King Charles III of England, 75, was admitted to a London hospital on Friday to undergo surgery. BPH”, Buckingham Palace announced.
“The King was admitted to a London hospital this morning for scheduled treatment. His Majesty would like to thank everyone who has sent him well wishes over the past week and is pleased to hear that his diagnosis is taking hold.” a positive impact on public health awareness“the palace said in a statement.
During the morning, the king entered the private London Clinic hospital in the British capital, where Princess Kate of Wales, wife of Charles’ eldest son, Crown Prince William, is also hospitalized in hermetic silence.
Kate recovering from abdominal surgery which she underwent “successfully” last week and for which she will have to remain hospitalized for approximately 14 days. It was never reported what the princess’ illness was and the public was asked to respect the privacy of the future queen and wife of the crown prince, William.
The clinic where King Carlos III was operated on. Photo: APAccording to British media, the king visited his daughter-in-law shortly before undergoing the operation.
Buckingham Palace announced on January 18 that the monarch would undergo a “corrective procedure” on his prostate.
“Like thousands of men every year, the King underwent a consultation for an enlarged prostate. What His Majesty is suffering from is benign,” Buckingham explained at the time.
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales. Photo: archiveAccording to the British press, details of the king’s illness have been made public encourage citizens to take tests, since the monarchy usually does not provide much detail on these issues.
The initiative of the royal house was, from then on, successful Visits to the page dedicated to this disorder have skyrocketed on the NHS website, the British public health service.
In the 48 hours following the announcement of the king’s prostate problem, 26,000 visits to the page were recorded, compared to an average of 1,400 daily on previous dates.
The charity Prostate cancer in the UK It also reported seeing a more than 100% increase in the number of people using its online risk checker tool the day after the announcement.
What is prostate hypertrophy
THE hyperplasia or hypertrophy of the prostate It is diagnosed when a benign growth of the prostate gland is observed in men.
Carlos III underwent surgery for hyperplasia or hypertrophy of the prostate. Photo: Andrew Milligan/AFPThis hypertrophy or enlargement of the prostate causes urinary symptoms in adult men and it is a process that It is related to the age of the patient.
Ian Eardley, a urological surgeon and director of NHS England, said the condition is “to some extent an inevitable part of aging for almost all men”.
“But this announcement will push more men to seek help. That’s a good thing,” he added.
The health problems of two members of the royal family, Charles III and Catherine of Wales, are leaving the monarchy in recent days without three of its most important figures, given that William has also decided to suspend his presence at public events to be at his wife’s side.
Camila, front
Queen Camila will be almost the only representative of the real front line in activity in the next dates.
Camila, the second wife of Carlos, 76, said on Thursday, during an event in Scotland, that her husband “is fine” and that she is “in a hurry to get back to work”.
Added to these two royal health problems is Sunday’s announcement that Duchess Sarah Ferguson, ex-wife of Prince Andrew, brother of Charles IIIsuffers from “malignant melanoma”, a skin cancer.
It was the announcement of the king’s illness Buckingham’s first public announcement on the state of health of the sovereign since his accession to the throne in September 2022, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Transparency with the king’s health details It represents a clear break with the past.
The announced cause of Elizabeth II’s death in September 2022, aged 96, it was old agealthough one royal biographer had claimed yes bone marrow cancer.
Elizabeth II’s father, King George VI, a heavy smoker, had a lung removed in September 1951, but The information was not made public.
He never recovered, dying in February 1952, and it was eventually revealed that he had lung cancer.
Source: Clarin
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