By their 50s, half of all men have BPH. By your 80s, it’s 90%. For men, BPH — also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or enlarged prostate — comes with the territory. BPH can trigger ongoing urinary problems, incontinence, and even chronic infections.
You can be free from the constraints and embarrassment of BPH!
More than ever, it is possible to effectively treat and manage BPH. But which treatments are best for you? This guide will tell you.
You’ll know BEFORE you say “Yes.”
When treating BPH the most important consideration is which approach best addresses your condition, your expectations, and your reservations.
In this downloadable guide, Harvard doctors present and assess today’s treatment options. From watchful waiting to medication, to surgery, the guide explains the benefits, risks, and side-effects you can anticipate from each approach.
You’ll appreciate how all things are considered — especially you. Which protocols can effectively reduce the symptoms that bother you most…which have the fewest complications…which offer you the most lasting improvement? You’ll get the answers fully and clearly.
You’ll find practical steps and proven measures.
You’ll read how simple changes in behavior can ease urinary symptoms. You’ll discover two controllable risk factors. You’ll learn about medications for the “going” problem…the ”growing” problem…and a new combination pill to solve both. You’ll find the medication with the fewest sexual side effects…and one that can more successfully reduce future need for surgery.
You’ll discover advances that are erasing fears and extending relief.
You’ll be briefed on a durable surgical procedure that improves urine flow for 90% of patients. You’ll read about an alternative for men taking blood thinners. The guide shines a light on today’s competing laser surgical options. You’ll learn about three outpatient procedures…the prospects for Botox BPH therapy…and the six questions to ask before any BPH surgery.
Prepared by the editors of Harvard Health Publishing in consultation with Anurag K. Das, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Neurourology and Continence, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2019)
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