Welcome to the DCGOGO Health Resource Center. One of the most important issues in our lives is our health. In-order to maintain a health body, one must have a profound knowledge of all of the major health problems surrounding our families, comminutes and our environment. At the DCGOGO Health Resource Center our goal is to provide you with information regarding health concerns in the Afro-American Community.

What Is Prostate Enlargement or BPH

If you're a man over 50 and have started having problems urinating, the reason could be an enlarged prostate, or BPH. As men get older, their prostate keeps growing. As it grows, it squeezes the urethra. Since urine travels from the bladder through the urethra, the pressure from the enlarged prostate may affect bladder control.

If you have BPH, you may have one or more of these problems:

1. A frequent and urgent need to urinate. You may get up several times a night to go to the bathroom.
2. Trouble starting a urine stream. Even though you feel you have to rush to get to the bathroom, you find it hard to start urinating.
3. A weak stream of urine.
4. A small amount of urine each time you go.
5. The feeling that you still have to go, even when you have just finished urinating.
6. Leaking or dribbling.
7. Small amounts of blood in your urine.

You may barely notice that you have one or two of these symptoms, or you may feel as though urination problems have taken over your life.

Frequent urination at night may be a sign of an enlarged prostate.