PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN

Here is another post in a row to educate everyone on the importance of PSA screening in controlling prostate cancer. If you had a look around online, you will know that PSA screening is not praised by everyone out there. According to many men carrying prostate cancer, a PSA screening is of no help but making people end up in mental agony for the rest of their life. To add to this misconception, American cancer society has made an update about PSA screening. According to the news, men don’t have to get tested for prostate cancer because this is a slow advancing disease. According to them prostate cancer will attain vigorousness only at an average age of 70s- 80s and so there is nothing to worry about. But what the American Cancer Society was trying to say to the world is a different picture.

The Actual Message Of American Cancer Society About Prostate Cancer

American Cancer Society has never mentioned that PSA screening has to be avoided. What they insist on is to choose the best applicable treatment options considering the result of the PSA screening. It’s pretty obvious that an aggressive treatment for prostate cancer (not needed in the case of mild prostate cancer), will lead to complications that will possibly be worse than the outcome of an invasive prostate cancer treatment. The main objective of PSA screening is to find the aggressiveness of prostate cancer and finding the best treatment method for it. Men out there with prostate cancer should understand the fact that there are several treatment methods available depending on the degree of the cancer.

The bottom line is, American Cancer Society is not advising men to get rid of PSA screening. They want all men to get the proper education as found in the PSA ZERO™ Program, before the PSA screening. By properly educating yourself you will be able to ask your Doctor imperative questions, helping to ensure the best defense in avoiding over diagnosis, over treatment, complications, and or increased risk of death.

Get the facts right, live smart.

As you know, sexual impotency and erectile dysfunction are the main problems caused by prostate cancer treatments. It is pretty obvious that men carrying prostate cancer will not be ready to consult a doctor or even subject to a PSA test. The main reasons for men ignoring PSA tests are:

• Fear of what the society may think about them
• Fear about getting into mental agony if the test turns positive for high PSA
• Fear about revealing their impotency to their partners.

However, with availability of a Prostate Cancer educational program like PSA Zero, men now understand the benefit vs. risk of getting treated. These men now realize the fact that entering into a screening program and identifying the existence of prostate cancer in the early stages will allow them to make their own educated decisions.

It is obvious that if there is a different option for prostate cancer, without subjecting to a treatment, men will welcome them with open arms. This mentality has made nutritional supplements for prostate cancer not so strange anymore. Taking the advantage of the demand various suppliers have popped online who claim to have 100% natural dietary supplements that can cure prostate cancer. Now the question in everyone’s mind is, whether any of these dietary supplements can be a cure for prostate cancer. The answer for this comes from the Researchers of “William Beaumont Hospital”. According to these researchers, there is NO real dietary supplement to date that can cure prostate cancer. I myself saw some advertisements online for some dietary supplements that can speed up the curing period after undergoing a treatment for prostate cancer. Men still believe that there are dietary supplements that can quickly bring them sexual potency while they are undergoing regular treatment. These men consume these supplements without consulting their doctors.

The information about prostate cancer found in our PSA Zero Program has the vital information to provide the necessary education and awareness for men to make an intelligent decision.

You all well know what Prostate cancer is However, the world out there is not much concerned about this type of cancer because, according to National Cancer Institute, the chances of a person dying because of prostate cancer is considered to be very low. Due to this reason many people out there ignore diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Through all these years, I have seen people having misconceptions about prostate cancer and obviously this post is the top 3 misconceptions that I have heard and the real facts about them:

1. Prostate Cancer Is Of  Low Risk And Can Be Left Untreated

Fact: Remember that not any type of cancer can be left untreated. Over time, if the cancer cells are left to grow, there is high risk for your other vital organs to get affected. Though the “National Cancer Institute” has stated that the risk of dying with prostate cancer is very low, remember that there are many other health problems that can be caused with it. According to me, living in pain is worse than dying.  So if you notice the symptoms of prostate cancer, you should get the proper treatment.

2. No Symptoms, No Prostate cancer?

Fact: This is one common misconception among people. Remember that prostate cancer in early stages will not show the symptoms. So if your prostate cancer diagnosis says that you have prostate cancer (though you don’t have any symptoms), it will not be wrong. Think that you are lucky enough to identify prostate cancer in its early stages itself.

3. Prostate Cancer is contagious?

Fact: The answer for this is “NO”. Prostate cancer is not transferable. Moreover, it can’t be transferred to women at any case. I have seen many people who don’t know much about prostate cancer (they don’t even know about the prostate gland) fearing that they may transfer the cancer to their partner. This is a complete misconception  Now you know the real facts about prostate cancer. Act fast, live smart.

Any man who has been to the doctor for a prostate examination is probably familiar with the term “PSA” and might even know that it stands for “Prostatic Specific Antigen”, but what exactly does that mean. Since most of our readers do not have a medical background or degree I’m going to explain it in simple terms that all can understand. To begin with, PSA is a glycoprotein. It is present in the body and the elevation of its levels in a man over the age of fifty has been viewed since 1986 as an indicator and confirmation of the presence of prostate cancer. Let me dispel that myth.

The presence of elevated levels of PSA is not a definite confirmation of prostate cancer in a man nor should it be treated that way. This fallacy has caused countless men and their families to experience stress and discomfort that in many cases is completely unnecessary. It has also been the motivating factor behind many surgical procedures that did not help and often hurt misinformed patients.

The rise of PSA levels can be caused by prostate cancer but they can also be caused by BPH, prostatitis, prostate stones, urinary tract infections, rectal exams, cystoscopic examinations and even sexual intercourse. Imagine determining that you need surgery for prostate cancer based on a PSA test result that was high due to the sex you had with your partner the night before. It may sound ludicrous but it happens all too often. Surgery, for many medical professionals, is as common a recommendation as pharmaceutical prescription drugs.

The PSA test has come under fire in recent years for its inaccuracies and inability to actually save the lives of men diagnosed with prostate cancer. There are far too many false positives, false negatives, and cases where surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy was used when they weren’t necessary. If you have taken this type of test and been diagnosed positive it is not recommended that you base treatment decisions solely on the results. I would strongly recommend exploring all of your treatment options with knowledge of the facts obtained by diligent research, as found in my PSA Zero program, before making any biased decisions about your health.

Specific causes of prostate cancer are still being debated within the medical community but there are some definite factors that seem to put men at risk for it. African American males have a history that shows a much higher likelihood of coming down with prostate cancer, almost triple that of Caucasian or Hispanic Americans. A number of studies have been done to determine what the cultural differences are that may have led to that disparity. One major item that has come to the forefront in these studies is food, or more specifically soul food.

It is the general consensus of medical professionals that the consumption of large quantities of meat or dairy products which are high in animal fat can lead to a greater risk of developing prostatic diseases such as prostate cancer. The cream sauces used in soul food recipes are loaded with dairy products and the preparation process of deep frying meats with oil, eggs, and flour gives them an extremely high fat content. Southern fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, and some hush puppies or pound cake may taste delicious, but they can be deadly if you’re looking to avoid prostate cancer.

Heredity could be another factor in the high number of prostate cancer cases found in African American males. The numbers have been so high for so long that there are very few men of African American descent who do not have a close relative who has been affected by this form of cancer. It’s not always deadly, but one in every six men in America is struck with some form of it between the ages of 45 and 70. For African American men the screening often begins at 35 years old.

Alternative treatment methods and healthy fears of surgery or radiation have led many middle aged men to seek out prevention methods instead of waiting for prostate cancer to find them. Proper diet helps, as does certain types of exercise such as kamasutra yoga. Discovering these techniques and applying them may drive the numbers down in favor of middle aged men, regardless of ethnicity. Tremendous progress has already been made and there will no doubt be many more new and exciting discoveries over the next few years.