Prostate
Much like women going to menopause, many men fear aging and the associated prostate troubles that come along with it.
Some of the more common situations linked of prostate problems include erectile sexual dysfunction, difficulties and
a low libido.
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Prostate - a big health concern for men
For most men prostate symptoms are a normal part ageing. The truth is many prostate troubles are not serious, and the signs can often be very mild, so the condition of prostate is not necessarily a problem and men can live with prostate problems quite happily and without them causing you any real harm.
Prostate troubles not only cause sexual dysfunctions and low libido, they also result in painful and difficult urination. Very important is that prostate symptoms do not only affect old men, rather they can affect any man.
However, not all prostate problems are harmless. If your special prostate problem happens to be prostate cancer and you pay no attention to it then it could eventually kill you. In united States, statistic say that ignoring prostate symptoms is the major cause why prostate cancer represents the second highest reason of cancer death.
Prostate cancer and its consequences
As a definition, prostate cancer is a cancerous growths growing within or on the prostate. This particular type of male cancer becomes quite deadly because it manifests itself with a wide variety of symptoms of prostate problems.
In America, prostate cancer is the most frequent non-skin cancer. Statistics revealed that 1 in 6 American
men will be diagnosed with this male cancer. The disease is normally associated with ageing process. In fact,
about 65% of all prostate cancer symptoms are diagnosed in men over the age of 65 and only 1 in 10,000
in people under age.
The good news related to prostate cancer problem is compared with other types of cancer, generally,
this is a slow growing one. Specialists say that many men with prostate cancer die with it rather from it.
The bad news is that left untreated it may spread in other parts of male body and become deadly active.
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Latest questions related to prostate
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Question:
My 32 year old husband was experiencing fatigue, dizzy spells &
frequent headaches so his father (an M.D.) recommended he have a blood test.
His results came back with high ALT & AST levels of 190 & 142
respectively and a PSA level of 13.5. My husband is not a drinker or drug abuser,
he was taking Wellbutrin at the time and his dad urged him to stop
taking it and retest in a month. Just over a month later he had a DRE and
the doc found inflammation on right side of prostate-he suspects
Prostatitis & recommended antibiotics for 1 month before retesting. I am so
scared that precious time is being wasted. Why didn't they retest his
blood now, to check all those elevated levels? Is a 13.5 PSA in a 32
year old something we can take a wait&see approach with? He has a big
time family history of cancer (mom, uncle, aunt, grandmother) Should
we get a 2nd opinion?
by Danielle 19 April, 2008
Answer:
The high level of ALT and AST transaminazes and fatigue could be a sign of
liver problem. I think you should focus on this and ask more specific investigations.
On the other hand, PSA is a protein produced by both normal & cancerous prostate cells.
A high level of PSA can be a sign of cancer, but PSA level can also be raised in prostate
conditions that are not cancer (are benign), or if patient has an infection. If DRE
confirmed an inflammation on right side of prostate, it might be the cause of abnormal
PSA levels. You may wait and see the evolution of PSA, but now, the liver should be the
main target.
Question:
My father is 70 years old. 3 years ago he had a surgery to remove his cancerous prostate.
Doctors said the operation was successful. After a while he had a period of radio
therapy and hormone therapy. He is so careful and goes for check up every six months. His
recent blood test shows that his PSA figure has increased a little bit. It is 1.3. What dose
it mean? Do we have to worry?
by mojdeh 12 February, 2008
Answer:The PSA test results are usually reported as nanograms of PSA per milliliter
(ng/mL) of blood. A PSA figure between 0 and 2.5 ng/mL is considered low, so your the
surgery was a success and now your father is out of any danger related to prostate. Do encourage him to
go for check up every six months.
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