What is the best way to treat an enlarged prostate?

Prostatic hypertrophy is a common prostate disease. It is mainly caused by some chronic inflammation, which leads to long-term inflammatory hyperplasia of prostate tissue, and eventually leads to prostatic hypertrophy. Prostatic hypertrophy has a very adverse effect on men's lives. For example, they often have symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and waiting to urinate, and even urinary retention. There are many treatments for prostatic hypertrophy. For more serious patients, laser treatment, injection treatment or cryotherapy can be used. Before treatment, the body must be checked to see if the patient is suitable for this treatment method to avoid improper treatment that is detrimental to the health of the body. For patients, they should exercise more and drink more water in their daily lives, which will help prevent prostatic hypertrophy.

1. Laser therapy for prostate hyperplasia

Laser has the effect of coagulation, charring and gasification on soft tissue. This method uses the high energy density of laser and the ability to instantly raise the temperature to 400℃～1000℃ to quickly burn and gasify local tissue. This method is easy to operate, with basically no bleeding during treatment, few postoperative complications, and a positive effect. It has now been widely used in clinical practice.

2. Injection therapy for prostate hyperplasia

The sclerosant is injected directly into the prostate through the perineum, causing aseptic necrosis of the prostate tissue, thereby shrinking the gland and improving the patient's urination symptoms. The main adverse reactions are swelling of the prostate after the injection of the drug, severe pain, and complications such as urinary retention or cystitis and urethritis. Injection of sclerosant can also cause adhesion between the prostate and surrounding tissues, making future surgery difficult.

3. Cryotherapy for prostate hyperplasia

Cryotherapy is to produce deep hypothermia (-160℃～-180℃) in the prostate, which causes prostate tissue dehydration, local small blood vessel spasm, blood flow stagnation, thrombosis, and tissue ischemia, hypoxia, necrosis and shedding. This therapy is simple to operate, safe and reliable, and can be tried for those who cannot tolerate open surgery.

4. Microwave therapy for prostate hyperplasia

Prostatic hyperplasia is treated by using the principle of microwave thermal coagulation of biological tissues. The microwave radiation is directed to the prostatic urethra through the urethra with an output intensity of 70 to 100 watts. After treatment, the patient's urination condition can be improved to varying degrees.

5. Balloon dilation therapy for prostate hyperplasia

Under the anesthesia of the urethral mucosa, the prostatic urethra is expanded using a balloon tube, and the balloon can be filled to 3 atmospheres. This method is indeed effective for prostatic hyperplasia, and the operation is simple, the patient suffers little pain, and there are almost no complications after the operation.

After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of this disease. Warm reminder: For this disease, it must be discovered and treated early. Missing the best time for treatment will have a great impact on the condition. If you still have questions about this disease, you can call our hotline. We have professional doctors to answer you. Finally, the editor wishes you all good health.