Side effects from prostate brachytherapy could include:
• Difficulty beginning to urinate
• Having frequent, overwhelming urges to urinate
• Discomfort or pain during urination
• Having to go to the bathroom at night
• Having blood in your urine
• Having trouble emptying your bladder fully
• Impotence bleeding in the lower abdomen
• Stool with blood
Medication is a common tool used by doctors to lessen therapeutic adverse effects. Prostate brachytherapy has many negative effects that fade with time.