granada (Spain), 7 mar (EFE).-Spanish scientists have confirmed the relationship between alopecia androgenetic, i.e., premature baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-malignant growth of the prostate that appears in men with age related to some hormones.
Said today the Universidad de Granada (South of Spain), this disease occurs in more than 50 percent of men 60 years and causes urinary syndrome or need to urinate many times.
The scientific study, published in the journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and the first prize winner of the 68 annual Congress of the aforementioned American institution, explains that men suffer early alopecia are more likely to suffer from BPH than the rest.
Androgenetic alopecia is the most common of the calvicies, occurs much more in men than in women and has a hereditary component and evolving gradually without treatment.
Benign hyperplasia is also the most common prostate disease, causes abnormal and disordered growth of the glands that are in direct contact with the urethra and the formation of a benign tumor which obstructs the urine output.
This study involved 87 men, of which 45 had been diagnosed by the dermatologist of androgenic alopecia, while the other 42 were healthy and were considered as control.
Results showed that there was a clear and direct relationship between subjects with early baldness and those suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Work was done by researchers at the Universidad de Granada, el Hospital Universitario San Cecilio Granada and London Hospital St. Thomas. EFE
