non-cancer causes for elevated psa

tim · New User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

in reading through some of the posts, i've seen mention of some non-ca causes for psa elevation. how many other causes are there?

johnw100

TIM,

As you know, there are many theories about the cause of elevated PSA, including: recent sexual activity, infection/inflamation and prostate size.

Usually our prostae becomes larger with age and the larger prostate produces more PSA.

Do not know of your situation, but one important aspect is rate of change of the PSA, rather than one reading in isolation.

John

tim · New User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

thanks john,
psa has gone from 0.6 to 8.4 three years later. the doc thinks it's due to an infection. prostate palpates smooth with slight dissymmetry. rechecking in 6 weeks.

tim

tim · New User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

also, one of my reasons for asking about "other" causes of psa elevation is that i would like to eliminate those other causes prior to rechecking the psa. i would like to come in low and avoid the howitzer if possible.

tim

johnw100

Tim.

Unfortunately a lot of tests might be a good guide, but are not always 100% certain.

A few years ago my biopsy had two abnormal samples. My recent biopsy was all clear. Specialists explanation was that cancer cells might be small and missed in the test, (which would be unusual with 12 samples taken).

I always suggest people obtain the book "Prostate Csancer Preventtion and Cure" by Lee Nelson, which is very comprehensive.

John

tim · New User Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

thanks for the tip on the book, john. i'll have a look.

tim

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