Sep 16 2007
Could you have prostate cancer?
(NC)-September 16-22 is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Signs of prostate cancer include:
. Frequent urination, especially at night
. Intense need to urinate
. Difficulty in starting or stopping urine flow
. Inability to urinate
. Weak, decreased or interrupted urine stream
. A sense of incompletely emptying the bladder
. Burning or pain during urination
. Blood in the urine or semen
. Painful ejaculation
While all of these are signs of an enlarged prostate, most enlargements are not cancer. See your doctor if you have any of these signs - or even if you don’t. Prostate cancer is a slow-growing cancer and many men experience no signs at all. A regular digital rectal examination or a prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test will help your doctor rule out cancer or catch it early.
Credit: www.newscanada.com
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