Bp Case Studies

BPH can affect the patient both physically and psychologically, and also it can affect how the spouse relates with the patient. Hence, education in necessary for both the patient and the spouse to avoid mental distress. Mr. A admits that the symptoms interferes with his daily activities and nocturia interrupts his nighttime sleeping. Parsons (2010) point out that LUTS is associated with impaired sex life due to ejaculatory problems, poor sleep, increased falls which may result in devastating injuries like fractures and pain, depression, diminished quality of life, high health care costs and incidence of absenteeism at work thus constraining family financial budget, and serious medical morbidities such as urinary infections, bladder calculi, urinary retention, and cute kidney injury, as well as social isolation can interfere with activities of daily living (Parsons, 2010). …show more content…
A support system consist of his spouse and friends from work. They offer him emotional and moral support whenever he needs it. His support system is his facilitators and they should be educated about his condition so that they can help him better manage it. The barriers that Mr. A may face while dealing with the management of his condition include adapting to the recommended therapy. He may expect relieve of the symptoms immediately and it can result to mental distress or noncompliant with therapy if there is no immediate improvement. To overcome this barrier, Mr. A need to be educated about the prescribed treatments. He need to know that the alpha adrenergic blockers may take up to several weeks, while the 5-alpha reductase inhibitors may take as long as a year to achieve maximal benefits (UCF,