Stress and the prostate
If the symptoms of BPH can cause stress, is the reverse also true? Doctors have learned that stress can contribute to many medical conditions, ranging from palpitations, heart attacks, and hypertension to asthma, heartburn, colitis, and skin rashes. But even though mental stress can affect many of the body's organs, the prostate has been considered exempt from psychic influences. Two reports may begin to modify that view.
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