“What are the symptoms of a prostate issue?”

Far majority of the time, prostate cancer has no symptoms. At your age, the most common cause is prostatitis, an inflammation or infection of prostate. cut back on caffeine, dont do bike riding, cut back on spicy food, decrease stress, get more rest, and if the symptoms persist or are bothersome, seek medical care.

Difficulty with voiding, frequency, urgency, nocturnal, weak urinalysis stream and incomplete emptying are all symptoms that could be due to prostate disease.

Prostatitis is a disease of the prostate that results in pain in the groin, painful urination, difficulty urinating and other symptoms. Acute bacterial prostatitis is often caused by common strains of bacteria.
Urine culture is needed to R/O infection

Many reasons for your difficulty with voiding. A prostate problem (like your Dad) is possible but are quite young.
Slower stream, more frequent voiding, getting up at night to void, taking longer to start to urinate, quick urges to void, leakage of urine, etc. are but a few of the possible symptoms.
I would recommend you see a urologist to have this checked.

Frequency of urination has a wide range of etiologic reasons. Below are a few of the most common:
1) BPH: an enlarged prostate, which the patient never empties the bladder.
2) Neurogenic Bladder: This is a bladder dysfunction that may be associated with one, or a combination of etiologies, such as: Back injuries, Nerve injuriesrelated to bladder function or physical obstruction due to prostate enlargement or urethral sticture or scar tissue commonly reffered as urethral strictures

You need to see a urologist for evaluation of possible prostatic inflammation or prostatitis.

Only had one of several thousand men who had prostate cancer before age 40. Stop drinking all caffeine products, especially Starbucks. Also, if your stream is slower, you may have a urethral stricture. Good news, it’s not cancer.

Dr. Niko Lailas

There are many different symptoms for prostate issues. Prostate problems are common and become more so as men age. By 50 years, 25% of men are having some issues. The first line of treatment is with medications. If this doesn't work, aren’t tolerated, or their effect wears off over time, then surgery can be performed.

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, or BPH, is a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. Over 70% of men in their 60s have BPH symptoms so it is very common. While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man's quality of life. The prostate is a male reproductive gland, about the size of a walnut, that produces fluid for semen. The prostate surrounds the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks the urethra, causing bothersome urinary symptoms such as:

-Frequent need to urinate both day and night.
-Weak or slow urinary stream
-A sense that you cannot completely empty your bladder.
-Difficulty or delay in starting urination
-Urgent feeling of needing to urinate
-A urinary stream that stops and starts

If you suffer from the above symptoms, you are not alone. BPH is one of the leading reasons for men to visit a urologist.