What Causes Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)?
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is caused by the following factors:
Aging
As men advance in age [2], their physical body changes and so do their organs and the prostate is not left out from this change. BPH is considered a normal condition that occurs with age. It occurs when some of the prostate tissues start to deteriorate and are replaced by scar-like tissues, due to aging. Changes in sex hormones that occurs as a result of advancement in age, is the major factor that causes BPH in men. Men whose family members have had benign prostatic hyperplasia stand at a higher risk of having it when they grow older. Studies have shown that the prostate starts to enlarge little by little at about age 25. Younger men are less likely to have BPH but it is estimated that at age 90, a man would have most likely had benign prostatic hyperplasia at some point in his life. In 2010, about 14 million men in the United States were estimated to have had lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia.