Men, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Enlarged Prostate)

Men - Little Gland, Big troubles

What is this? How to define BPH ?

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate that restricts the flow of urine from the bladder.¹
• There are two growth periods in a man’s life when the prostate enlarges. The first occurs early in puberty, when the prostate doubles in size. At around age 25, the gland begins to grow again.  This second growth phase often results, years later, in BPH.²
• In BPH, the prostate becomes enlarged to the point that it presses against the urethra like a clamp on a garden hose. The bladder wall becomes thicker and irritable.  Eventually, the bladder weakens and loses the ability to empty itself, so urine remains in the bladder.  This “clamping” of the urethra and partial emptying of the bladder causes many of the symptoms associated with BPH.²
• While a definitive cause of BPH has not been identified (possible the enzyme Aromatase), factors that contribute to the condition include hormonal changes associated with aging and family history¹, and also nutrition and lack of exercise
• BPH can be diagnosed by several means depending on the patient’s symptoms, including a digital rectal exam, the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test, a urine flow study or rectal ultrasound.³

Key Statistics

• BPH is the most common disorder of the prostate¹ and is the most common diagnosis by urologists for male patients age 45-74.⁴
• 80% of the men over age 40 will have some symptoms of BPH.
• In eight out of 10 cases, symptoms relating to changes or problems with urination – including frequent urination; urgency, leaking or dribbling; and a hesitant, interrupted or weak urine stream – suggest the presence of BPH.²

Impact on Quality of Life^1,2

• While BPH is not life threatening, it reduces quality of life by causing discomfort, inconvenience, sleep disruption and embarrassment.
• BPH can turn urination into a round-the-clock and agonizing experience.
• Men with BPH describe being embarrassed at public urinals by their dribbling stream, and feeling trapped by the need to stay close to a bathroom at all times – limiting their freedom to live a normal life.
• If left untreated, BPH can lead to other more serious medical conditions including urinary tract infections, bladder and kidney damage, bladder stones and incontinence. ²
• Symptoms of BPH include:
• Frequent need to urinate
• Sudden need to urinate
• Interrupted sleep due to need to urinate at night
• Weak, variable or dribbling stream
• Need to strain or push bladder to urinate
• Difficulty beginning urination
• Pain or burning during urination
• Sensation that bladder is not completely empty after urination
• Diminished sexual drive and performance
• Sexual dysfunction, Erectile difficulty, Impotence.

Treatment Options

- Convencional medicine:

• Drug Therapy:¹ Useful for treating the symptoms of BPH, but patients must remain on the medication for the rest of their lives or symptoms will return.
• Alpha blockers: These medications – including tamsulosin (Flomax®), terazosin (Hytrin®), doxazosin (Cardura®) and alfuzosin (Uroxatral®) – act by relaxing the smooth muscle cells of the prostate and bladder neck to improve urine flow and to reduce bladder outlet obstruction.
• Adverse effects may include: dizziness, fatigue, postural hypotension (drop in blood pressure on standing), nasal congestion and abnormal ejaculation.
• Anti-androgens. These medications – including finasteride (Proscar®) and dutasteride (Avodart®) – inhibit production of the hormone DHT, which is involved with prostate enlargement.
• Adverse effects may include impotence, decreased libido and decreased ejaculate volume.
  
• Nonsurgical Treatment: Research has proven that minimally invasive treatments are safe and effective.  May be appropriate for patients who don’t want to take daily medication for the rest of their lives, but do not want to expose themselves to the risks of invasive surgery. 
• Treatments include radio frequency therapy, interstitial laser coagulation, transurethral microwave therapy and laser therapy. The only radio frequency therapy is Medtronic’s PROSTIVA™ RF Therapy. This publication will focus on Medtronic’s RF therapy for symptomatic BPH.
• PROSTIVA RF Therapy Delivers low-level radio frequency energy through the urethra through a precise, dose-controlled delivery system to destroy a well-defined region of the enlarged prostate. Shields protect the urethra from heat damage.
• Indicated for the treatment of symptoms due to urinary outflow obstruction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men over the age of 50 with prostate sizes between 20 and 50 cm³.
• Improves urine flow and relieves symptoms with significantly fewer side effects when compared with Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP).
• Can be performed in the office using local anesthesia.
• Forty percent of patients were catheterized in the original clinical study. In later studies, 6 percent - 15 percent of patients were catheterized.
• Adverse effects may include obstruction, bleeding, pain/discomfort, urgency to urinate, increased frequency of urination, urinary tract infection. Patients may also experience a mild burning sensation when urinating for one to two weeks following the treatment.
• BPH symptoms usually begin improving within two to six weeks.

• Invasive Surgical Treatment¹
• Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP). Surgical method in which a resectoscope is inserted into the urethra and enlarged tissues are cut away using an electrical loop.
• The most common surgical treatment.
• Requires spinal or general anesthesia and one to three days in the hospital.
• Post-procedure catheterization required.
• Adverse effects may include: incontinence, impotence, retrograde ejaculation, infection and blood loss.

  Alternative and Complementary Medicine:

• SSP3 FORTE capsules. Decrease of all symptoms after 60 to 120 days.

           NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. Can be use by diabetic men. Only sells in Europe.

What is exactly SSP3 FORTE?

SSP3 FORTE - Prostate and Virility Formula, is a food supplement. It’s formula helps to restore good health naturally! It works by helping to safely shrink the swollen prostate, giving you back urine control, and improved sexual prowess!

Heres the really important part research has proven that an enlarged prostate is actually a disease resulting from nutrition deficiency in the prostate. Up until about 40 years of age, a mans body naturally produces ample quantities of special amino acids and other nutrients necessary for good prostate health.

Unfortunately, as your body ages, its production of these essential nutrients slows down  way down  and eventually stops entirely. Without these natural regulators the prostate will grow. Gradually, at first, and then more rapidly, the prostate expands. As it grows, it presses on the urethra, the tube that delivers urine from the bladder. Eventually it grows enough to cause pressure and pain, block urine flow, and cause sexual dysfunction.

Untreated, many swollen prostates turn cancerous and can lead to debilitating surgery, painful radiation, sickening chemotherapy, and even death.

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SSP3-FORTE stops BPH and its symptoms. Plus, if you are healthy now, SSP3 FORTE can help to PREVENT you from getting BPH and suffering from its devastating symptoms.

Heres the BOTTOM LINE: use of SSP3-FORTE on a regular basis  starting at age 40  helps prevent BPH entirely.

SSP3-FORTE naturally helps to relieve and prevent the pain and discomfort from a swollen prostate.

SSP3-FORTE is formulated from ALL-Natural ingredients that provide the exact nutrients that the body needs once it hits age 40 and on. These are nutrients that that your body can no longer produce on its own  the nutrients that are proven vital for good prostate Health.

SSP3-FORTE is the ideal formula for the health of the man over the age of 40.

Individually, all the ingredients in SSP3 FORTE deliver the most powerful nutrition and healing for the prostate. These ALL-Natural nutrients have been carefully selected to create impact on prostate health.

Best of all  when these dynamic nutrients are combined in the exclusive SSP3 FORTE formula, they interact synergistically to deliver even greater healing power than they do own their own!

Each of the ALL-Natural ingredients in SSP3-FORTE has been proven safe and effective in helping to relieve swollen prostates. You wont find a more effective combination of natural ingredients anywhere, at any price. Just look at the benefits you get from each of some ingredients:

Ingredient #1 - Plant extract has been used for centuries to relieve prostate discomfort. Now it has gained medical recognition and acceptance as a powerful weapon against BPH thats safe, effective and free of side effects. Naturally relieve night-time urination and get a good nights sleep, too Basically, This Plant extract, stops good testosterone from turning into a bad dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and prevents existing DHT from attaching to your prostate.  But there is a zinger: Many producers sell supplements containing lots of this plant powder. And these supplements usually boast a nice high milligram content. But they contain little or no liposterolic extract! And this is the stuff in this Plant in this SSP3-FORTE formula that benefits your prostate. Thats why our time made sure that SSP3-FORTE gives you the right part of the plant, not powder.

Ingredient #2 - A root that is critical to prostate health, because it helps inhibit an enzyme that triggers the trouble, Aromatase. So how come youve never heard of it? Probably because many manufactures leave it out altogether! Even when they include this Plant root, its often the wrong kind. You see, its the roots that contain the prostate healthy compounds (beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and campesterol, to name a few). The leaves are cheaper, but useless. And that’s exactly why SSP3 FORTE contains this Plant root, not leaves, in synergistic blend with the ingredient number 1.

Ingredient #3 - One mineral, studies have shown that men who suffer from prostate problems often have low levels of this mineral in their prostate fluids. Adding it to the diet raises it's levels helping to rapidly reduce the prostate swelling. One study in particular showed that in just 2 months, supplementation with this mineral reduced prostate swelling in 73% of the test subjects.

Ingredient #4 - One vitamin, his important substance, good for your sexual performance and also fight free radicals.

Ingredient #5 – Powerful antioxidant that may help you to protect and fight cancer. Progression of BPH to prostate cancer is a significant concern for patients with BPH. This Ingredient #5 has been shown to lower the occurrence of prostate carcinoma, suggesting that this Ingredient #5 may help prevent prostate cancer. Ingredient #5’s mechanisms of action have been studied in patients who consumed tomato sauce before having a prostatectomy . Ingredient #5 decreased serum PSA levels and oxidative DNA damage in prostate tissue. Programmed cell death (apoptosis) showed a tendency to increase in patients with BPH after they consumed tomato sauce.

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·        Lifestyle Changes

Specific lifestyle changes can help to reduce the symptoms associated with BPH. To help reduce symptoms associated with BPH:

1. Eat ample amounts of fresh fish, fruits, and vegetables. The high mineral and vitamin content (especially of vitamins E and D) of these foods are essential for general health and metabolism but can also reflect positively on prostate cells.
2. Reduce stress, both on and off the job.
3. Exercise regularly.
4. Keep your weight within normal limits.
5. Keep track of the number of times you urinate during the night. See your physician as soon as you notice an increase in frequency.
6. If your physician prescribes medication to treat your BPH, follow his or her directions precisely. Make sure your physician knows about all botanical extracts or nutritional supplements you are taking.

Sexual Dysfunction and BPH

The incidence of sexual dysfunction in patients suffering from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) -- or enlarged prostate -- is nearly twice as high as treating physicians believe shows a new survey from the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases (AFUD) .

Yes, the symptoms of an enlarged prostate are troubling. There is no denying that the resulting impotence, incontinence and sexual dysfunction can all be humiliating and depressing. What’s more, a swollen prostate is definitely uncomfortable. Also if left untreated, can means risk for cancer of the prostate. This is why its vital to get PROPER NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT and routine check-ups with the physician. Remember once the prostate becomes cancerous can kill!

Given that certain treatments (conventional) can cause or worsen sexual dysfunction, including Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Ejaculatory Dysfunction (EjD), the study authors encourage broader educational initiatives about the prevalence, impact and management of BPH- and treatment-related sexual side effects to ensure that patients' sexual health concerns are adequately addressed.

"The findings underscore a critical disparity between the incidence of sexual dysfunction in BPH patients and the perception of the medical community regarding its importance," says Allen Seftel, MD, Professor of Urology & Reproductive Biology, Case-Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.

"Sexual dysfunction resulting from enlarged prostate or its treatment can negatively impact a patient's quality-of-life, self-esteem and relationships, so it's important that these concerns not be underestimated."

Discounting Sexual Dysfunction in BPH In the survey of 1,275 urologists and primary-care physicians (PCPs), respondents indicated that they believed that approximately 25% of patients experienced sexual dysfunction, while MSAM-7, a major epidemiological study of nearly 14,000 men published in 2003, places the incidence at 50% -- twice as high as physician perception. Surprisingly, urologists, who were shown by the survey to treat BPH twice as frequently as PCPs, were more likely to underestimate the incidence of sexual dysfunction associated with BPH (19% of their patient population for urologists vs. 27% for PCPs) or BPH medication (19% for urologists vs. 24% for PCPs).

More than half of all men over age 60 have the condition -- and after age 80, men have an 80% chance of developing the condition. Left untreated, the symptoms may progress, leading to serious health problems including urinary tract infections, bladder and kidney damage, bladder stones, incontinence and acute urinary retention.

Lower urinary tract symptoms related to enlarged prostate are also strongly correlated to sexual problems, including Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Ejaculatory Dysfunction (EjD). In fact, lower urinary tract symptoms are a risk factor for ED independent of other conditions associated with ED, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease and hyperlipidemia.

Men with severe urinary symptoms report 50% less sexual activity and 33% reduction in overall sexual satisfaction compared to men without severe lower urinary tract symptoms. "We've seen in our practices that the majority of men over age 50 consider an active sex life important," adds Dr. Seftel. "Since men with BPH symptoms are already at risk for compromised sexual function, it makes sense to consider sexual side effects when treating urinary symptoms of BPH."

References

1. Issa M, Marshall F.  Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Diseases of the Prostate.  3rd ed.  Newtown, Pa:Handbooks in Healthcare Co; 2005.
2. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse Web site.  American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.  Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).  2003.
3. Contemporary Urology/Urology Times 2005 Fact Book. Prepared by Advanstar Medical Economics Healthcare Communications Secondary Research Services. 
4. United States Census Bureau. Medtronic PROSTIVA RF Therapy System User Guide.

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