Ailments and Situations - Prostate Disorders - Symptoms and Signs

Symptoms and Signs:

The vast majority of symptoms of BPH involve urination. These include an impaired stream of urine, the need to urinate several times at night (causing waking), dribbling, the feeling of incomplete emptying, increased frequency of urination, and an increased feeling of urgency to urinate. A burning sensation while urinating and the possibly the presence of blood or pus in the urine is more suggestive of prostatitis. These symptoms can be frightening, but a digital rectal examination and blood test can rule out the presence of cancer, which often presents with similar symptoms. The blood test screens for the presence of PSA, a protein secreted by the prostate. A high level of PSA in the blood stream is linked to the presence of cancer.

Symptoms of prostatitis (see below) include painful urination, mild urinary obstruction, fever, back pain, blood or pus in the urine, and a highly painful prostate upon rectal examination.

 

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