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Benign Prostate Conditions

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Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) encompasses a range of bladder storage and voiding symptoms that can include urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, weak stream, hesitancy, intermittency (starting and stopping), and a sense of incomplete emptying. Dysuria, pain, or discomfort in the bladder and genital areas, hematuria, and urinary incontinence are other symptoms that can be associated with the infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic prostate conditions that cause LUTS. Many men experience these types of urinary symptoms. A study of 30,000 patients over age 40 in the USA, UK, and Sweden showed that 72.3% of the men had LUTS at least “sometimes,” and 47.9% had LUTS at least “often” [1].

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  1. Departments of Family Medicine and Urology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Karl T. Rew

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA

    Paul Paulman

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Robert B. Taylor

  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Audrey A. Paulman

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA

    Laeth S. Nasir

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Rew, K.T. (2020). Benign Prostate Conditions. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0779-3_185-1

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