Advanced symptoms of prostate cancer

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Advanced symptoms of prostate cancer, because prostate cancer occurs in the posterior lobe, growth is slow, showing hidden after, so the early symptoms are not obvious, once the symptoms, often belong to late. The late symptoms of prostate cancer are mainly * lower urinary tract obstruction or hematuria and urinary retention. The most prominent symptom is pain. Let's talk about the symptoms of advanced prostate cancer

Advanced symptoms of prostate cancer

First of all, gradually increasing prostate gland compression urethra can cause progressive dysuria, manifested as thin urine line, short range, slow urine flow, interrupted urine flow, dripping after urine, endless urination, dysuria, in addition, frequent urination, urgency, nocturia, and even urinary incontinence. Tumor compression of rectum can cause defecation difficulty or intestinal obstruction, or compression of vas deferens can cause ejaculation deficiency, compression of nerve can cause perineal pain, and can radiate to sciatic nerve.

Secondly, prostate cancer can invade the bladder, seminal vesicle, blood vessels and nerve bundles, causing hematuria, hematospermia and impotence. Pelvic lymph node metastasis can cause edema of both lower limbs. Prostate cancer is often prone to bone metastasis, causing bone pain or pathological fracture, paraplegia. Prostate cancer can also invade bone marrow, causing anemia or whole blood count reduction.

Finally, the occurrence of prostate cancer is related to genetic factors. If the relative risk of no prostate cancer in the family is 1 and the absolute risk is 8, then the relative risk of hereditary prostate cancer in the family is 5 and the absolute risk is 35-45. In addition, the incidence of prostate cancer is related to sexual activity and eating habits. More sexual activity is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. High fat diet is also related to the disease. In addition, the incidence of prostate cancer may be related to race, region and religious belief.

matters needing attention

Advanced symptoms of prostate cancer, studies have shown that tomatoes and other foods containing lycopene may be effective in preventing prostate cancer. Two large-scale prostate cancer prevention trials have shown that finasteride or dutasteride (a drug used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia) can reduce the incidence of prostate cancer by 25%, but may increase the risk of high-grade prostate cancer.