WEEK 6 DISCUSSION NSG 620 SUMMARIZED

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BPH Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), also known as benign prostatic enlargement (BPE), consists of lower urinary tract symptoms resulting from bladder outlet obstruction. This is predominantly due... to two components: an unchanging component related to an increase in benign prostatic tissue narrowing the urethral lumen and a dynamic component related to an increase in prostatic smooth muscle tone mediated by alpha-adrenergic receptors (Burnett & Wein, 2006). Common Signs and symptoms seen BPH presents with both storage symptoms, including frequency, urgency, nocturia, and incontinence, as well as with voiding symptoms that includes weak stream, dribbling, dysuria, straining (Flannery & Abel, 2018). [Show More]

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