What are the symptoms of prostate cancer

As we all know, the reason why men develop prostate cancer is because other prostate diseases are not treated in time, resulting in adverse consequences. In addition, the incidence of prostate cancer has remained high in recent years, which is very harmful to patients. Therefore, actively understanding the symptoms of prostate cancer plays a very important role in timely detection and treatment of prostate cancer.

The following are some of the more obvious symptoms of prostate cancer:

1. Local enlargement of the tumor

If the prostate tumor progressively enlarges locally and compresses the prostate urethra, symptoms of prostate cancer may include urination disorders, such as progressive dysuria, frequent urination, urgency, pain, and a feeling of incomplete urination. In severe cases, urine dripping and urine retention may occur. These symptoms are similar to those of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BpH), which can easily lead to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, delaying early diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

2. Prostate cancer metastasis

When prostate cancer metastasizes to the bones, it can cause bone pain at the metastatic site, which is also a common symptom of prostate cancer. Common sites of bone metastasis include the spine, hip bones, ribs, and shoulder blades. About 60% of advanced patients experience bone pain, which is common in the waist, sacrum, buttocks, hip pelvis. Bone pain has different manifestations. Some patients may experience persistent pain, while some patients experience intermittent pain. Bone pain can be limited to a specific part of the body, or it can manifest as migratory pain in different parts of the body; bone pain may vary at different times of the day and respond differently to rest and activity.

3. Advanced prostate cancer

For advanced prostate cancer, symptoms of prostate cancer may include fatigue, weight loss, body pain, etc. Because the pain seriously affects diet, sleep and mental state, after long-term torture, the whole body condition becomes weaker and weaker, and anemia progresses, and eventually the whole body fails and cachexia occurs.

Regarding the symptoms of prostate cancer, experts mainly introduced the above points, hoping to be helpful to male friends. In addition, male friends maintaining good living habits in daily life can also help stay away from the occurrence of prostate cancer, especially men are prohibited from sitting for long periods of time, avoiding long-term smoking and drinking, etc.