What causes an enlarged bladder?

Bladder hypertrophy is a relatively common disease. If a man has prostate hyperplasia, it may cause blockage of the urethral opening. For a long time, a large amount of residual urine will accumulate in the bladder, causing bladder hypertrophy. This is very harmful to the health of the bladder. Therefore, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying the disease and actively treat the primary disease. Let us learn about this aspect below.

What causes an enlarged bladder?

1. First of all, prostatitis has not been completely cured, or urethritis, cystitis, seminal fumonitis, etc., cause the prostate tissue to become congested and proliferate and hypertrophy.

2. Excessive sexual life and masturbation will cause congestion of sexual organs, and the prostate tissue will also grow and hypertrophy due to prolonged congestion.

3. In addition, frequent alcoholism or long-term drinking, and eating spicy and other irritating foods can stimulate prostate hyperplasia.

4. Lack of physical exercise, easy hardening of arteries and poor blood circulation in the prostate can also lead to this disease.

5. Bad emotions will lead to liver qi stagnation, qi and blood stagnation, causing blood stasis in the body, which will cause obstruction of prostate circulation and lead to hyperplasia.

6. Holding urine for too long and drinking less water will cause the urine to become concentrated and the frequency of urination to decrease, leading to the deposition of toxins in the urine. The harmful substances in the urine will damage the prostate.

7. Unreasonable dietary structure and unhealthy eating habits are also important factors that induce prostate disease

What to do if you have an enlarged bladder

1. Vigilant observation. Treatment: Mild prostatic hyperplasia, with no symptoms or very mild symptoms, requires regular examinations and close observation. Once the disease progresses, active treatment is required. Recovery from the disease can be promoted by changing lifestyle habits, such as reducing fluid intake, drinking fluids at regular intervals and in fixed amounts, avoiding alcohol and large amounts of coffee, etc. Disadvantages: It has no therapeutic effect and is only used for disease care.

2. Drug treatment. Therapy: Hormone or anti-hormone drugs, α-adrenergic receptor blockers, 5α-receptor reductase inhibitors, cholesterol inhibitors and other drugs are mostly used in the market. Disadvantages: serious side effects, easy to cause dependence, and serious harm to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems and immune systems after long-term use. And because Western medicine has not yet fully understood the root cause and pathogenesis of prostate hyperplasia, Western medicine treatment focuses on improving and relieving symptoms rather than curing prostate hyperplasia. Traditional Chinese medicine is recommended.

3. Surgical treatment: Palliative surgery such as bilateral orchiectomy and transurethral resection of the prostate; open surgery such as suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy, retropubic prostatectomy, and transperineal prostatectomy. Disadvantages: The surgery is risky and expensive. When making a choice for surgery, factors such as hospital conditions, the doctor's surgical proficiency and experience should be considered. Moreover, surgical resection does not completely remove the prostate tissue, and the remaining prostate tissue in the body may still have the possibility of disease.