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What To Do If Having Pain Due To Prostatis Even After Taking Medicines?
my father is suffering of prostatitis.In ultrasound enlarged prostate glands were detected.The treating doctor (urologist) says that it can be treated by medicines only..but after one month of treatment he is still in pain...patient is 79 yrs old.can we go for surgury ? suggest
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
I can understand your concern. As you say pain is still persisting after one month of the treatment , then I think you should consult the urologist again or go for the second opinion. Before that get one more ultrasound done which will show if there are any changes in prostate during this one month. If the symptoms persist then it advisable to undergo surgery . This will also help to rule out the cancer by his histopathology reports .
Take care and wish him all the best,
Welcome to HCM.
I can understand your concern. As you say pain is still persisting after one month of the treatment , then I think you should consult the urologist again or go for the second opinion. Before that get one more ultrasound done which will show if there are any changes in prostate during this one month. If the symptoms persist then it advisable to undergo surgery . This will also help to rule out the cancer by his histopathology reports .
Take care and wish him all the best,
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