A lot of men freak out about their PSA test results. What do the numbers mean? If they are high does that mean they should be scared? If they are low, are they out of the woods?
Here is something to think about:
You should get your PSA test results regularly.
The older you get, the more important this is. And, if prostate cancer runs in your family, it is especially important. But those numbers do not necessarily mean anything. In fact, free PSA is almost worthless as far as the intel it gives.
What is a much better thing to keep track of is whether or not your PSA test numbers are going down.
Plus, here is something else that is important to keep in mind:
Most of the time, prostate cancer is painless, symptomless and, frankly, you will likely not know you have it at all in its early stages. Often what happens is, it sits there quietly not even growing, until one day it might metastasize to your bones.
This is a strange thing, but usually it will happen many years later.
And when it does, you'll probably feel bone pain as a symptom (as well as the typical urinary symptoms, like peeing out blood, urgency, etc).
This does not mean you should ignore it or anything.
As sometimes it can spread much faster.
But often, a doctor won't even do anything about it, and just watch the tumor instead. If it grows, they may take action, if not, they'll leave it alone.
Bottom line?
Your PSA test results are a helpful indicator of prostate cancer, but don't necessarily mean anything is right or wrong with you.
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