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Prostate, enlarged

Questions to ask your doctor

If you've been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, you may want to ask your doctor some questions to find out more about this condition and how to deal with it.

Here are some suggestions.

How do you know I have an enlarged prostate and not a more serious condition?
Is there anything I can do to improve my symptoms? To read more, see What can I do to help my symptoms?
Do you think I should start treatment or wait and see what happens?
Will my symptoms get worse if I don't get treatment?
Am I likely to get other problems? To read more, see Complications of an enlarged prostate.
Will I need surgery?
What are the side effects of surgery?
Are there other treatments I can try?
Are there medications I can take?
What about herbal treatments?
What side effects do these treatments have?
Will I need to have regular checkups?

This information was last updated on Oct 13, 2008

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