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So there is a cure for BPH?

cs02rm0 1y ago
Sounds like it reoccurs, but potentially the procedure is repeatable. I didn't see a frequency. I wonder how many potential answers to such problems are out there, known to a few but not acted on by the masses.
- cactusplant7374 1y ago
  > In any case, the paper makes no comment as to whether the problem can be solved the same way a second time; obviously in principle it can, but finding all the new bypasses and sclerosing them might be difficult in practice. Multiple surgeries is not sustainable. Too much uncertainty.
  - kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
    > they then have the patient close off the bottom of the vein with finger pressure while they inject a sclerosing agent into the vein It seems highly failure prone. If you don't block the flow are you going to stroke out?
  - Supermancho 1y ago
    > Multiple surgeries is not sustainable. Too much uncertainty I'm not sure where this is coming from. Multiple cardiac bypasses have a ton of uncertainty, but they are effective because efficacy is measured by quality of life * increased lifespan. Multiple surgeries (the time it takes to regrow major veins from capillaries that aren't blocked off) to relatively non-lethal parts of the body seems very sustainable for a human lifespan after 60 or 55 or whatever.
gavinray 1y ago
You can use 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors like finasteride. One of the primary causes of BPH is from androgens, specifically the conversion of testosterone -> dihydrotestoerone via the 5-ar enzyme. The prostate is an androgen-sensitive tissue, and DHT causes enlargement. It's not guaranteed to fix it, but it's one option.
- amelius 1y ago
  I've heard a theory that baldness is related to tension in the scalp, which apparently is more prevalent in men.
- hamstergene 1y ago
  I wish we all could agree on a terminology where taking a pill daily is management, not a cure. A cure should be a one-off measure after which one stays cured. If not forever then at least for years. Something that needs to be repeated, esp. daily, should have a different word. That’s not a cure.
ekianjo 1y ago
Not a cure but Tadalafil works very well as a treatment.
- fredsmith219 1y ago
  It does. I suffer for almost 20 hours of I miss a dose. I’m very sure that doesn’t happen.

Sounds like it reoccurs, but potentially the procedure is repeatable. I didn't see a frequency. I wonder how many potential answers to such problems are out there, known to a few but not acted on by the masses.

cactusplant7374 1y ago
> In any case, the paper makes no comment as to whether the problem can be solved the same way a second time; obviously in principle it can, but finding all the new bypasses and sclerosing them might be difficult in practice. Multiple surgeries is not sustainable. Too much uncertainty.
- kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
  > they then have the patient close off the bottom of the vein with finger pressure while they inject a sclerosing agent into the vein It seems highly failure prone. If you don't block the flow are you going to stroke out?
- Supermancho 1y ago
  > Multiple surgeries is not sustainable. Too much uncertainty I'm not sure where this is coming from. Multiple cardiac bypasses have a ton of uncertainty, but they are effective because efficacy is measured by quality of life * increased lifespan. Multiple surgeries (the time it takes to regrow major veins from capillaries that aren't blocked off) to relatively non-lethal parts of the body seems very sustainable for a human lifespan after 60 or 55 or whatever.

gavinray 1y ago

You can use 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors like finasteride. One of the primary causes of BPH is from androgens, specifically the conversion of testosterone -> dihydrotestoerone via the 5-ar enzyme. The prostate is an androgen-sensitive tissue, and DHT causes enlargement. It's not guaranteed to fix it, but it's one option.

amelius 1y ago
I've heard a theory that baldness is related to tension in the scalp, which apparently is more prevalent in men.
hamstergene 1y ago
I wish we all could agree on a terminology where taking a pill daily is management, not a cure. A cure should be a one-off measure after which one stays cured. If not forever then at least for years. Something that needs to be repeated, esp. daily, should have a different word. That’s not a cure.

ekianjo 1y ago

Not a cure but Tadalafil works very well as a treatment.

fredsmith219 1y ago
It does. I suffer for almost 20 hours of I miss a dose. I’m very sure that doesn’t happen.