In Dr a new treatment for prostatic annoyances

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a benign but abnormal growth of the prostate. It is considered as the most common illness in the adult, both that up 50 per cent of males of 60 years and up to 90 percent of men with 80 the suffers.

Explained the Costa Rican urologist Gonzalo Azúa, the specific causes of this condition are not known so there is no way to prevent it.

People who develop this condition have symptoms such as: urinary stream without force and intermittent, feeling of incomplete emptying, need to urinate several times during the night. During the day a desperate desire to urinate occurs and they feel that they can not contain the urine says.

Is from age 50 when often the elderly begins to experience this kind of suffering, said the specialist.

There are drugs that help, and González Azúa suggests that, in case of no show u000ano improvement with them, proceed to surgery, since, in addition to the difficulty in urinating, those who suffer from BPH have risks of developing erectile dysfunction, highlighted.

For him doctor, many men decide suffering its annoyances by fear to go to the specialist, silent so recommended go immediately before any difficulty.

Treatment begins with a first phase in which treatment is applied to decrease the symptoms, and achieve relax the bladder so that the Jet is strong. For this population that suffer from BPH, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer has developed the drug Cardura XL, which showed a significant improvement of symptoms in 70 of every 100 patients, according to the results of a comparative study between the drug and placebo applied to 1,446 patients.

"This drug has a mechanism of action so advanced that allows better control of symptoms, it is able to" u000a"controlled way release the substance activates the medication for a period of 24 hours", said Genaro Cuesta, medical director of Pfizer for Central America and Caribbean. This drug has the "GITS" (controlled release gastrointestinal therapeutic system) technology which is to maintain an adequate level of the drug in the body for a period more prolonged.

According to a study conducted by the pharmaceutical, 43 out of 100 patients after 4 weeks of treatment demonstrated live a sense of improvement compared with 31 percent of patients who expressed satisfaction on their status to ingest them.

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La BPH is progressive and its symptoms can vary from mild to moderate.

These patients should be monitored and treatment.

This way, 85% of them remains stable within a year of having been diagnosed, while 65% deteriorates at age five, u000aWhen not treated. Therefore as part of his treatment receive regular education and should decrease fluid intake, which include coffee, tea and alcohol to get better results.

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