Doctor shares King Charles prostate warnings – and the way involved he ought to be

A physician has revealed the warning indicators that will have led to King Charles‘ current well being prognosis.

The monarch will attend hospital subsequent week to bear a corrective process for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace introduced yesterday (Wednesday, January 17). While Charles’ situation is claimed to be “benign”, the operation will imply his public engagements are placed on maintain for now, the Daily Star beforehand reported.

Now Dr Gareth Nye has shared what could have led the King to hunt remedy. The healthcare skilled stated the situation is widespread and the signs might be laborious to identify.

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Charles’ official engagements have been placed on maintain whereas he recovers (file)
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“Changes to the prostate often goes unnoticed. The major symptoms are changes to a man’s ability to wee – either difficulty starting to wee, frequent need to urinate or being unable to fully empty the bladder,” he informed The Daily Star.‌ “None of these symptoms would be obvious to the general public or impact the King’s ability to do his day-to-day activities, so there wouldn’t have been anything obvious warning signs to suggest this was ongoing.”

Dr Nye added an enlarged prostate is “very common in men over the age of 50”. However, he stated the situation could cause fear because the signs might be much like these of prostate most cancers – the second-most deadly most cancers in males after lung most cancers. “It can be concerning due to having close symptoms with prostate cancer,” he stated.



Charles’ situation is ‘quite common’ in males over 50 (file)
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“Around one in three men over the age of 50 will have some change to their urinary habits and the most common cause is an enlarged prostate. The full term for an enlarged prostate is benign (meaning not cancer) prostatic enlargement.”

“There are a number of treatment options including surgery – which the King is having – medication or lifestyle changes to improve the ability to fully urinate. On the face of the news, we shouldn’t be concerned and hopefully this will highlight to men around the world that changes to their toilet habits should be checked out despite any embarrassment you may feel.



The signs of Charles’ sickness could have been laborious to identify (file)
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“Although enlarged prostate is not linked to prostate cancer, they do share similar symptoms, the major difference being that prostate cancer can lead to blood in urine or semen. I don’t believe King Charles does have prostate cancer but it should be known that men over the age of 50 are at a greater risk of the disease and remains the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men.

“If one thing adjustments, get it checked out,” he added.

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