Enlarged Prostate

This morning, I went to SGH to accompany an elderly man for his checkup.  He has to go to Urology department and need to drink lots of water to pass urine before seeing the doctor.  The nurse was pretty adamant for him to hold as long as possible and to pass out at least 100 ml of urine.  So when he insisted he is ready, he only pass out 33ml.  So the nurse wanted to redo the test but a more senior nurse intervene and said she will pass the test result to the doctor.  The doctor saw him and explained that he has enlarged prostate which is common in elderly man.  So there is nothing to worry.  He just need to pass urine whenever there is an urge.

The good thing with the internet is it is so easy to do research and found that all men will have enlarged prostate at the age of 80.  The only way to reduce it is surgery.