Early Signs of Prostate Cancer

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Dr. Susan Jewell we are talking about how to detect prostate cancer but it is so important if you want to reduce your risk of prostate cancer is to recognize the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer because there are particular early stages that tell you there are problems with your prostate gland and you can go and check it out with your medical doctor rather than waiting until the signs and symptoms are at an advanced stage and obvious and most likely then your cancer or the tumor itself has grown to such a size that it is affecting all the organs around the male reproductive system. What are the signs you should learn to recognize? Well one of the important signs is that if you see blood in the urine or a pink coloration of the urine. Now every time you see blood in the urine it does not have to be prostate cancer but this is a red flag that something abnormal is occurring in your body and then you should immediately go and check it out with a doctor because it might be something simple like an infection of the urinary tract. At the same time it could also be an early warning sign that you might have prostate cancer but the only way you are actually going to find out that is the case is to go and have this particular problem checked out by the medical doctor so that he or she can do appropriate tests to rule out prostate cancer. Blood in the urine is an important sign to actually look at and to address if you see it in your urine. Some of the other signs associated with prostate cancer is you could get pain but usually pain would be at the late stages in prostate cancer. Prostate cancer presents as a painless form at the early stages because the tumor itself is still small and has not affected other areas of that particular part of the male reproductive system. If you get pain in your urination sometimes that could be an infection of the prostate. Another one is to look at weak urine flow even though you have a full sensation in your bladder and even though your bladder feels full like you need to empty it but the urine flow is very very weak. These are some of the signs and symptoms that you should also be aware of and you need to learn to recognize for possibly reducing the chances of your getting prostate cancer."