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Prostate Health Guide

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Prostate Health

Benign Prostate Problems

Benign Prostate Problems | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) | Impotence/Erectile Dysfunction | Urinary Incontinence

Types of non-cancerous prostate problems:

There are clinical conditions of the prostate gland that are not cancer, including:

infections
inflammations
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) - an enlarged prostate

These problems are quite common and may happen to men of all ages.

Specific non-cancerous prostate problems:

prostatism - a general term that describes any condition of the prostate that causes interference with the flow of urine from the bladder.

prostatitis - a general term that describes an inflamed condition of the prostate gland. It may be accompanied by discomfort, pain, frequent or infrequent urination, and sometimes fever.

prostatalgia - a term that describes pain in the prostate gland.

benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (sometimes called benign prostatic hypertrophy) - a specific term that defines the condition of an enlarged prostate. BPH is the most common non-cancerous prostate problem. It can cause discomfort and problems urinating. Although it is not cancer, BPH symptoms are often similar to those of prostate cancer.

impotence - the inability to have or keep an erection.

urinary incontinence - the loss of bladder control.

This page was last updated on: March 4, 2008.

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