Benign Prostate Hypertrophy
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I am wondering; what does actually happen during benign prostate hypertrophy; do the cells change size, are they structurally different than normal prostate cells. Do they behave different to testosterone and DHT? What is it that drives the growth; do they understand it . The biochemistry of it ,I mean.
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arthur4422 mark23925
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As I've described elsewhere on this discussion site, BPH is caused by varicose prostatic veins (prostate veins with defective internal one way valves). These varicose veins result in elevated venous blood pressure at the prostate which literally inflates or enlarges prostate cells; so prostates cells are larger than normal. The varicose veins also allow testosterone rich blood to pool around the prostate. Testosterone concentration levels can reach 100 times normal concentration levels. This stimulates the prostate cells to rapidly multiple in number (called hyperplasia)......so more cells and bigger cells results in an enlarged prostate gland.
mark23925 arthur4422
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arthur4422 mark23925
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My BPH started in my 40s, although it wasn't formally diagnosed. I had slight symptoms. It continued gto progress. I'm now 71 with a 300cc+ giant prostate. I had a PAE in October 2015, and I've seen moderate improvement so far.
craig84609 arthur4422
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