PSA numbers?
When getting a prostrate checked and they give the men the numbers of their count. What is thorough excellent and what is thorough a concern? My dads PSA number was a 5. My grandpas was a 7 and they had to implant the radiation seeds in him. I believe and average PSA count for men is a 4. I could be incorrect tho. Anyone, with information would be appreciated. As, I have never heard of what the numbers mean. My dad just had biopsy done. I just need to know what PSA numbers mean? I posted this question in Mens Health and was shocked with no answers, since this is after all a male health question. So , I am reposting under something else. JUST TO TO GET SOMEONE WHO HAS OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD PROSTRATE CANCER. WHAT DO THE NUMBERS FOR THE PSA TEST THEY TAKE MEAN??????
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It’s a PROSTATE….not prostrate.
Just look it up. Then you’ll know for sure.
If you have a psa of 5 or over, that is thorough elevated and a biopsy is usually done then.
psa levels do increase with age, and do not necessarily mean that cancer is present.
My father is 64, pas was 5, has prostate cancer, completed radiation and will now have the radiation seeds implanted. Survival rate is very high if it is caught early.
PSA number 1 is best. i had no1.5 and they gave a biopsy and i had cancer. took radiation therapy and no.went down to 1.
the numbers are a indicator to cancer . the higher the number the higher the chance to have cancer
It is ameasure of possibility.
You can have a psa of 2 and have cancer, a score of 6 and not have cancer.
It is not perfect, but its’ an brilliant tool.
I have no thought what the numbers mean, but to help as a preventative – Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer researcher came out with a paper saying that the best cancer and infection fighter as yet found was Interferon, but, at the time, it cost $15,000 a gram. The excellent part was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your system. Shortly after that paper came out the FDA tried to make Vit C by prescription only. Guess why? The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 64 mg a day, just enough to prevent scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vit C and a second Nobel Prize for organic chemistry, said 1000 mg a day as a minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick. On a personal note, I was sick twice a year, for 2 weeks at a time, for 20 years, and was flat on my back for at least a week each time. To this day the doctors have no thought what the problem was. After I gave up on the doctors I tried Vit C. I took enough to keep from being sick and just below too much to get diarrhea. It followed a bell curve over 2 weeks with a peak at 40,000 mg a day – about 300,000 over the 2 weeks. I was not sick for those 2 weeks and after a couple of years of that I have not been sick since. I did not dissolve my kidneys, as some doctors said would happen. I did not get any calcium build up or stones and did not dissolve my cojones or solidify my joints. Try it, but drink a lot of water – Vit C is a natural diuretic.
As a Prostate Cancer survivor (external radiation + seed implants) I went through the same confusion that you are now going through. Normally a PSA count of less than 4 is thorough normal. Anything over that number likely needs evaluation by a Urologist.
Also to be taken into consideration is the rate of increase (if any of your PSA level) which is why annual PSA testing for men over 50 is highly not compulsory. If there is a significant increase from one year to the next you need to be concerned; I’m sure your Doctor will concur.
You mention your father & grandfather having High PSAs. The count may also be somewhat age dependant; age is always taken into consideration when treating Prostate Cancer. Since virtually all men, if they live long enough lives, will get Prostate Cancer the issue of treatment then depends on a variety of factors (e.g. the same PSA levels in a 45 yr ancient and an 80 yr ancient) will be treated another way. It is likely that the 80 yr ancient will not be treated at all, since this type of cancer is very slow growing.