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Posted 12/15/2016 12:47 PM (GMT 0)
2013 when I had my first symptoms of dribbling, i head to the doctor and he said that there was no problem

since I was 22 and young for prostate check. After 2 years have passed, I went for a check again since my

dribbling got worst and also something was pressing on my bladder. Since the doctor told me I was still

young for that, he just did the prostate massage treatment including some medicine. Nothing made my

symptoms better and the doctor said im good to go. So, I just ignored the situation and 1 yr has passed,

suddenly in the middle of the night, i felt my prostate burning at the same time squeezing so hard that it

made my stream weaker. I was panicking and went to a nearby hospital. The doctor at that point was smart

enough to check my prostate with a ultrasound and he was surprised to find out that I had 48cc or gram

prostate. Do not know why but he did not insist on massaging the prostate even though i felt better in

urinating after prostate massage. Anways, gotten some antibiotics and inflammation reliever. few weeks have

passed and none of my symptoms gotten better. My stream was strong in a way where the prostate was

squeezing my bladder but my muscles were strong enough to push the urine out. I always urinate an amount

of 250ml to 300 and the doctor said i have no problem what so ever since the residue in the bladder only

contained 12ml so i was glad but unaware why my symptoms were not gone. So, i went to a different doctor,

and he was surprised too, at that point my prostate was measured 35cc or grams, in which to my guess it

decreased or the former doctor mistakenly checked the size of my prostate. anyways he have given me a

month of alpha blockers, antibiotics, and some inflammation reliever. At first my frequent urination was

relieved but after a few weeks the effect got weaker and weaker. Now im wondering whats going on with my

prostate. I asked them several times and they said that its not a BPH but from my point it is. The doctor said

its a chronic prostatis, and i asked him why? because at my age there is no enlargement of prostate so he

believes that its the inflammation. Currently Im just worrying if i have a cancer or tumor since i have an

unusual prostate enlargement. I asked my doctor for a psa test and he said it was too early for that and for

my age to get it tested. Im in South Korea and usually the elders do not think that young people could have

cancers or other illness compared to old people. For the few doctors too that checked my prostate have those

perception that is why they concluded that I have a chronic prostatis. Im wondering, does anyone have the

same issues like me?

1). I cant afford to have surgery since I need to have kids, any other suggestions?
2). If you have the same exp as I do, did the prostate shrink back in size?
3). I felt my urination got better after prostate massage, can i use a prostate massager once a week to relieve my symptoms?
4). (I do not have a family illness)Is it recommend to get a PSA test done?
Posted 12/15/2016 1:47 PM (GMT 0)
If you have prostatitis, you need to seek treatment (which you have done.) Inflammation is the result of prostatitis, usually antibiotics are prescribed and it could take weeks and weeks to fix the problem. I don't know much about prostatitis but I've never heard of massage as a treatment. Read up on the problem, here's a good place to start.

You elders are completely wrong about young people not having cancer, in fact my wife used to administer chemotherapy to children with various types of cancer.
Posted 12/15/2016 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the reply, I truelly appreciate the info you got me. and yeah 100 percent of doctors never prescribed me to take PSA even though i insisted too. I rather know its comming then just be like a sitting duck unaware of the posibilities of worst things happening. Im going to Mayo Clinic, is it a known place? for prostatis treatment?
Posted 12/15/2016 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
Mayo is one of the best.
Posted 12/15/2016 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
TY!Im going to Mayo Clinic in AZ, do you know any doctor in AZ? or TX?
Posted 12/15/2016 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
Jayleee,

I don't know how much help this is but you are almost certainly barking up the wrong tree worrying about prostate cancer. For one thing, you're too young. While I agree with John_TX that children do get cancers -- sadly, all too often -- they don't get prostate cancer and young men get it very, very rarely.

The other thing that suggests that whatever is going on with you isn't prostate cancer is your symptoms. You have urinary discomfort, dribbling, occasional difficulty peeing, and a prostate that constantly changes size, up and down. None of this sounds like prostate cancer. The usual symptoms of early prostate cancer are ... *nothing*. Most men with early prostate cancer feel fine. And, while prostate cancer can make the prostate bigger, it does so slowly, gradually, and constantly, without any zigs and zags like you've been seeing.

So, like your doctors have been saying. You've got chronic prostatitis. Bummer. It's annoying and often hard to treat. But... it won't kill you. So there's that.

The Wikipedia page on prostatitis is pretty good. (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostatitis) It sounds like you may be category III. You might want to read that section carefully. That type of prostatitis is frustratingly hard to treat but there are things that seem to help -- singly or in combinations -- and the best course is to methodically work through the treatments and combination until you find something that works for you.

Mayo is a good organization. I'd find a doctor you like there who is willing to work with you and plan for it to take a while to find a solution. One thing that seems to go along with category III prostatitis is anxiety. It could be that anxious guys are more prone to get it and it could be that constant pelvic pain makes guys anxious, or it could be a bit of both. But whatever is the case getting all worked up about the problem doesn't help. Trust your doctors and give the treatments time to work.
Posted 12/15/2016 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that it's highly unlikely that children will get PCa, there is that case last year of an 11 or 13 year old that has a very rare form of PCa.

And it seems to me over the last 2 or 3 years that here on healingwell, we have seen a very few 20 and 30 somethings.

Still, highly unlikely.
Posted 12/15/2016 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with every word PDA wrote.

Prostate cancer is not your issue. It is so rare in 20-somethings that it would make headlines in the medical world.

Your PSA is undoubtedly high - but that tells you nothing useful. Prostatitis has that effect. The drugs that make the prostate shrink are Proscar or Avodart - but that won't help you. Your problem is inflammation, not prostate size. Your prostate size is normal.

If prostate massage relieves your symptoms, by all means, do it. They sell inexpensive vibrating prostate massagers in sex shops, so you can do it on your own.

Chronic prostatitis is really difficult to treat. Most of the time, antibiotics and antiinflammatories do nothing for it. My friend who has it takes an anti-depression medication that helps with the pain, for poorly understood reasons. Sometimes it goes away on its own, but it sometimes returns too. I'm glad you're seeing a good urologist who specializes in prostatitis.
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