Enlarged Prostate (BPH) Treatment in Johor Bahru and Batu Pahat, Johor
Relief for a weak urine stream, straining and waking at night to pass urine, from consultant urologist Dato’ Dr Azhar Amir Hamzah. He also treats prostatitis, a painful inflammation of the prostate.
What is an enlarged prostate?
An enlarged prostate, also called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is a growth of the prostate that is not cancer. It is very common after the age of 50. As the prostate grows, it presses on the tube that carries urine out of the bladder, making urine harder to pass.
Symptoms
- Weak or slow urine stream
- Difficulty starting to pass urine, or straining
- Waking at night two or more times to pass urine
- A sudden, urgent need to pass urine
- Dribbling at the end, or feeling the bladder has not emptied
- Pain in the pelvis, between the legs or when passing urine (prostatitis)
Common causes
- Natural growth of the prostate with age and hormone changes
- Prostatitis: infection or inflammation of the prostate, which can affect younger men too
- Symptoms can be made worse by caffeine, alcohol and drinking late at night
How Dato’ Dr Azhar assesses and treats an enlarged prostate
Dato’ Dr Azhar asks about your symptoms using a simple score, examines the prostate, and checks a urine test and PSA. An ultrasound shows the prostate size and whether the bladder empties fully, and a flow test measures the strength of your stream.
Many men improve with lifestyle changes and medicine that relaxes or shrinks the prostate. If medicine does not help, or if the prostate blocks urine flow, causes repeated infections, bladder stones or kidney strain, he discusses minimally invasive prostate surgery such as TURP or laser prostate surgery. Prostatitis is treated with the right antibiotics, medicine for pain and inflammation, and pelvic care.
When to see a urologist
- Urinary symptoms that disturb your sleep or daily life
- Blood in the urine
- Repeated urine infections
- Pain in the pelvis or when passing urine that keeps returning
- Being unable to pass urine at all: seek urgent care
FAQs
Is an enlarged prostate the same as prostate cancer?
No. BPH is not cancer and does not turn into cancer, but both can happen together, so a PSA test is part of the check.
Will I need surgery?
Most men manage well with medicine. Surgery is considered when medicine does not help or complications develop.
What is prostatitis?
It is inflammation of the prostate, sometimes from infection, which causes pelvic pain and urinary discomfort. It is treatable.