Why Urologist Prefer LUTS over Prostatism?

LUTS – Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Not only males, but also females experience lower urinary tract symptoms as they grow older. Many think that the only benign prostatic hyperplasia is the only cause of these lower urinary tract symptoms, but it is not true. It can be due to several reasons. They include,

·         Neurogenic bladder dysfunction as a result of stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and stroke.

·         Idiopathic detrusor overactivity.

·         Degeneration of bladder smooth muscle giving rise to impaired voiding and detrusor instability.

·         Bladder out flow obstruction due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. 

Therefore, a more descriptive term like ‘prostatism’ may not be appropriate to describe most of the lower urinary tract symptoms.