With age, comes its own set of challenges. Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, or BPH, is a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. BPH is a very common condition affecting more than 40 million Americans and more than 500 million aging men worldwide. While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man's quality of life.
As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks the urethra, causing bothersome urinary symptoms such as:
• Frequent need to urinate both day and night
• Weak or slow urinary stream
• A sense that you cannot completely empty your bladder
• Difficulty or delay in starting urination
• Urgent feeling of needing to urinate
• A urinary stream that stops and starts
If you suffer from the above symptoms, you are not alone. BPH is one of the leading reasons men visit a urologist.
Dr. Mohammed Zaher is certified with the UroLift® System. This revolutionary, minimally invasive approach to treating BPH, lifts or holds the enlarged prostate tissue out of the way, so it no longer blocks the urethra. There is no cutting, heating or removal of the prostate tissue.
The UroLift® System is an early treatment option that can get men off BPH medications and avoid major surgery. The procedure is typically performed using local anesthesia in a physician's office or ambulatory surgery center. Patients normally return home the same day without a catheter.
To schedule an evaluation with Urologist Mohammed Zaher, DO, call 812.242.3130.