Common Prostate Problems & Treatment

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Common Prostate Problems & Treatment Prostate problems include: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (also known as BPH or prostate enlargement) Prostatitis Prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Treatment include: Prostatitis: Acute prostatitis is treated with intravenous antibiotics. The patient may or may not require urinary drainage in the form of a per urethral catheter or a supra pubic catheter (catheter is put through the abdomen just above the bladder so as to avoid passage of urine through the urethral passage). Prostatic Abscess: Under proper antibiotic coverage, Trans Rectal Ultrasound guided puncture of the abscess is done and pus is drained out. It’s treatment involves long term antibiotic and may require urinary drainage in the form of per urethral catheter or SPC. BEP (Benign Enlargement Of Prostate): Most patients of prostate enlargement can be treated as out patients with medical treatment.

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