BIO-17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Dysuria, Nocturia
Document Summary
Common signs and symptoms of male reproductive system diseases and disorders. Pain in any reproductive organ or unusual discharge. Swelling or enlargement of any reproductive organ. Prostatitis inflammation of bladder spreads to prostate. Spread of infection from bladder or urethra. Testosterone converted to dht by 5 alpha reductase. Affects 75% of men during 7th decade of life. Most common cancer of internal organs in males: >100,000 new cases per year. Most common cause of death from cancer in men over age 75. Accounts for 29% of all cancers in males. 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in males. Prostatic cancer is asymptomatic until its advanced stages. Rare but important, most common in men 25-45 years old. Usually malignant but can be successful treated by surgery + chemotherapy or radiation therapy. High cure rate, >90% of patients survive. Thus absence of one or both testes from scrotum. Testes normally descend to aid sperm production.
