prostate enlargement

Prostate enlargement varies in severity from man to man, and doesn't always pose a problem. Only about half the men with prostate enlargement experience signs and symptoms that become noticeable or bothersome enough for them to seek medical treatment. These signs and symptoms may include:

Weak urine stream
Difficulty starting urination
Stopping and starting again while urinating
Dribbling at the end of urination
Frequent need to urinate
Increased frequency of urination at night (nocturia)
Urgent need to urinate
Not being able to completely empty the bladder
Blood in the urine (hematuria)
Urinary tract infection


	QUESTIONNAIRE

During the last month, how often:

Not at all

Less than 1 time

Less than half the time

About half the time

More than half the time

Almost always

Check mark your answers and then add up the points

0

1

2

3

4

5

1. Have you had the sensation of not emptying your bladder completely after you have finished urinating?

2. Had to urinate again within 2 hours?

3. Had to stop and start several times?

4. Was difficult to hold back urine; have to go now?

5. Had a weak urinary stream?

6. Had to strain to urinate?

7. Number of times got up at night?

Score Key

0-19: Mild/Moderate obstruction, still within normal

20-35: Severe obstruction: YOU MUST SEE YOUR UROLOGIST

AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE