Prostate Cancer Symptoms

Prostate cancer brings with it symptoms that can alert you to its beginning and progression. If you can catch prostate cancer in the earliest stages, you may not even experience any symptoms. This speaks to the importance of regular screening by your physician. Prostate cancer is very survivable if it is caught and treated during the earliest stages. If you experience any of the symptoms below, set up an appointment with your chosen health care provider.

Some of the symptoms that men might experience, if they have not been yet diagnosed and begun treatment, include a need to frequently urinate, most especially during the night. You may need to get up several times or more over a sleep period, which can require you to sleep longer in order to get the minimum number of restful hours that your body needs to function.

Another of the prostate cancer symptoms to look for is a difficulty in starting to urinate when you do get to the bathroom, or, conversely, a difficulty holding back urine. This is understandably embarrassing to victims who are business men, because it interrupts the natural flow of your business day, with its many meetings, business lunches, etc. It is also yet another symptom that makes your nights less restful and more interrupted.

Interrupted flow of urine, or a weaker than usual flow of urine are symptoms of prostate cancer, as well. You may rush to the bathroom feeling a strong urge to void, and then only have a low flow, or sometimes a stop-and-go flow. This leads to many visits to the bathroom during your business day, and some of them may take longer than they normally would, which interrupts your work day. You may also have a burning sensation when you urinate, or pain when you urinate. This symptom alone will often lead men to seek a visit to their physician, because it is more painful and more of a nuisance even than the other symptoms may be.

It should be stated here that many of these symptoms may also point to prostatitis or BPH, which are less serious health issues. When you are checked by your health care professional, they will be able to determine whether your symptoms are due to prostate cancer or one of the less serious prostate issues.

Other prostate cancer symptoms that you might experience include a difficulty in having an erection during sexual intercourse, or painful ejaculation. This will create mental discomfort for the patient, and a lack of interest in sex, due to the sometimes embarrassing lack of erection, and, possibly worse, the pain you experience.

You might also have blood in your semen or your urine, or frequent stiffness or pain in the upper thighs, hips or lower back. The stiffness would not often lead you to your physician on their own, but if you are experiencing any of the other symptoms as well, you need to find the cause.