Prostate adenoma

General characteristic of a disease

Adenoma of a prostate or hyperplasia of a prostate is a widespread male disease. Approximately after 40 years in a prostate of the person there are age changes of cellular structure. Cells expand and form in a benign tumor – prostate adenoma. This tumor gradually increases and begins to squeeze an urethra. So there is one of the main symptoms of adenoma of a prostate – frequent desires to an urination.

Adenoma of a prostate of various form of expressiveness is diagnosed for a half of men 50 years are more senior. In age category of men of 60-70 years the frequency of occurrence of a disease makes already more than 70%.

The contributing factor to development of adenoma of a prostate is late fertility of the man. Thus, the earlier at the man involution of gonads begins, the less he has a probability of development of adenoma of a prostate.

Among the prostate adenoma reasons at men of young age call genetic predisposition to a disease, chronic inflammatory processes of generative organs, and also feeding habits.

The last factor needs more detailed studying. However for today it is already authentically known that the regular use of soy products, tomatoes, pumpkin, vegetable marrows and green tea is efficient prevention of adenoma of a prostate. In regions where above-mentioned food stuffs are a part of the traditional menu, adenoma of a prostate is diagnosed much less often.

Prostate adenoma symptoms

Only at 10-15% of men adenoma of a prostate is not subject to the progressing growth. At most of patients, unfortunately, gradual growth of tissues of prostate gland leads to emergence of the first symptoms of adenoma of a prostate – disturbances in work of an urinary system.

Early symptoms of adenoma of a prostate, first, are caused by a prelum of a bladder and an urethra. From here frequent desires to an urination at the man with prostate adenoma.

And, secondly, the hyperplasia of tissues of prostate gland always leads to a superactivity of receptors of body. It causes a spasm of muscles of an urethra and disturbance of urination. Therefore, feeling a desire to urinate, the patient with adenoma of a prostate is not able to make the desirable.

Total, carry to symptoms of adenoma of a prostate:

• small or discontinuous current of urine during an urination,
• constant feeling of not completely emptied bladder,
• the speeded-up desires to an urination, especially at night,
• tension at an urination.

Pain and uncontrollable desires to an urination are considered as later symptoms of adenoma of a prostate.

Diagnosis of adenoma of a prostate

Symptoms of adenoma of a prostate are similar to a clinical picture of oncology of a prostate – extremely dangerous disease. Therefore it is so important to carry out careful differential diagnosis of a disease at early complaints of the patient to problems with an urination.

Obligatory stage of diagnosis of adenoma of a prostate - physical inspection: external for check of extent of protrusion of the filled bladder over a bosom and a manual rectal research for studying of a condition of seed bubbles and a prostate.

More objective data on a stage of adenoma of a prostate allow to receive transrectal or transabdominal ultrasonography of a bladder and prostate. To estimate extent of disturbance of an urination other diagnostic method – an urofloumetriya is applied.

In diferentsionny diagnosis of adenoma of a prostate also laboratory blood tests on availability in it of prostatspetsifichesky antigens and creatinine of blood serum are used.

Treatment of adenoma of a prostate

Tactics of treatment of adenoma of a prostate depends on age of the patient, the general state of his health, and also degree of a hyperplasia of tissues of prostate gland.

In drug treatment of adenoma of a prostate drugs of 2 various mechanisms of action are used:

• adrenoblockers for blocking of hypersensitivity of receptors of a bladder, improvement of blood supply of walls of body and the best sokratitelny abilities of an urethra.
• inhibitors of 5-a-reductase to prevent further growth of tissues of prostate gland.

In conservative treatment of adenoma of a prostate quite often drugs of a plant origin with antiedematous and antiinflammatory action, for example drugs on the basis of extract of fruits of a palm tree Serenoa repens, a seed and roots of a burdock, etc. are also used.

Unfortunately, drug treatment of adenoma of a prostate often is only able to increase quality of life of the patient. Besides, to set effect of conservative treatment of adenoma of a prostate, the patient needs frequent repetition of courses of medicamentous therapy.

Radical method of treatment of adenoma of a prostate – operation on removal of tissues of giperplazirovanny prostate gland.

Among several types of operation on removal of adenoma of a prostate distinguish techniques of the opened and closed resection. Open operation on removal of adenoma of a prostate is performed in transcystic or pozadilonny area.

The closed operation on removal of adenoma of a prostate is performed by an endoscopic method. Carry to low-invasive methods of treatment of adenoma of a prostate:

• microwave thermotherapy,
• laser ablation,
• electrofrequency influence
• and electrovaporization of tissues of prostate gland.

The rehabilitation period after prostate adenoma operation

After operation at adenoma of a prostate of the patient some time needs special conditions for recovery. The period of rehabilitation averages 3 weeks.

After prostate adenoma operation it is extremely important to patient to keep to a diet: to exclude a pickles, marinades, spices, alcohol and other food stuffs of the action irritating a bladder. If the man has no restrictions in connection with cardiological diseases, he is recommended to observe raised the drinking mode and to use up to 3 l of liquid a day.

After operation on removal of a prostate during all rehabilitation period the patient is not allowed to lift objects whose weight is heavier than 1, 5 kg. The standard of post-operational treatment of adenoma of a prostate – a monthly course of antibacterial therapy.

Sexual activity after operation on removal of a prostate is recommended to be begun not earlier than in a month. The resection of tissues of prostate gland does not influence quality of an orgasm, but can lead to infertility because of development of a retrograde ejaculation – emission of sperm in a bladder.

Treatment of adenoma of a prostate folk remedies

In treatment of adenoma of a prostate folk remedies widely apply sea-buckthorn and fir oils. The cotton plug moistened with mix of these oils is recommended to be entered within a month into a rectum and to leave before bowel emptying.

The known folk remedy for treatment of adenoma of a prostate - propolisny honey. The teaspoon of honey needs to be rassasyvat in a mouth before full dissolution before each meal. A prostate adenoma course of treatment honey – 1 month. In 3 weeks of a break treatment is recommended to be repeated. The regular use of pumpkin, corn or oat porridges with honey is useful also for male health.

Carry to efficient folk remedies of treatment of adenoma of a prostate also garlic and onions. They are recommended to be used fresh. The garlic pounded in gruel and divorced boiled water (1 tablespoon on 0, 5 l of water), and also compresses on the lower part of a stomach from the crushed onions are applied at adenoma of a prostate, impotence and oncology of a prostate.

Any of the above-named folk remedies is applied to treatment of adenoma of a prostate only in a complex with the main treatment.