Peter Attia· MD
and they're related to two things one functional obstruction functional obstruction of the urethra that's the tube that we urinate through um the tube that comes out at the tip of the penis and that tube the first part of it passes right through the middle of the prostate so as the prostate enlarges it can compress that channel and that can result in Weak stream it can result in dribbling and strain Additionally the muscle behind above the prostate is the is the bladder the bladder is a is a a bag a storage device that is is muscular and so that muscle as the um as the diameter of the tube Narrows with in increasing size for example that muscle will have to work harder compliance will go down and when the compliance of the bladder goes down the capacity can go down and the increased urgency to go to the bathroom will go up because it's less stretchy