Your condition can be frustrating, unpredictable and depressing. But you can take action! Record your experiences, feelings, your treatment regimen, and your body's reaction. This volume consists of 150 plain college-ruled pages. Benign prostate enlargement (BPE), also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), is a condition that affects older men.It's particularly common in men over 50 years of age and isn't usually a serious threat to health.