Esmeralda62 said...
This was the first PSA he has had and he is 62.He went to the Doctor with a dull ache in his lower abdomen and the Doc said it could be a Hernia,but because he never had a PSA test he decided to send him for one.He gets up maybe 2 to 3 times a night to go to the toilet.Thank you for your help.
Hi Again Esmeralda62. I am so sorry that you have had no further response to your post. I was hoping by now that one of the moderators would have moved your posts into your own thread. I know they have a busy job here but that is what would normally happen. Maybe you could start your own thread and write your posts again. Come on guys, help this lady out here!
Anyway, back to your post. At age 62 his PSA cut off point would be about
4.5 before there is any concern. You say his DRE was negative Yet he produced a PSA of 12.5. I am not sure about
the pain he has in the tummy, but I am thinking this could be a case of prostatitis, That is an infection of the prostate and will also give a raised PSA reading. Here are a list of symptoms. He could have all, some or none.
"Men with chronic bacterial prostatitis tend to have symptoms that wax and wane. During a flare-up, you can have pain and discomfort. You feel this mainly at the base of your penis, around your anus, just above your pubic bone and/or in your lower back. Pain may spread to your penis and testes. Passing stools (faeces) can be painful. You may also have symptoms from a urine infection, such as pain when you pass urine, passing urine frequently or an urgent desire to pass urine.
These symptoms are similar to the symptoms of acute bacterial prostatitis. However, men with a flare-up of chronic bacterial prostatitis tend to be less ill than those with acute prostatitis. For example, a fever (high temperature) is less likely and you are less likely to have general aches and pains.
If you have chronic bacterial prostatitis, your symptoms will generally ease when treated with antibiotics. However, unless the antibiotics completely clear the infection from the prostate gland, you are at risk of the infection coming back (flaring up) again. In between flare-ups, you may have some mild residual pain and some mild urinary symptoms (such as passing urine frequently or an urgent desire to pass urine)"
A biopsy is the only sure fire way of detecting prostatitis, but as you can see it does give some of the symptoms of PC. So for now I would try not to worry and wait for his other tests. prostatitis cannot kill you, but if he dose have it then he may have to learn to live with it, as it can flair up from time to time.
Good luck and please aske if you have any more questions. Hopefully some of the other guys would of come along and give there opinion by then.