7 things that INCREASE your PSA levels & how to avoid them (prostate specific antigen) 

7 Things That Spike PSA: #1. Aging #2. Ethnicity #3. Being Overweight/ Obese #4. Urinary/Prostate Infection #5. Enlarged Prostate/BPH #6. Certain Medications #7. Lack of Exercise. Thank you! 👍

Suggestion: Avoid any sexual activity for at least 48 hours before having a PSA test. Last fall my tests were in the 4.2 to 4.5 range then about a month ago it spiked at 6.24 which raised alarms with my urologist. Two weeks later and after avoiding any activity down there for 96 hours the re-test came back at 3.8

! am 69 years old with a PSA of 25. I had a 8 needle biopsy when it was 7 and no cancer. two years later had a 10 needle when I was at 12psa and no cancer. Two years later 12 needle with psa of 15, no cancer. Two years later had a MRI with contrast with one suspicious area. Had a guided 12 needle Biopsy when psa was 21 and no cancer was found. Also had a genetic urine test and had a very low score to say also I had no cancer. Now 2 years later Im at 25 psa and I just don't know what to do. The needle Biopsy's are no fun and I have tried everything not to be reckless. The worrying has worn me out.

Thanks a lot for these explanations.

A very clear explanations & thanks for the same.

Great video, thanks.

I was a semi truck driver for nearly twenty years. I retired two years ago, I lost 25 pounds, and my PSA went from a high of 6.9 to 4.1 currently. All that sitting driving a semi truck, and putting on weight I believe caused the high reading, i.e 6.9.

This prostate issue is really mind boggling to me. I've gone the whole route and they can't find any prostate cancer. I'm 76 now and have been toiling with PSA testing since 2017. I have BPH and my PSA level, depending on the phase of the moon or time of day (LOL) has been in-cased from 7 to 10 range all those years. You can purchase a self test for about 70 bucks in the states from Cash Clinical. That's how I have a PSA score card from all those years.

Thank you ❤

I have been living in fear for months now hearing different stories about elevated PSA level . After watching this video I feel relief of all anxiety and stress about my PSA number . God bless you doctor and than you for clarifying this misunderstanding and complexities of PSA level .

You are awesome helping so many men with this information. You are changing the world, one man at a time.

Good insights

Thank you🙏

My PSA spiked because the prostate grew, over time, to the point where it was blocking the urethra. Apparently this agitated the prostate to create more PSA. This went on for about five years until I had laser surgery. It was a probe put up the urethra to blast the overgrown prostate blocking the urethra. Aside from the other main benefits, my PSA immediately dropped to under 2, and has stayed there for the last seven years!

Thank you so very much Dr 👍👍👍❤

Saw a post I saved and got too busy to look back at showing the connection between sudden high blood pressure ( blood pressure at the doctors vs at home) and exercise (running included). I remember swelling from running last about a day for every mile run.

I had my blood work done in Feb. the PSA was 4.16, my doctor said see a urologist. I did, he said come back in 30 days and do another blood work. During that time I watched RU-vid doctors explaining what to eat to shrink the prostate. So, I did. When I returned 30 days later my PSA was 4.15. I was happy it went down one, the urologist said, it's only 1 point. I told him I was eating the right food to shrink a prostate, he said I was wasting my time. So on the 30 day return visit, he was telling me I needed to have an MRI. I am claustrophobic and was nervous about that. He said it doesn't have to be right away, I said, well how about in a year. Whoa, he screamed NO, you come back in 3 and we will do another blood test. So, for the next 3 months I really went into the diet of correct foods, I also bought some stinging nettle supplements. I went last week for my visit, and my PSA went from 4.15 to 4.95. The urology assistant told me this was alarming, and now I need to have the MRI. My friends told me that they read on the computer, if your level increases 7 points within a year, you are most likely dealing with cancer, mine increased 8 points in 3 months, so of course now I believe I have cancer. I have made the determination that regardless of what type of cancer it might be, I will have my prostate removed. But after watching this video, I am not 100% doom and gloom anymore. In this video he mentions that extreme weight gain or loss can spike the numbers. In the 3 month time period I lost 23 pounds; 4 pounds a month would be considered average, I have lost almost double that. So, my MRI is scheduled for Oct. 12, and now my hopes are up a bit. Thank you for posting this video,

The trouble I’ve had with doctors is they never ask about what I do that might raise the psa levels. I’m a distance runner and I have found that interval training will raise the psa. The doctors I have used know very little about the connection of exercise on psa levels. Got to go! Get my 1 1/2 hour run in!

I AM 76YEARS OLD AND HAV OVER 8 FOR 40 YEARS AND HAVE NO TROUBLE WHATS SO EVER!!

At maybe 55 yrs of age or slightly older, my PSA started to increase more than it had, say the previous 10 yrs. I was to 7, then 9 then 12. I saw multiple urologists, and read up as much as possible on the situation. If I read the part about ingesting any testosterone supplements, it didn't stick in my mind, nor did multiple urologists EVER ask the question of whether I was taking any testosterone boosting supplements. As we age, as noted here, one's PSA level rises naturally. In addition to this, a man's testosterone level declines as he ages. Being totally unaware of the connection to increased PSA levels and ingesting testosterone supplements, I probably ingested them off and on from the age of 50, up until 60, when after an alarming increase rate, (7 to 12 in two years) I pursued frequent testing and had four biopsies performed (at MY urging, not the urologist(s). I think I had to wait a minimum of three months between biopsies, for healing and insurance purposes. Anyway the first two biopsies were negative, while the third produced a plug that indicated pre-cancer. The fourth one came up positive, at the site of the previously pre-cancerous plug. The pathology (low level/slow growing) was encouraging, which made me an ideal candidate for 'watchful waiting'. (my Gleason score reflected this finding) Despite the optimistic prognosis from my biopsy, I still read up on the subject, and visited even more urologists- one at UCLA. All told me the same thing that my urologist had said, and that was 'watchful waiting'. Still, knowing that I had verifiable cancer in my prostate, and it wasn't high grade nor fast growing, and thus not abnormally enlarged, I wasn't sold on the eerie 'watchful waiting' advice. Because of this, I gathered first person accounts of a few co-workers, who had successful prostatectomy's performed, with close to the same pathology as mine. (Gleason score) They were three, four and five years out respectively from their procedures, and all had tested zero on their PSA blood tests. My latest PSA had me leveling off at 11, after a high of 12. Again, I'm ingesting testosterone supplements on a fairly regular basis, and again, not one urologist I saw, and I saw maybe five or six, EVER mentioned NOT ingesting testosterone supplements, or even speculated on what might be the reason (fat ingestion etc.) for my high PSA readings. Finally, I decide to have a prostatectomy performed (Sept. '15) It was successful.(no complications etc.) I tested every six months to check my PSA for five and a half years, (zero) before testing in March '22, with a 1.6. Whaaat? Zero to this? Why? First, I was quite irritated with my Medicare Advantage primary care physician, whose care I had been under for over a year. I gave him my medical history, which of course included everything involving my prostate. He knew and I reminded him, that per my urologist, I needed to get my PSA checked every six months, and NOT once a year, as my insurance would only cover. So the first six month interval comes, and I make sure before I get my blood drawn, that the office has gotten approval from the insurance to ensure that they'll cover the PSA test- they did. (zero) Then as is the case every six months per my insurance, I have labs done (everything except PSA of course). I fell asleep at the wheel I guess you could say, as unlike the first six month interval, where I was all over making sure that my PSA would be done and covered by insurance, I assumed that it's in my chart, and my primary KNOWS (or should know) that my PSA needs to be included in my six month blood tests. So I'm at the doctors office, to review the results of my six month labs, and he's going through everything, and there's no mention of my PSA result. So I mention it to him, and he says that it's only done once a year. I then remind him of my urologists orders that I have it once every six months. He goes on the apologize and then makes light of the situation, saying since I'm in there now, a whole month after I had my blood drawn, that I only have FIVE months to go, to get it done with my regular six month labs, and BESIDES, you' been ROCK solid in producing zeros for five and a half years, now, what's another five months? I said for starters, it'll make it a whole year between PSA tests when I next get it done. At that point I needed to completely get out of my comfort zone and demand that I schedule a PSA test- but I DIDN'T. Well, you know what's coming obviously, I wait till the next scheduled six month interval for blood, and of course it reads 1.6. Zero for five and a half years, wait one year instead of six months, and the read is this. He gave me a referral to my urologist, who just said to go to the adjoining prostate cancer center, and get an appointment. No mention of anything as to my ingestion habits. (testosterone) Two weeks later, I see the radiologist and again, he never inquires as to my ingestion history of testosterone supplements, he goes over my prostate history of course, and gives me this sample bottle (30 ea) of testosterone suppression pills- says they're worth $5k. First time EVER, anybody treating me for my prostate situation, mentions anything about testosterone. And obviously it's not good for a post-prostatectomy PSA presence, as evidenced by these pills. So back to research, and eventually I find evidence, albeit not out front and center like it should be. Your video at the 8:42 mark, does point this connection out between non-physician testosterone supplementation, and prostate related cancer. As I said before, this fact should be posted in EVERY urologists exam room, along with literature, informing of the clear connection between testosterone supplementation and prostate cancer. Suppressing such vital information is deadly.

The PSA test saved me

I'm being treated for high PSA level of 23.7, the did Biopsy where they took about 12 Samples, im still being treated for high PSA Levels the results were the onset of prostate which is benign at this time the Dr, are monitoring my condition with 3 months follow up

thank you for the tips on this matter, as a man of 61 i have a PSA level of 4.05 and it was 4.90 a month ago so i stop riding my bike and no sex for a week and it went down.

Also check your inflammation, as it can cause PSA readings to go up. HsCRP is the test my doctor used to check for inflammation. Mine has come down to 0.13 mg/dL on a diet of just red meat. It has been as high as 56 mg/dL while eating the standard American diet.

Prostate Cancer Research Institute is a new on line group. I’ll let you know what they do. I also have another question. I usually get my blood test when I go to the doctor. At that time my blood pressure goes from 105/65 to 180/140. Have you ever heard of blood pressure affecting psa? Doctors always told me I had high blood pressure and I believed them until a doctor at a 10k race took blood pressures before and after the race. Mine was a lot lower afterwards. He said it might be trap syndrome. Interesting! After that race I bought a blood pressure tester for home use. I learned a lot from that experience.

Well, I had a low PSA

I got above normal PSA result from test this morning. However, upon listening to your discussion would it be possible to have high PSA if one frequently wear a supporter? I have inguinal hernia. To remedy the problem I wear the supporter frequently. Infact I was wearing the supporter when blood sample was being extracted from my forearm.

Higher doses of Tramadol, opiate pain medication can cause transient urinary retention but I think it is due to the relaxing muscles around urethra. It is doughtful that Tramadol affects PSA levels or prostate enlargement.

At 04:00, did you say deciliter as it indicates millilitres in the transcription.

Both total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol raise PSA. PC patients starting statins see dramatic reductions in PSA.

hi there, after a good few months, it has risen again to now and 8.4. After having a biopsy, they now want to do an MRI. Should I have any worries?

I think it was from sitting in a bad computer chair for years hour after hour. The pelvic floor took a beating and therefore so did my prostate.

Hi, I have prostrate cancer gleasson scale 3 +3 = 6 Had scan in 2020 after PSA reading of 15.4 two weeks later had biopsy having no treatment just blood test every 3 months. Second blood test dropped to 12. Three months later shot to 19.4 This was caused by cycling 3 months later dropped back to 15. Then back to 19. Now waiting to receiving latest test any day.

I had a biopsy which resulted in an infection and abscess. It was a harrowing experience and I won’t wish that on anyone.

Mine is up at 9 and I cycle a lot. 6 days a week. I cover around 150 to 200 miles a week. I'm waiting ot see a urologists and I am crapping myself. I hope I have an enlarged prostate and not cancer. Thanks for the info.

Which psa test is better? The blood test or the urine test? And are they really getting information on cancer or just a result from vigorous activity?

So what type of spikes in psa is expected? Will a rise of 7ng/ml over ten yrs be a flag from 55 to 65 yrs example. THANJS FOR VIDEO!

I had an unnecessary biopsy 4-years ago. Makes me so angry that I wasn’t given other options. I did not find the procedure painful or uncomfortable, but I was given a potent antibiotic and since that time I’ve been hypersensitive to all other antibiotics.

Diet plays a big part...high meat diet..particularly lamb can play a part in high PSA / prostate cancer if you want to get into the nitty grittys. Eat healthier...more vegetables with balanced amounts of wider varieties of meat and swap for fish etc

Half year ago my dad had PSA 450, yes 450 not 45, he is 70s old, found prostate cancer 4a step. we went many doctors, took many medications and treatment, now PSA is 40, Alhamdulillah, its still very high, but don't lose hope everyone who reads this , everything is possible by God's will, make dua and never lose hope , keep trying. My dad took 4 Lu-177, 1 Chemotherapy, 4 hormone therapy.

Thank you for the video, please don't have background music in your videos.

Thank you! 20 yrs ago my PSA was 9. My doc ordered a biopsy: no malignancy, diagnosed non-specific prostatitis. Unrelated, at that time i had savage halitosis😱A diplomatic friend advised me i was eating too many eggs. I stopped at once, also cut back on dairy. Over a year or so the breath improved. Amazingly my PSA dropped

I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer 5 years ago. My PSA level was around 250. Did 3 months of radiation treatments and had a clean bill of health. I've been fine until about a month ago. Started having pain, fatigue and incontinence. Went to the doctor last Thursday and got blood and urine tests. PSA is over 1000. Waiting on other test results but it doesn't look good for me.

After looking through the internet I found that interval training should not be done for at least a week before the psa test. We really need at home testing! Stress can also raise psa levels at the doctors office. At home my blood pressure is around 100/66. At the doctors it’s 180/ 135. It takes about 4 days after a doctors visit for it to go back to normal. Another thing I thought was strange is my doctor told me that you don’t need to change anything before the psa test. I remember that it takes me three weeks to sort of recover from a marathon. We need more studies on exercise and it’s affects on psa.

My psa level for the last 12 months has been 12.4. Ive had 2 MRI scans and no cancer showing, but it did show that my prostrate had inflammation and it was enlarged slightly. My Urologist reassured me that is why my psa level is high. Plus i workout at the gym and do a lot of power walking on the treadmill. All this can effect my psa levels. But its always in the back of my mind as my dad and grandfather both passed away with prostrate cancer.

Mine always spiked when I was ill with an infection. Then I would have to be retested in 6 weeks or so.

I am 62 years old. My PSA total level is 2.8 ng/ml. USG report prostate 40 vol. ccs. At present i am taking Urimax D medicine at night.. Kindly advise...

I'm 69 and 6 months ago my PCP said my PSA was 4.2 I was checked again back in September no change .I had read an article about a new type of PSA test and I asked my doc about it he had not heard about it so he looked it up while I was there .He said he would run the new test .A week later call me and said the test revealed a level of 6.2 and referred me to a Urologist I subsiquintly had a biopsy and was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I would strongly recommend that men request the new PSE test...

All I would add is: If you go to the urologist with the basic PSA test and a reading >4 and the doctor wants to biopsy. Put you clothes back on and leave immediately, the doctor is just generating income for his practice. I did this 5 years ago when and the doctor had not even ordered a %free test. The standard of care in the US is to order a %free test, then to do an MRI and proceed from there,

Sexual activity raises your PSA. ALWAYS go at least 3 complete days with NO sexual activity at all before having blood draw for a PSA. It can lower your PSA by 2+ points.

Don't mess around. Get a PSA test with your annual blood work. Where I live healthcare won't pay for that test until levels start to rise but it is relatively cheap. Determine a cut off point with your doctor as to just when any increase becomes an area of concern. Mind your family history. Cancer can run in families. I started having my PSA checked around 55. It gradually climbed up to over 8 and at that point tests were done and it was determined I actually had cancer. I was lucky enough to be able to get brachytherapy (insertion of radioactive seeds) but very close to the cutoff for that treatment. After 5 years of PSA monitoring the finally cut me loose. My brother, on the other hand, had his prostate removed but it has come back at least once. Digital exams don't tell the whole story.

I cut my PSA by 50% just from low carb and fasting.

Ejaculation also increases PSA - avoid for 2 days before test

My psa was 4.1 and I had cancer!

Nowadays surgeons always go for surgery even if it may be cured by medicine hence we should be very careful to select a Urologist.

I am 75 and my PSA in one test was 5000. Just based on that I was told I had cancer.

Thank you I am 61 and last year was 3.8 and this year it is 5.3. So, I am a bit nervous

My psa are 13 and I have no cancer I have had 2 MRI and booth times it came back negative

My new question about psa testing is if prolonged fasting affects your psa. Some of us have lost their appestat due to their life time work conditions. No time to eat at work.

is it true that having sex right before or shortly before a psa test will increase the levels? seems to make sense it would ?

I am 55. I had a PSA from when I was 37 of a 4.6 now at 55 it's a 9.6. I had 2 MRI's and 2 biopsies. The MRI's found 2 rad 4 lesions that were biopsied and no Cancer. Both Biopsies came back zero suspicious. My last biopsie was around a 7.6 so now I will be getting another MRI. I am symptom free in my prostate. Not sure how the PSA goes up with nothing suspicious going on.

A physical exam is not enough to know if you have prostate cancer. Usually if it’s very very high you will need a biopsy to be sure there is no other way to check this. Don’t play with it the biopsy if necessary is basically completely painless slightly embarrassing, but better than being dead.

My PSA count had doubled in a year. Doctor was monitoring. Its now 0.04. A friend recommended pumpkin seed oil. I attribute the reduction to the oil and improvements to my diet

My husbands psa levels were never checked before, he’s a black man and 52 y/o with a psa of 5.66, you we be very concerned…he only had difficulty of holding his urine sometimes and he doesn’t wake up at night to go..I have been worried sick about this..appointment with specialist is in 3 weeks 😢

It is the other way around. Prostatic inflammation, infection, digital examination, cancer all increase PSA. You don’t control PSA levels. You try to control the etiology. Try, that’s all, may or may not succeed.

Having COVID made my PSA reading nearly triple.

3 years post prostectomy and after 3 years my psa went from 0.015 to 0.030 and "although" my PSA has technically doubled, it's still low BUT having no prostate I'm still kinda anxious. After 2-years of ZERO testosterone I'm pushing hard to increase my testosterone stuck at just under 300. Double edge sword because UCSF does not subscribe to TRT with prostate cancer patients

I know a man who had four doctors say he had a prostate problem...the 5th doctor said no problem with your prostate.. gallstones is the problem with struggling to pee.... The guy iz 68yrs... The 5th doctor said he's got a prostate as good as a twenty year old. cassidy

I had gallblatter removed... then I couldn't pee. Prostrate inlarged... so I had roto rooter sergery... chips from that showed cancer.. My PSA was 0.039. Prostrate biopsy showed nothing. The cancer was right where the roto rooter sergery was done. Then a MRI for prostrate was done... It lasted 45 min. Then a cancer Dr. gave me 28 treatments of radiation. 2 more weeks another blood draw for more PSA numbers. WHAT wil they be????? What's next.. What's next... What's next ???

Thanks for the video, really interesting I am year old white male who is of average build. On the advise of a talk from work I took a PSA test it has come back 4.88 and to see my Dr. I am wondering if it may be a false reading as I was at a gym class the night before I took the test and had sex within 48 hrs. I do however sometimes need to urinate for a second time shortly after going (30 mins) wondering if I should re test or see a Dr now.

Iam 73yrs doctor doing daily 3hrs exercise n 1hr dance my PSA level is 8.10pl advise

ALSO EJECULATION AT LEAST 16 TIMES A MONTH! KEEPS YOU HEALTHY!!!

can ANDROGEL 1.62 increase your PSA TEST?

i am a 62 year old black male, just had a biopsy for prostate.. really nervous...but i saw on here that testosterone medicine could be a problem... is that true? ive been taking them for about a year...im hoping im ok, i have a 7.5 level, and right now... cant sleep thinking about it. im not overweight, walk 3 miles a day, and dont drink or smoke. can someone help me hear to calm down? much respect

There are far too many unnecessary biopsies being performed!

PSA is surely the most confusing guide to the presence or lack of cancer in the prostate gland. The medicos have un under ongoing monitoring from reports above their general assessment a "normal" level and DRE, MRI and biopsies are followed as if by rote thereafter, even though it is reported that cancer can exist even with a "normal" level of PSA. The questions should surely embrace other symptoms, diet, prostate self-care supplements and lifestyle. A benign enlarged prostate can replicate the assumed symptoms of disease and their effect on passing urine etc. Monitoring is a sensible path but then how often becomes the question as tehe years pass and when it is said that PSA can rise anyway with age.

I am 73 and my last PSA was 280.5.

**”below” is < not > 😊

Mine is 150

Kidney stones on a regular basis and my PSA always goes up, after the stone passes my psa goes back to 2.5, my doctor says have as much sex as possible. Bottom line is go to your primary care about 4 months get a reading on all your blood results and learn what they mean, what’s normal fir me may not be normal for you

LOL, "talk to the doctor" ...they love to send guys to a Urologist , that is ALL they will do...

I have exercise and intercourse before psa it's super high 25.6 i talk to urologist give me a rectal exam negative and my ultrasound has a 33 grams mild enlargement and also found out a uti. Age 49.

Hmmm... i am missing one strong point, i thought that ejaculating / having sex or masturbating prior taking a bloodsample for PSA measurement will spike the PSA pretty high?

My father is 75 years old. His PSA level is 6.716. His ultrasound result is prostatomegly, 31 grams. The bladder mucosa is smooth. Pre void bladder volume-192 cc. Post void Blfder volume 27 cc or 14%. His taking Harmal as maintenance. Urinalysis shows no signs of infection. His doctor suggested for TURP. WE are hesitant that my father will undergo surgery because of his age. Doc, what is the cause of elevated PSA Level of my father? Can i ask for an advice? Thnk you so much.

Add in pumpkin seed oil

The music in the background was very distracting.

Back ground noise makes listenig tedious

Dropping your PSA is not the goal. Ensuring you don't have cancer is the goal. Monitoring your PSA is a good thing. But using external approaches to lower PSA is not really the goal. You don't want to mask the monitoring test. That said, finding external methods to shrink the prostate are very worthwhile. Is there any research indicating that these actually block or reduce cancer though? I think we need more time to tell. The last thought - shrinking the prostate is useful if you have difficulty with flow... so all good. But I just thought important to mention just lowering the PSA is not the goal if it masks underlying issues.

Did you, and/or are ingesting any sort of testosterone supplements? How old are you?

I know you can't put links in here, the Algo will disappear you, however specialized pro resolving mediators "might" be useful for benign hypertrophy and perhaps worse. Abstract Inflammation is a fundamental physiological response orchestrated by innate immune cells to restore tissue homeostasis. Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) are involved in active resolution of inflammation but when inflammation is incomplete, chronic inflammation creates a favorable environment that fuels carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Conventional cancer therapy also strengthens cancer-related inflammation by inducing massive tumor cell death that activate surrounding immune-infiltrating cells such as tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Macrophages are key actors of both inflammation and its active resolution due to their plastic phenotype. In line with this high plasticity, macrophages can be hijacked by cancer cells to support tumor progression and immune escape, or therapy resistance. Impaired resolution of cancer-associated inflammation supported by TAMs may thus reinforces tumor progression. From this perspective, recent evidence suggests that stimulating macrophage’s pro-resolving functions using SPMs can promote inflammation resolution in cancer and improve anticancer treatments. Thus, TAMs’ re-education toward an antitumor phenotype by using SPMs opens a new line of attack in cancer treatment. Here, we review SPMs’ anticancer capacities with special attention regarding their effects on TAMs. We further discuss how this new therapeutic approach could be envisioned in cancer therapy.

Hello 👋 How are you doing Dr. My father is 52 years old he had Urine problem can’t hold urine for long Time so we went to a doctor he said that my father had a wide ulcer so he gave him 15 ceftroxone injection 2grams BD and (dutasteride 0.5 mg + Tamsulosin 0.4 mg ) Od he used the injection and also the Tablets for a Month but his problem was pain in testis specifically right testis and in Thigh then we went to Urologist he did the PSA test for him the PSA was 6.78 then Dr said that it may be higher due to the use of ( dutasteride 0.5 ) so he said the don’t eat this Tablet he suggested (Silodosin 8mg ) one at night and he said to my father that you will come one month later so we will go one after later…. Now my father is depressed due to the pain inthe right testis and in thighs and also for 6.78 PSA ….. kindly answer me what should i do to lower His PSA and also anxiety and depression please please

At what age should you no longer get a PSA test... 70?

Doctors don’t really know - doh!!! I had a heart attack in 2021 and yes I have been on medications and one of those is aspirin - I asked for prostrate test to be done as I am now 60, hey presto my psa level is a tiny little bit higher than normal - 4.24, should be 4 or lower, but the doctor does not know about the heart medications or can’t be assed to check, he has asked me to do another psa test! Doh! I am glad I watched this now I can tell them to check their records and connect the dots.

I appreciated the info.... please drop the music..... annoying.

For 26year old psa lavel is 0.53 is normal or not?

You should mention that beer made with hops (a phyto estrogen) is probably the main cause of prostate cancer in N America. Beer should be drunk only by older women in need of hormonal support. Beer will not only make a man grow tits but will also enlarge his prostate and lead to all sorts of plumbing problems. Learn the cobbler pose (yoga) to strengthen perenium area muscles, practice it every day and say good bye to worrying about prostate cancer. Even thinking of possible cancer can create it. Learn to identify your prostate and how it feels, not by having a Dr stick his fingers up your rear, but by simply stopping your urine flow when having a piss. That muscle controling the flow is your prostate. Happy practice. Cobblers of India never get prostate cancer because of how they sit. A good idea is to avoid couches and comfortable chairs also.

As a 71 year old guy I have to wonder what is the true value of the PSA test? One of the things that first caught my eye was that I applied for life insurance and the insurance co ordered a blood test but amazingly they did not order a psa test. I found this quite strange. Didn’t they want to know if I was predisposed to prostate cancer? In 2011 my psa was 4 but I did not get the recommended prostrate biopsy because I didn’t want to mess with my prostate gland since I was having no problems of any kind. For the next 10 years my psa continued to increase reaching 28 in 2022. I still decided not to get a biopsy every time it increased because I was still having no problems that was affecting my daily life. In 2023 it started to trend down for the first time to 26. I still have no discernible problems that’s affecting my quality of life at my current age of 71. I recognize that I could still get prostate cancer or may already have it in which case I’ll have to deal with the decision I chose to make. In the mean time I’m just happy that all seems ok.

I was told to drink green tea for kidneys and two shots of cranberry and exercise by walking, and watch the foods I consume.

Free psa is a more important reading.

#8- Do not have sex at least several days before the test. I have been told that by my urologist. Because that will give a higher reading.