Benign prostatic hypertrophy is an enlarged prostate gland.
Symptoms related to bladder emptying include:
- Difficulty starting a urine stream (hesitancy and straining).
- Decreased strength of the urine stream (weak flow).
- Dribbling after urination.
- Feeling that the bladder is not completely empty.
- An urge to urinate again soon after urinating.
- Pain during urination (dysuria).
Symptoms related to bladder storage include:
- Waking at night to urinate (nocturia).
- Frequent urination.
- A sudden, uncontrollable urge to urinate.
- Digital rectal exam checks the size and firmness of the prostate
- Urinalysis and urine culture
- Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
- Blood creatinine test
- Post-void residual urine test (PVR)
- Pressure flow studies
- Cystometrogram
- Uroflowmetry test
- Ultrasound
- Cystoscopy
- Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
- Spiral (helical) computed tomography (CT) scan
- Lifestyle
- Voiding position
- Medications
- Self-catheterization
- Minimally invasive therapies
- Surgery
- Alternative medicine
