Sqad's Simplification Of Psa Test

[Sqad]

General Terms:

Normal PSA no urinary symptoms.........nothing to worry about.
Normal PSA with urinary symptoms.......see your GP could be prostate problems.
Raised PSA could be Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Prostatitis or Cancer.

Normal. PSA anything over 8 n/ml.

PSA not a particularly good diagnostic test but great value in evaluating response to treatment of Prostatic Cancer.

[Sqad]

For normal PSA read high PSA in penultimate paragraph.

[dannyk13]

Sqad //Normal. PSA anything over 8 n/ml.//
Is that correct? I thought normal PSA was anything below 8.

[dannyk13]

Sorry Sqad, crosses posts.

[Sqad]

Danny......correct.
I have indeed corrected that.

[Bazile]

//Normal. PSA anything over 8 n/ml.//

Do you mean ' under 8' ?

[Sqad]

LOL..lol.....sharp eyed ABers.

[Khandro]

What exactly does the finger up the bum demonstrate?

(to me it only demonstrates what a mystery homo-sexuality is :0)

[Sqad]

Khandro........me too lol.
Finger up a female bum maybe.....that is quite different......but a male bum....? I'll give that a miss.

[Khandro]

Sqad, Btw, Have you seen one of the best things on Netfix; 'The Kominsky Method' with Michael Douglas & Alan Alda, with the diminutive Danny di Vito as the proctologist?

We watched the series twice it is so good.

[Sqad]

Khandro.....no I haven't, thanks for the tip.

[Peter Pedant]

// LOL..lol.....sharp eyed ABers.//
under 8 for chrissakes

this is called a polar mistake - and in the real complex world has lead to deaths ( o dont be so glum PP, sobersides!)
westminster mistake - N20 for O2
newham - - N20 for O2
KCl for NaCl
panc as a sedative....

lucky we arent in practice..... or are we?

the thing is PSA has moved from diagnostic to screening to assess treatment.... things move so fast these days