physical exam, take blood tests, ask you if your father had a severe case of prostate disease, and do a digital exam to check the degree of the enlargement. In this procedure, the physician will insert a gloved finger into the rectum in order to feel the prostate. He may also elect to do a sonogram to get an image of the enlarged prostate and maybe even take a biopsy if he suspects cancer.
If you have an enlarged prostate, your doctor will prescribe Proscar, which will shrink your prostate and make it easier for you to urinate. If, however, you have prostate cancer, your doctor will take one of several different routes. He may decide to wait it out and regularly monitor the growth, or he may choose to perform a transurethral prostate resection, which, in effect, creates more room for the urethra by removing the part of the prostate that is constricting it. In rare cases, where the cancer is in an advanced stage, he may want to remove the prostate to prevent the cancer from spreading throughout your body.
Even though the idea of prostate cancer can be daunting, rest assured that the vast majority of men who have prostate cancer eventually die of another cause: old age.
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