Step through PAE on the model

PAE eases the symptoms of an enlarged prostate by slowing its blood supply, so it shrinks. It is done through a tiny opening at the groin or wrist while you are awake, with no surgical cut.

The short version

As men get older, the prostate often grows and squeezes the tube that carries pee, which can make peeing hard.
In PAE, a doctor puts a thin tube into an artery at the groin or wrist and guides it to the small arteries that feed the prostate.
Tiny beads go through the tube to slow the blood flow, so over the next weeks the prostate shrinks.
Most men go home the same day, and peeing often gets easier within 4 to 6 weeks.

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