Not just a prostate: problems of benign prostatic hyperplasia in elderly
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is the main disease which determines the quality of life of the ald men. The article includes literature and own data, confirming the high prevalence of it in men alder then 60-70. It is underlined that because of lots of reasons BHP often can be found only on autopsy. The article describes the link between BPH with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and the common features of its pathogenesis, particular atherosclerosis. The questions of BPH diagnostics in old patients are discussed. It is underlined that heavy complications of the disease, symptoms and in some degree therapy lead to decreasing of old patient’s quality of life, what make BPH one of the main problems of BPH in general somatic practice.

Keywords: chronic prostatitis, prostate cancer, prostate, benign prostatic hypertrophy, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis