Do your PSA test numbers really indicate whether or not you have prostate cancer? Or is there a better way of determining whether you have it or not? The answer may surprise you.
Here is why:
When you go and get your PSA test numbers, they may be low, middle of the road, or high (or even sky high). It used to be that when they were very high you were thought to either have prostate cancer or be extremely at risk of it.
And, on the other hand, if they were low, you were thought to be "safe."
Truth is, neither of those is true.
Especially since, so many other factors can affect your PSA test numbers at any given time.
In fact, just having sex with your wife the night before a PSA blood test can impact your numbers! That is not to say it is a totally worthless way to find out if you have prostate cancer.
But, it is probably not the most reliable way to determine it either way.
Frankly, there have been men with bad numbers (high levels of prostate specific antigen) in their blood, who were completely fine -- no trace of cancer in their prostates one way or the other. And, at the same time, there have been men with great numbers who ended up having the dreaded disease and even dying from it due to a false sense of security.
And that is the point:
Yes, get your PSA test numbers, but don't treat them like "gospel" that you do or don't have prostate cancer.
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