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I've had BPH's symptoms for over a year. However in the last five months it's rapidly gotten worse. I was under the impression that BPH symptoms are extremely gradual. I'm experimenting with alfuzosin. However I haven't been taking any medication since I've had BPH.
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uncklefester johnny90372
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BPH symptoms can change with diet. Spicy foods, caffeine, alcohol and other things can make symptom worse
hank1953 johnny90372
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Constipation can give BPH symptoms. Hank
timothy81571 johnny90372
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Can you give some details on what has changed?
keith42667 johnny90372
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My answer would be yes. I think my BPH was building for a few years. It was so gradual that I didn't really notice it until in my late 50s and being on long automobile trips etc. Having to "hold it" because there wasn't a facility or for some other reason caused my retention to be worse. I knew at that time that I wasn't emptying even close, because as bad as my urges were, there wasn't much came out when I did make it to a restroom. But I could still pee. That was only a few weeks before I started having real problems. Yes, it did come on kind of suddenly but I was in my early 60s now and wasn't as aware of what I could be doing to my bladder and kidneys. I believe a few incidents such as having to hold it for 30 minutes; such as I did when, for a test, I had to drink a lot of H20 before going to the clinic and we got stuck in traffic can really progress the problem. Thats because its often a two part problem: the obstruction and the bladder decompensation. Sometimes I would be putting out the mail... only had a couple more sections to do... and rather than drop everything, lock up my vehicle etc. I'd just go ahead and finish, another 5 min. Often by that time, I didn't feel the urge anymore. It had totally disappeared which was puzzling. I think this contributed the most to my BPH getting worse (besides my prostate growing) was that the detrusser nerves in my bladder were stretched and not signaling my brain. I truly had no idea that I was retaining about 400 ml before I could get anything out.
ali50920 keith42667
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keith, i started with BPH problem the same way you got it. i used to travel from virginia to delaware every day for my job. this long drive some times made me hold the pee pressure for an hour until i reached some rest area but when i reached there to take a leak it used to be scanty. another problem which is strange and worth mentioning here is that if i keep sitting i dont feel any urge of peeing but when i stand up and start moving i start feeling urge of peeing which means if i keep on sitting like long time even my bladder is full i dont feel urge to pee. plz let me know if any body has this same problem and has any suggestion. I am 50 and i have this problem for last 3 years. my prostate size is 35 grams. PMRV in my last ultra sound was 100ml. i am taking TAMSOLIN .04 mg
keith42667 ali50920
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That is definitely true for me and I imagine it is true for most of us suffering from BPH. I think even for people without it, standing and walking around just sort of gets things moving.
I have this problem every morning. Thank goodness I don't suffer from the condition where the kidneys seem to be over active at night. I usually have to cic just as a routine thing in the morning because I don't feel like peeing first thing when I get up so after several minutes I just do it because I know I have to be retaining after sleeping for 6 hours or so.
I have urges throughout the day now after doing cic for 1 1/2 years although they are not always reliable. I always try to have a natural void first and, if I've had an urge, I can usually get out about 10 to 30 ml. Sometimes the urges still come and then go away
if I don't get to the restroom; or I stand there with urgency but nothing comes out. I attribute this to bladder rehab symptoms. I'm glad to be getting some urges even if they seem false sometimes.
john98818 johnny90372
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my my symptoms were stable for years and then all of a sudden it seem like they got much worse quickly.
TKM johnny90372
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Johnny,
You should get your PSA checked, and get the Digital Rectal Exam (DRE), to make sure it is not cancer.
Thomas
johnny90372 TKM
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I have a PSA about a year and a half ago and was normal. Plus I have an emergency Doctor and a urologist did a DR E about six months ago and they said it was okay. And in in the back of my mind I think that maybe they missed something during the DRE?