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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
is prostate gland enlargement due to increased epithelial cells and stromal tissue.
What does BPH results from?
endocrine changes associated with the aging process
The compression of the urethra leads to clinical symptoms:
decrease in caliber and force of the urinary stream
difficulty in initiating voiding
intermittency and dribbling
Conservative and initial treatment is _________ ___________ when there are 0/mild symptoms
watchful waiting
Drug therapy may also be used.
Invasive treatment of symptomatic BPH involves
prostate resection or ablation.
Prostate cancer is the __________cancer among men, excluding skin cancer.
most common
Risk factors of prostate cancer include
family history
age
ethnicity
Symptoms of prostate cancer are similar to those for BPH including
dysuria
hesitancy
dribbling
frequency
urgency.
Elevated levels of ___________ ________ _____indicate prostatic pathology, although not necessarily prostate cancer.
prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
The conservative approach to management is
“watchful waiting”
Invasive therapies include ___________ ___________ and _______________
radical prostatectomy and cryosurgery
Treatment may also include
drugs, hormones, chemotherapy, and radiation.
The nursing role is to encourage patients
to have annual PSA and digital rectal exam
What age should men start having PSA and digital rectal exams?
age 50 or younger if risk factors present.
The term prostatitis describes a group of ____________ and ____________ conditions affecting the prostate gland
inflammatory and noninflammatory
what are the different types of prostatitis?
acute bacterial prostatitis
chronic bacterial prostatitis
chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis
What drugs are used for acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis?
antibiotics
What is Epididymitis?
acute painful inflammatory process of the epididymis secondary to an infectious process, trauma, or urinary reflux down the vas deferens.
Conservative treatment of epididymitis?
bed rest with elevation of scrotum
use of ice packs
analgesics.
Author
jean
ID
14291
Card Set
Men's Health
Description
Men's Health ch. 55, lewis
Updated
2010-04-14T11:44:14Z
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