 [ Symptoms ] when should i seek emergency care for heart failure [ Disease ] an enlarged prostate is also called benign noncancerous prostatic hyperplasia or bph it is common and cannot be prevented age and a family history of bph are risk factors eight out of every 10 men eventually develop an enlarged prostate about 90 of men over the age of 85 will have bph about 30 of men will find their symptoms bothersome