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By Mayo Clinic staffIf you're having urinary problems, seek medical advice. Your doctor can help determine whether you have prostate gland enlargement and whether your symptoms warrant further evaluation and treatment. If you're unable to pass urine at all, seek immediate medical attention.
If you don't find urinary symptoms too bothersome and they don't pose a health threat, you may not need treatment. But you should still have your symptoms evaluated by a doctor to make sure they aren't caused by another condition, such as a bladder stone, a bladder infection, side effects of medication, heart failure, diabetes, a neurological problem, inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis) or prostate cancer.