Alarming Psa Level

While in some cases a high psa score can point to the development of.

Alarming psa level.

Because psa levels tend to rise as men get older a number that s considered elevated for a 45 year old might be considered normal for a 70 year old. Also race can play a part in determining whether a test result should be considered alarming. High levels rising levels and even normal levels are all meaningless. A measurement of 4 ng ml is.

The results are typically given in nanograms of psa per milliliter of blood ng ml. A psa test is a test that measures the levels of the protein in the blood. For most men pca has to be pretty far advanced to be symptomatic and would usually see much higher psa than you have. At that psa level it is unlikely that you would have any physical symptoms from pca if you have it.

Even the tumors detected through this system are almost always slow growing cancers that would never harm you. Psa tests are notoriously unreliable no matter how they re used. A psa level that s considered normal can vary depending on a few factors. They re like the lottery numbers in a fortune cookie.

When i was diagnosed my psa was 59 and i did not have any symptoms. To your original question as to when increasing psa is. Here s the reality of the situation.