Kuyini i-BPH, noma i-Prostate ekhulisiwe?

Yini Okufanele Uyazi

I-Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), noma "i-prostate eyandisiwe," yisimo esingabangela izimpawu eziningi ezifana nomdlavuza wesibeletho .

Yini okufanele uyazi ngalesi simo esibalulekile?

Kuyini i-BPH?

I-BPH yanda yokwanda komdlavuza nosayizi nenani lamaseli akha i-prostate.

Ubani othola i-BPH?

I-BPH isivela itholakala kumadoda amadala. Njengoba abesifazane bengenayo i-prostate, abakwazi ukuthola i-BPH.

Futhi izinsizwa cishe zingalokothi zibone izimpawu zeprotate ekhulisiwe . I-prostate ikhulisa ngaphezu kweminyaka eminingi yokuvezwa kwamahomoni wesilisa, futhi insizwa ngokuvamile ayinayo iminyaka eyanele yokwehliswa kwezimpawu zokubonisa.

Izimbangela

Ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, i-prostate ihamba ngesigaba sokukhuliswa okusheshayo, kodwa lokhu kukhishwa lapho sekuqeda ukukhulelwa. Kusukela phakathi nempilo, i-prostate iqala ukukhula futhi, kodwa kancane kancane manje.

Kucatshangwa ukuthi lezi zikhathi zokukhula zibangelwa amazinga amancane amahomoni wesilisa afana ne-testosterone. I-testosterone ikhiqizwa kuyo yonke impilo yomuntu futhi, kamuva, i-prostate ikhula kulo lonke impilo yomuntu.

Ngenxa yentuthuko encane yalokhu kukhula, amadoda amaningi awaqapheli izimpawu ze-BPH aze asebekhulile futhi i-prostate ikhule ibe ngosayizi kangangokuthi ibangele ukuphuma komchamo kusuka kwesinye.

Izimpawu

Ngenxa yendawo ye-prostate, i-BPH ibangela izimpawu eziningi ze-urinary.

I-prostate itholakale ngaphansi nje lapho isikhumba sishaya khona e-urethra (okuyinto ithambo elincane elithwala umchamo kusuka kwesinye, ngokusebenzisa ipeni, ukuya ngaphandle komzimba). Njengoba i-prostate ikhulisa, ishukumisa ukugeleza komchamo ngokusebenzisa i-urethra.

Izimpawu ezivame kakhulu:

Lezi zimpawu zingalingana nalabo abathola abantu abanomdlavuza we-prostate . Ayikho indlela yokutshela ukuthi izimpawu zakho zibangelwa i-BPH noma umdlavuza we-prostate, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuvakashela udokotela wakho uma uthuthukisa noma iyiphi yalezi zimpawu.

Uyazi kanjani ukuthi awunawo umdlavuza we-prostate?

Uma unayo izimpawu ezibalwe ngenhla, kufanele ubone udokotela wakho. Ayikho indlela yokutshela ukuthi unayo yini i-BPH noma inkinga enkulu kakhulu njengomdlavuza we-prostate okusekelwe ezimpawu zokodwa.

Ukuze uhlolisise i-BPH, umdlavuza wesifo sofuba kufanele uqale ukukhishwa. Ukulawula umdlavuza we-prostate, udinga ukuhlolwa kwe-digital rectal (DRE) kanye nokuhlolwa kwegazi kwe- prostate-specific antigen (PSA) okungenani. Lezi zivivinyo zisetshenziselwa ukuxilonga umdlavuza we-prostate futhi, uma zombili zingalungile, amathuba akho okuba nomdlavuza wesicathulo aphansi kakhulu.

Imithombo

> Barry MJ, Cockett AT, Holtgrewe HL, et al. Ubuhlobo bezimpawu ze-prostatism ezenzakalweni ezisetshenziselwa ukuphika umzimba nezindlela zesimo se-anatomical ngokuqineka kwe-benign prostatic hyperplasia. I-Journal of Urology .U-Aug 1993; 150 (2 Pt 1): 351-8.

> Berry SJ, i-Coffey DS, i-Walsh PC, i-Ewing LL. Ukuthuthukiswa kwesifo se-prostatic hyperplasia esinobudala. I-Journal of Urology . Sep 1984; 132 (3): 474-9.