Yu de wɔri bɔt yu prɔstat? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt di prɔstat ɛgzam!

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan tɔpik we bɔku man dɛn kin shem smɔl fɔ tɔk bɔt, bɔt i rili impɔtant. Dat na di prɔstat ɛgzam . We yu yɛri dis nem, sɔm pipul dɛn kin fred smɔl ɛn nɔ kin fil fayn. Bɔt we yu no gud gud wan wetin na dis tɛst, wetin mek i impɔtant, ɛn udat fɔ gɛt am, yu go ɔndastand se nɔto sɔntin we yu fɔ fred. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis ditayli, nɔto so?

Wetin na prɔstat ɛgzam?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, prɔstat ɛgzam na tɛst we de chɛk fɔ si if man dɛn gɛt prɔstat kansa fɔs . di prɔstat na smɔl gland we de dɔŋ di blad na man dɛn. i de εp fכ mek pat pan di wata we de insay di sεmεn.

Dis prɔstat ɛgzam kin gɛt tu men pat dɛn:

1. PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) bכdi tεst: dis de mכsu di lεvεl fכ wan protin we dεn kכl `PSA` insay yu bכdi.

2. Dijital Rɛktal Ɛgzam ( DRE ): Insay dis, di dɔktɔ de put wan finga we gɛt glɔv (dijit) insay yu rɛktum ɛn fil di shep ɛn di say we di prɔstat gland de. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if ɛni ɔda kayn lumps ɔ swelling de we nɔ kɔmɔn.

Nɔn pan dɛn tɛst ya nɔ go ebul fɔ se, "Yɛs, yu gɛt kansa." Dɛn kin tek dɛn tin ya as skrinin asɛsmɛnt , nɔto diagnostik tɛst.

Udat fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst ɛn ustɛm?

Di American Cancer Society se i fayn fɔ mek man dɛn du dɛn fɔs prɔstat ɛgzam we dɛn rich 50 ia.

Bɔt dis ej limit nɔto di sem fɔ ɔlman. Sɔm pipul dɛn nid fɔ tink bɔt dis bifo:

• If pɔsin na yu famili (lɛk yu papa ɔ yu brɔda) dɔn gɛt prɔstat kansa, i go fayn fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst we yu ol 45 ia.
• Dɔn bak, dɛn dɔn si se blak man dɛn kin gɛt prɔstat kansa , so bɔku tɛm dɔktɔ dɛn kin se dɛn fɔ du dɛn fɔs tɛst arawnd we dɛn ol 45 ia.

Tɔk to yu famili dɔktɔ bɔt dis.I bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu tɔk to dɛn ɛn disayd fɔ di tɛm we go fayn fɔ yu.

Nɔ kɔnfyus prɔstat ɛgzam wit kɔlonɔskɔpi!

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tink se fɔ ɛgzam fɔ prɔstat ɛn fɔ kɔlonoskɔpi na di sem bikɔs dɛn ɔl tu gɛt fɔ du wit di rɛktum. Bɔt fɔ tru, dɛn tu tɛst ya rili difrɛn.

Tink bɔt am, prɔstat ɛgzam (spɛshal wan `DRE`) de involv di dɔktɔ fɔ palpat di prɔstat wit in finga. כltu, `kolonoskopi` involv fכ put wan fleksibul, we gεt kεmεra tru di an fכ egzamin di wכl dεm na di kכlon. dεn nכ de egzamin di prכstat we dεn de du `kolonoskopi`, pas di dכkta du wan sεparat `DRE`.

Wan ɔda tin na dat, bɔku tɛm, prɔstat ɛgzam na sɔntin we dɛn kin du na dɔktɔ in ɔfis insay sɔm minit. Bɔt kɔlonɔskopi na tɛst we dɛn kin du na ɔtpeshɛnt dipatmɛnt na ɔspitul ɛn i nid fɔ gɛt anestezi (IV - Intravenous sedation). Yu ɔndastand di difrɛns?

Aw fɔ rɛdi fɔ dis tɛst?

Fɔ tru, fɔ du prɔstat ɛgzam nɔ nid fɔ pripia bɔku. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya bifo yu go to yu dɔktɔ:

• If yu gɛt ɛmoroyd .
• If yu gɛt kɔndishɔn lɛk anal fissures .
• If yu gɛt anal tears .

Bikɔs di DRE tɛst kin tranga smɔl pan dɛn tin ya, i bɛtɛ fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ bɔt am bifo tɛm.

Wan ɔda tin na dat, sɔntɛnde yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs fɔ 48 awa bifo dɛn du di tɛst. dis na biכs di PSA lεvεl kin inkrεs fכ sכm tεm afta i ejakulεshכn, we kin afekt di tεst risכlt.

A fɔ defecate bifo di tɛst? (Wan kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt!)

Nɔ, nid nɔ de fɔ chenj di nɔmal we aw yu de tɔylɛt. If yu fil se yu nid fɔ defecate bifo di tɛst, no prɔblɛm nɔ de fɔ du dat. Bɔt if yu nɔ fil se yu nid am, nɔ wɔri. Di prɔstat ɛgzam nɔ go mek yu fil se yu nid fɔ pul dɔti.

Sɔm pipul kin fil shem fɔ wetin go apin if dɛn kam mit fes we dɛn de du di tɛst. Nɔ wɔri. Dɛn tren dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ du dis tɛst, ɛn dɛn go du dɛn bɛst fɔ mek yu fil fayn.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, tu men tɛst dɛn de we dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt prɔstat kansa: di PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) blɔd tɛst ɛn di dijital rɛktal ɛgzamin (DRE). Risach dɔn sho se di PSA blɔd tɛst kin wok mɔ fɔ no bɔt prɔstat kansa.Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt nɔmal PSA lɛvɛl kin gɛt kansa we DRE dɔn no. So, bɔku dɔktɔ dɛn kin se dɛn fɔ du ɔl tu di tɛst dɛn.

PSA (Prostate-Spɛsifi k Antijen) blɔd tɛst

I rili simpul. Di dɔktɔ kin tek blɔd sɛmpul frɔm yu an ɛn sɛn am to lab, usay dɛn kin mɛzhɔ ɔmɔs wan prɔtin we dɛn kɔl PSA de na yu blɔd.

Nɔ patikyula kɔt ɔf skɔ nɔ de we se if di PSA valyu de ɔp dis, kansa de, ɛn if i de dɔŋ dis, kansa nɔ de. Dɛn kin yuz dis rizɔlt fɔ ɛp fɔ disayd if dɛn nid fɔ du mɔ tɛst.

If yu PSA lɛvɛl ay, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ tek prɔstat bayɔpsi, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) skan, ɔ ɔda tɛst dɛn na lɛbɔtri fɔ chɛk if yu gɛt prɔstat kansa .

Dijital rεktal εgzamin (DRE) .

We dɛn de du DRE, yu dɔktɔ kin put wan finga we gɛt glɔb we dɛn dɔn lɔbrik insay yu rɛktum. Dis kin mek di dɔktɔ fil di prɔstat gland ɛn chɛk fɔ ɛni lumps, swel, ɔ abnɔmal tin na di bak pat pan di gland (we bɔku kansa dɛn kin bigin). Dis kin tek sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn.

Yu tink se dis tɛst de mek pɔsin fil pen?

Pan ɔl we di DRE tɛst kin fil smɔl fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin pen. I kin tek sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn bak fɔ dɔn.

If yu gɛt tin dɛn lɛk ɛmoroyd ɔ anal fissures, tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn bifo tɛm. Da we de, i go ɛp fɔ mek di ɛgzam izi as i ebul. Nɔ wɔri, dɔktɔ dɛn kin rili sɛnsitiv bɔt dis.

Wetin di rizɔlt fɔ di PSA tɛst min?

We yu PSA tɛst rizɔlt dɔn kam, yu dɔktɔ go kɔl yu fɔ ɛksplen am ɛn tɛl yu if dɛn nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst.

PSA lɛvɛl nɔ kin bi di sem ɔltɛm. PSA lɛvɛl kin chenj bak fɔ rizin dɛn we nɔ gɛt natin fɔ du wit prɔstat kansa. fכ egzampl, tin dεm lεk fכ ejakulεshכn, sכm mεdikeshכn dεm, כ jכs fכ mek di prכstat big kin mek di PSA lεvεl go כp כ dכn.

So, if yu PSA lɛvɛl jɔs ay smɔl (bɔdalayn), yu dɔktɔ kin se yu fɔ du ɔda PSA tɛst insay lɛk siks mɔnt.

Wetin fɔ du if PSA lɛvɛl ay?

If yu PSA lɛvɛl go ɔp bad bad wan, yu dɔktɔ go rifer yu to yurolɔji fɔ mek dɛn du mɔ tɛst ɛn evalueshɔn yu. Na dis say dɛn go disayd di nɛks tin we dɛn fɔ du.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ no di tin dɛn we kin apin?

Bɔku tɛm, i kin tek lɛk wan de fɔ gɛt di rizɔlt fɔ wan PSA blɔd tɛst.

If na `DRE` tɛst, di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu di rizɔlt wantɛm wantɛm.Bikɔs na tactile test, dɛn kin asɛs di kɔndishɔn wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin na di bɛst tɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

I rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu tek kia ɔf dɛn tin ya bak:

• If yu dɔn pas 50 ia ɛn yu nɔ dɔn du yu fɔs prɔstat ɛgzam, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn mek apɔntinmɛnt.
• If yu de na grup we gɛt ay risk (i.e., blak ɔ yu gɛt famili histri fɔ prɔstat kansa), i bɛtɛ fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst we yu ol 45 ia.
• Apat frɔm dat, if yu gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se yu nɔ ebul fɔ pis ( fɔ ɛgzampul, i nɔ izi fɔ pis, yu de pis ɔltɛm, yu nɔ de ɛmti yu blad kɔmplit wan), yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ bak wantɛm wantɛm. Dɛn tin ya kin bi bikɔs ɔf di prɔstat we dɔn big, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) , ɔ di urinary tract infection (UTI) .

Impɔtant: Bɔku tɛm, prɔstat kansa nɔ kin sho di sayn dɛn te i dɔn go bifo. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst na di rayt ej, pas fɔ wet fɔ mek di sik sho.

Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek bɔku pipul dɛn fred smɔl fɔ dɛn fɔs prɔstat ɛgzam. Bɔt, di mɔ yu no bɔt di prɔses, na di mɔ yu nɔ go fred. Tɔk opin wan wit yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn tin ya we yu kin du fɔ chɛk yu. Prɔstat ɛgzam na di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du fɔ no di prɔstat kansa kwik kwik wan - ɛn fɔ no kwik kwik wan na di bɛst ki fɔ mek yu gɛt di tritmɛnt fayn fayn wan!

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

So, frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt tide, yu fɔ dɔn ɔndastand wetin na prɔstat ɛgzam ɛn wetin i impɔtant.

• Nɔ fred: dis na rutin mɛdikal tɛst.
• Yu fɔ no kwik kwik wan: Gɛt tɛst bay yu ej ɛn di tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm.
• Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ: Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu.
• If dɛn no am kwik, dat kin sev pipul dɛn layf: If dɛn no di prɔstat kansa kwik kwik wan, di chans fɔ mek dɛn gɛt di tritmɛnt we go wok fayn kin bɔku.

So, nɔ les fɔ dis. Tek kia ɔf yu yon wɛlbɔdi . Wi op se dis infɔmeshɔn bin yusful to yu!

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