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A 19-year-old male asked:
Prostate enlargement symptoms?
4 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Many.: Difficulty starting stream. Not feeling empty. Having to use the restroom in the middle of the night. Having to urinate frequently. Dribbling, having to go again right after having gone. Small voids. An enlarged prostate would be incredibly unlikely in a 19 yo.
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Dr. Mathew Sorensenanswered
Urology 24 years experience
Prostate enlargement: Benign enlargement may have no symptoms but when it does cause symptoms there is often difficulty emptying the bladder, incomplete emptying, slow stream, getting up at night to urinate.
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Dr. Asghar Askarianswered
51 years experience
Slow stream: Difficult to void, and urinary flow is slow.
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Dr. Joanne LaMonicaanswered
29 years experience
Urinary frequency: At 19 BPH is impossible but, more likely to be prostatitis which includes symptoms of urinaru frequency, nocturia, incomplete emptying.P.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What are the symptoms of prostate enlargement ?
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Dr. Paul Turekanswered
Urology 37 years experience
Urination issues: About 50% of men will show symptoms of prostatic enlargement by age 50 and the vast majority by age 80. Symptoms are typically related to urination and can be obstructive or irritative. Obstructive: slower stream, weak stream, double voiding, stutterins stream. Irritative: frequency more than every 3-4 hours, urgency, short warning signal, getting up at night to urinate.
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