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Its Friday night.

Spending my time at melaka now. The last time i came back here was 2 months ago. I never realised 2 months passed so fast until my brother remind me that the last time i am here was during the qing ming time.

Its sad to see that the urinary bag is attaching on my grandpa's side all the time. I think it is quite suffering cause this restricted his movement and he cant't be really free walking around anymore. This year as usual we are celebrating father's day with him again. I dont't know how many years we can still celebrate anymore but, hopefully he can stay longer and of course happier.

This week PBL as we are talking BPH as well. Lets talk something about BPH. since this is so commin in malaysia.

BPH=Benign Prostate Hypertrophy

It is quite common among the elderly patient. Mostly 80% of the elderly patient will encounter this problem. My grandpa is one of them. The reasons of BPH is still unknown, but studies shows that the influence of hormone is one of the problem.

Who's in the high risk that might encounter this problem?
Family history is one of the factor. If your father or grandpa is one of the patient then you might have high chance of getting this. Besides, some other factors such as obesity, dietary factor can all be the risk factor.

The prognosis of BPH is basically good. There are several treatment available nowadays. However if the patient's age is not too young anymore, like for my grandpa's case, doctor do not agree that he should undergo surgery cause the anesthesia might bring side effects to him. That is why now he always got the urinary bag with him.

Stay strong in overcoming all the problems.