Worried might have prostate cancer? What you need to know about the PSA test.
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- In this video Dr Sophie gives information about the PSA test, a blood test that can be used to help diagnose prostate problems, including prostate cancer. There are pros and cons to having this test done, so it's important to know who should be getting this test, what the results mean and what happens next if the test result is high.
Please note, Dr Sophie says the ‘urethra’, when describing the tube from the kidneys to the bladder, but this was an error as this is the ‘ureter’ (the urethra is the tube from the bladder out of the body).
References and useful resources:
prostatecanceruk.org/prostate...
www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostat...
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Predict Prostate is a useful tool for communicating the risks of different treatment options (prostate.predict.nhs.uk)
Published May 2022. Reviewed August 2023. Due for re-review April 2028.
I was told in November 1995 by a doctor to get ready for death because of prostate cancer. 5 months later I ran the Boston Marathon.
Not one question was asked about what I did every day. Training for Boston!
It is now 2024 and I have never had a problem. I wonder how many men have their prostate removed that didn’t have prostate cancer?
I think this may well have been a problem in the past, but hopefully much less so now with MRI scanning. Very glad to hear you are well!
I’ve never had a PSA Test and I’m 64 and I’ll never have this test.
That’s fine, you can absolutely decide not to. I think it’s important everyone has enough information to decide for themselves.
GS1 tumors (Gleason Score 1) of the prostate are NOT even considered cancer! Yet they’ve been treated as such for 30 years. Explain that.
I’m not an oncologist or urologist, but many cancers are left as ‘watch and wait’, if they are felt to be safe just to be monitored. Not everyone gets active treatment.
People, when you own a male reproductive organ, hear me out. I guess that you, just like me, prefer to stay healthy and avoid disease, instead of treating it. So, this is not medical advice, but some things to think over.
I did my own research (Google, RUclips) and found some factors that influence your future risk for prostate troubles:
1. Deficiency in Iodine. Make sure you get at least 150 micrograms per day, but that is the absolute minimum. Japanese following the traditional diet, may get some 1000 - 3000 micrograms per day, and prostate cancer (also breast cancer for women) is ten times lower than when following the Western diet.
2. Deficiency in vitamin K2. This vitamin lowers risk of prostate cancer, AND reduces risk of calcified organs and blood vessels, as it sends Calcium to your bones and teeth. Japanese traditionally eat natto, fermented beans and bacteria produced a lot of vitamin K2. See #1.
3.Boron. Boron lowers chances of getting prostate cancer. Many people are deficient in Boron when it is insufficient available in your food. It regulates Calcium and Magnesium, regulates sex hormones in men and women, activates brain activity (memory) AND is anti inflammatory. When you suffer from arthritis, 70% chance that some 9 mg/ day will fight the pain and within 1-3 months the symptoms are gone. Following maintenance dosis is 3-5 mg Boron per day. Do your own research!
4. Many people are deficient in vitamin D3, especially when living outside the tropics, when having dark skin or using sun cream, being senior, obese. D3 regulates many process in your body, and helps to avoid prostate, colon and breast cancer. Do your own research!. Your D3 level in a blood test should be 50-70 ng/ml (125-175 mol/l). When too low, use a good supplement. Guidelines tell you to take 10 or 20 micrograms per day (400 resp. 800 IU) but this is only good to avoid worst effects of deficiency. 10,000 IU per day is shown to be safe, but always combine with vit K2. A young, white skinned adult with uncovered arms and face will produce some 10,000-15,000 IU of vit D3 before burning in, say, 30 minutes. Again, don't trust me but do your own research! I took 10,000 daily for some months and had the blood value tested on the way. I reached 66 ng/ml, a perfect value.
5. Regular masturbation and ejaculation is healthy and reportedly lowers chances for prostate cancer.
6. Cancer cells in general thrive on sugar. Chances are that you are pre-diabetic or diabetic-2 and not knowing it.. Problem is that your body will produce more and more insulin to get glucose out of the blood and into all cells in your body. Testing glucose won't show the problem until you are really progressed in the process. I know I was careless all my life, because I had a lean body. When I used a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) I knew that my body had a "metabolic syndrome" with peaking glucose values after a high carb meal. Your glucose should not get above 160 (EU: 9), mine peaked at 215 (EU: 12). Again: testing insulin response is better (Kraft test), but not every doctor will test it and it may be expensive. Okay, the cause is in the diet and only changing the diet will help you.... Medicines will only cover the symptoms.. you may start following a low carb (or even keto) diet. A whole plant based diet may be fine as well. This means avoiding sugar, refined carbs (bread, pasta, cookies, fruit juice and sodas) and get your HbA1c down to 4.7-5.5%, triglycerides below 2.5 (USA 85). Also, learn about the processed seed oils (canola, sunflower, cottonseed, rapeseed, etc.) Being promoted as much more healthy than animal saturated fats, they promote chronic inflammation and are cause of modern Western disease, inducing cancer. Also read about omega 6:3 ratio's. Chances are that you consume processed, packaged foods, even when you think you about junk food.
Again, don't depend on others, do your own research! 🙏🏻💚