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| Prostrate Cancer Symptoms |
There are some signs of prostate cancer that you need to
look for as you are caring for your health and working to prevent serious
issues. Most men will show some symptom of prostate cancer before their
doctor will give them an official diagnosis. Knowing what to look for can help
you to determine if you need to contact your doctor and to have your prostate
health examined.
Prostate cancer symptoms
If you have prostate cancer it is likely that you will
have some issues with incontinence. Since the prostate is below the bladder it
is responsible for helping the bladder to release urine using the urethra. When
you have prostate problems, it is common for this gland to become swollen or enlarged
making it painful for you to pass urine or you could end up having
involuntarily urine loss. When the prostate is swollen and the urine has a
harder time passing it will cause you to have urge incontinence (the sudden
urge to urinate). Other individuals report that they feel the need to get up
and urinate throughout the night several times or they are feeling that they
need to urinate more frequently.
While the enlarged prostate is the leading indication
that you may have prostate cancer there are some other symptoms that you need
to be aware of like blood in the urine or semen, erectile dysfunction, bladder
control problems, and pain in the lower back or hips.
What will my
doctor check for?
In order to know if you have prostate cancer your doctor will
discuss the various symptoms that you have been struggling with. Then they will
need to examine your prostate and will also do some urine tests and other
laboratory tests. If you have had a loved one that had prostate cancer or
prostate health problems you need to make sure you are getting checked out as
you have a higher risk of getting prostate cancer. The prostate specific
antigen (PSA) test is used to help the doctor determine if you have cancer of
the prostate or not. This is a blood test that will look for a specific antigen
and in some cases it will detect prostate health problems before you start
having any of the common symptoms of prostate cancer.
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Treatments to consider
Depending upon your age, your doctor may not recommend
that you jump into surgery or chemotherapy and instead opt for active
surveillance. This is common for elderly males that likely will not be able to
recover well from the surgery as their bodies are not healthy. When you are
monitoring your condition you will check for any signs that the cancer is
growing or changes in your prostate health. You may notice an increase in your
incontinence episodes, which will require the help of some incontinence
products like adult diapers to help you manage your condition. For many males with
prostate cancer, it is a slow growing form of cancer so using active
surveillance is the best route to take to avoid dealing with expensive surgery
and other treatments that could end up shortening their lifespan.
Surgery is common for younger patients that are in good
health. It is an invasive surgery that can take 6 weeks to 3 months before you
recover from it. You will likely deal with incontinence after the surgery as
you usually need to wear a catheter for a few weeks following the surgery. Wearing
adult diapers can help to capture any urine that does leak from the body. There
are other male incontinence products you can choose from that will make it
easier for you to manage your problems with incontinence after the surgery.
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1 comments:
Your post leaves out the important information recently made available by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The USPSTF says you will be risking a result of more serious harm than you would have if you had never gotten the PSA in the first place. WHAT? You’re kidding, right? No, it is no joke. The USPSTF studied all the significant studies and determined that routine testing for healthy males over 50 exposes those men to over-diagnosis and over-treatment at a rate so alarming that they give the PSA a “D” rating. (You always encouraged your kids to get As and Bs.)
We covered this topic more fully at http://www.gracefulaging.com/health/our-body/prostate-to-test-or-not-to-test/.
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