These symptoms may include pain or burning during urination, trouble starting urination, frequency at night, dribbling at the end of urination, frequent and strong need to urinate, or a feeling of not being able to empty the bladder. Since you have been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, a wide variety of treatments exist, including watchful waiting, medication, heat therapies and surgery. A new outpatient laser treatment is now also available. It allows the physician to destroy excess tissue that causes urinary outflow obstruction by precisely directing the placement of a laser probe. The excess tissue is painlessly absorbed by the body.
Many men wonder whether an enlarged prostate is cancerous.
BPH is not cancerous and will not lead to cancer. However, BPH and cancer have nearly identical symptoms. All men over 50 who are experiencing enlarged prostate symptoms should seek the advice of a physician. Dr. Haleem is a board-certified urologist at the Dreyer Medical Clinic . Use of our site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use .