Kidney & Urinary Health

Articles on kidney & urinary health are in preparation. Each passes editorial review and fact-checking before publication, and this hub will be opened to search engines once it holds a full introduction and several completed guides. Browse the conditions index for topics already covered.

Conditions

Enlarged prostate (BPH) BPH is not cancer and not dangerous in itself. It is the most common reason men over 50 get up at night to urinate — and it is very treatable.

High blood pressure Blood pressure is the single most consequential number most adults don't know — symptomless at damaging levels, measurable for pennies, and movable by methods whose effect sizes medicine actually publishes.

Prostatitis Prostatitis is the prostate problem that affects younger men too. Most cases are not infections, which is why antibiotics so often fail to help.

Type 2 diabetes Type 2 diabetes develops when the body stops responding to insulin properly and the pancreas can no longer compensate. It is common, often silent at first, and largely manageable once found.

Symptoms

Frequent urination at night (nocturia) Getting up once a night is common and usually harmless. Twice or more is worth investigating, because the cause is as often in the kidneys, heart or sleep as in the bladder.

Unexplained weight gain Most weight gain has ordinary explanations that add up quietly. The gain worth investigating is the kind that outruns them — fast, unexplained, or accompanied by swelling, fatigue or other signals.

Weak urine stream A stream that has grown weak, slow or hesitant is one of the most common urinary complaints in men over 50, and one of the most under-reported. It nearly always has a treatable cause.

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