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Jason Howland:<\/strong> It’s a common problem for older men: benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH.<\/p>\n

Toby Kohler, M.D., Urology, Mayo Clinic:<\/strong> “BPH<\/abbr> is a fancy way of saying the prostate is getting larger, and we don’t want it to.”<\/p>\n

Jason Howland:<\/strong> Dr. Toby Kohler, a Mayo Clinic urologist, says the enlarged prostate forces the urethra to narrow, causing a variety of urination problems. And as men age, the symptoms occur more frequently.<\/p>\n

Treatment for BPH<\/abbr> has long been medications and procedures, such as lasers or an electric loop, which burn the prostate from the inside out.<\/p>\n

But, now, a relatively new convective water therapy treatment uses steam to make the prostate smaller.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kohler:<\/strong> “For nine seconds, a steam ball is produced and that kills all that prostate tissue that we don’t want or that has grown out of control.”<\/p>\n

Jason Howland:<\/strong> Dr. Kohler says the procedure, performed right in the doctor’s office, has a very low risk for complications or sexual side effects.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kohler:<\/strong> “It does not carry heat outside the prostate, and it does not carry heat to areas we don’t want it.”<\/p>\n

Jason Howland:<\/strong> He says this next generation of BPH<\/abbr> treatment may soon replace the need for costly medications.<\/p>\n

For the Mayo Clinic News Network, I’m Jason Howland.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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