Men do not escape the problem of prostate 90 percent of men aged 40 years and over suffered from a prostate enlargement called BPH (Benigna Prostate Hyperplasia) often danggqp trivial eventually became Prostate Cancer.
What is a Prostate?
Prostate is one of the vtal sexual glands for men who have the ability to produce semen, where the bladder takes its way to the penis, this gland develops from puberty but often leads to anxiety in the form of enlarged Prostate or Pfostat Cancer
Prostate disorders will cause symptoms
1. frequent urination or difficult urine drips in pants,
2.nyeri when urine is blood,
3. ejaculatory fluid sometimes erectile disorders (Impotence)
A. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Benign prostate enlargement is a condition that causes the prostate gland to experience swelling effect on urinary disorders generally men affected by this condition aged over 50 years.
Symptoms of BPH
1.Always want to urinate, especially at night.
2. Urinary or large urine incontinence.
3. It is difficult to remove urine.
4, Mengejan at time of urination.
5. The flow of urine falters.
6. Remove the urine with blood.
7. Feeling incomplete after urination.
8. The appearance of these symptoms is caused by pressure on the bladder and urethra when the prostate gland is enlarged.
The cause is not clear there are some hypotheses say that men who are fond of sek have a much higher risk of getting prostate, but there is research on groups of unmarried monks can also suffer from Prostate Cancer and BPH but there are some clues related to both of these things;
Some factors that may increase a person's risk of developing BPH are:
1. Hormonal disorders
2. Less exercise and obesity.
3. The aging factor.
4. Have heart disease or diabetes.
5. Side effects of beta-blocking drugs.
6. Heredity
Therefore, for men over 50 are required to check the Digital Rectal Examination (DRE urologist) and PSA is To distinguish whether because of Prostate Swelling (BPH) or Prostate Cancer Bagibmereka that total PSA levels of 2.6-10 ng / ml followed examination
B. Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the prostate, most prostate cancer grows very slow but is a malignant cancer, can spread to other body parts, especially bone and lymph nodes.
According to the Singapore Cancer Registry's interim report, the 2006-2010 period, prostate cancer is the third most common cancer for men in Singapore, with more than 500 diagnoses annually in the past five years.
Prostate Cancer Symptoms:
In most cases, there are no visible symptoms, and it is believed that as many as 80% of men reaching the age of 80 are affected by prostate cancer. Because in most cases, the cancer grows slowly, generally they die from other causes or old age without realizing that they are affected by cancer. When symptoms appear at an advanced stage, what is felt is loss of weight, pelvic pain, back or hip pain and difficulty defecating small, such as burning or pain when urinating or there is blood in the urine
Prostate Cancer Support Test
1. Prostate Biopsy
2.Ultrasound Trans-rectal
3.PSA Levels
4. Metastatic tests
What is PSA?
PSA is a type of enzyme secreted by the prostate gland to thin sperm fluid during ejaculation to encourage sperm movement.
PSA is known as a parameter for early detection of Prostate Cancer
Increased PSA levels not only in Prostate Cancer but can be on BPH (Benigna Prostatic Hypertropi = enlarged prostate)
BPH VS Prostate Cancer
With the found PSA parameters facilitate us will be the difference between Prostate swelling or Prostate Cancer, PSA can be distinguished upon;
1. free PSA is free PSA for BPH
2.C-PSA (Complexed PSA) for Prostate Cancer
If the result is high f-PSA marker a BPH (enlarged prostate)
When the results of C-PSA high marker prostate cancer
PROSTATE ENLARGED (BPH) VS PROSTATE CANCER
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