Frequent urination male complications are often caused by prostate enlargement or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which will bring about the enlarged prostate symptom overflow incontinence. While the majority of men do eventually grow an enlarged prostate, it takes years, even decades due to the conditioned acceptance of urination habits, for the frequent urination problem to warrant a trip to the urologist. Our conditioning over the years allows men to accept the “aging” symptom of waking up at night more and more often. Men even start to curtail their social patterns due to their constant need to be near a toilet.

Frequent urination male complications include prostatitis. Prostatitis may be brought on by a bacterial infection which can be stopped when our urologists match up the proper type of antibiotic to kill the specific strain of bacteria residing in your prostate. Of course men may also have cystitis (bladder infection) which can also be cured by the proper antibiotic. Unfortunately prostatitis is not clearly understood and antibiotics are not always the pristine solution as in the case of urinary tract infections.

For men, if the enlarged prostate blocks (obstructs) the urine from leaving the bladder the pressure from the full bladder may cause the urine to travel back up the ureters and into the kidneys. This is called hydronephrosis, which can cause a UPJ (ureteropelvic junction) obstruction deforming the connection between the ureter and kidney. A pyeloplasty procedure is then needed to reconstruct the UPJ. The pressure of the urine backtracking into the kidney can also destroy the kidney function for life. If both kidneys are severely damaged then dialysis is needed to clear the blood of excess water and toxins.

Frequent urination male complications caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH is very common among males who are 40 years of age and older. The prostate surrounds the urethra and is located below the bladder.  When the prostate grows it tightens around the urethra.  The more the urethra squeezes, the harder the bladder has to squeeze to get the urine to leave. This is the reason men’s bladders do not empty completely and when 180 ml (2/3s of a cup) of urine is left behind, the bladder needs that much less time to become filled up again. As time goes on the prostate grows and the bladder retains more urine causing more frequent trips to the bathroom.