“My father has been diagnosed with obstructive uropathy. Can this be treated?”
My father is 78 years old and has been diagnosed with obstructive uropathy. Can this be treated? What would the best course of treatment be?
5 Answers
Most commonly this is due to enlarge prostate, and there are medical, minimally invasive office procedures,as well as surgical options available.
BPH I/e enlarged prostate is so common in older men, obstruction is more common among men. Other common causes of obstruction include strictures (narrowing caused by scar tissue) of the ureter or urethra that develop after radiation therapy, surgery, or procedures done on the urinary tract.
Yes depends on diagnosis, but all can be treated.
Yes depends on diagnosis, but all can be treated.
Obstructive uropathy is another name for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, or BPH.
It 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.
There are many options to treat BPH and your urologist can review those with you. For more information visit: https://www.radroboticsurgery.com/post/do-you-want-to-stop-your-bph-meds
It 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.
There are many options to treat BPH and your urologist can review those with you. For more information visit: https://www.radroboticsurgery.com/post/do-you-want-to-stop-your-bph-meds
There are many treatments available, including medical therapy with alpha blockers, i.e., flomax, and 5 alpha reductase inhibitors, i.e., proscar, as well as minimally invasive procedures such as TUMT REZUM UROLIFT. TURP AND OPEN PROSTATECTOMY are other options. The minimally invasive treatments are very effective and I’ve done many of them and seen excellent results and have been able to get patients off of long-term medical therapy thereafter.
The most common cause of obstructive uropathy in men is BPH and this is treated with medication or surgery, depending upon severity.
