Talk:Benign prostatic hyperplasia

5α-Reductase inhibitors

 * The 5α-reductase inhibitors are contraindicated in pregnant women ... pregnant women should not handle crushed or broken tablets.

Why is this here? Isn't BPH a male disease? --Amine Brikci N (talk) 12:42, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Nurses are typically women. Many pharmacists are women. There are also wives and girlfriends of men. Just touching the tablets is a risk to the fetus. MartinezMD (talk) 01:44, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Outdated reference
Reference #39 is no longer accessible (Üçer O (1 December 2011). "Giant prostatic hyperplasia: Case report and literature review". Dicle Medical Journal / Dicle Tıp Dergisi. 38 (4): 489–491. doi:10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2011.04.0072.)

Another SECONDARY SOURCE of comparable scope would be appropriate in its place. Could someone with ADMIN LEVEL access to making the appropriate reference change include the following as the new reference #39:

How to cite this article: Ojewola RW, Tijani KH, Fatuga AL, Onyeze CI, Okeke CJ. Management of a giant prostatic enlargement: Case report and review of the literature. Niger Postgrad Med J 2020;27:242-7

How to cite this URL: Ojewola RW, Tijani KH, Fatuga AL, Onyeze CI, Okeke CJ. Management of a giant prostatic enlargement: Case report and review of the literature. Niger Postgrad Med J [serial online] 2020 [cited 2022 Aug 26];27:242-7. Available from: https://www.npmj.org/text.asp?2020/27/3/242/289919 JamesRichardFishman (talk) 20:25, 26 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I updated the citation. MartinezMD (talk) 18:38, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Lifestyle
The lifestyle section mentions reducing alcohol consumption, but this seems to contradict an earlier comment in the Diet section about "a strong negative association with alcohol intake". Perhaps we could add a comment about the uncertainty here. (At a guess, alcohol consumption may reduce insulin which may reduce bph) Leblam (talk) 11:10, 31 July 2023 (UTC)