Yini Okufanele Uyazi Nge-PSA Test?
Isivivinyo se-PSA (prostate specific antigen ) manje sisetshenziswe kuwo wonke umhlaba njengethuluzi lokuhlola i- prostate umdlavuza .
Yiziphi amaqiniso ezibaluleke kakhulu owaziyo mayelana nokuhlolwa kwe-PSA?
Yini i-Antigen ekhethekile yamaProstate?
I-prostate ethize ye-antigen yiprotheni ekhiqizwa ngamaseli e-prostate . Ingatholakala emazingeni aphansi emadodeni abo bonke ubudala, kodwa iyanda lapho i-prostate ikhula noma iphenduka.
Le phrotheni ibizwa ngokuthi i-prostate ethize i- antigen ngoba yenziwa cishe yi-prostate kuphela. Ezimweni ezingavamile, zingabuyekezwa kwezinye izicubu (njengezicubu zesifuba), kodwa iningi le-PSA livela ku-prostate.
Kuyini ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA?
Ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA kuyindlela yokuthi udokotela wakho ahlole inani le-PSA elikhona egazini lakho. Isampula encane yegazi ithathwa bese ithunyelwa ebhokisini yokuhlaziywa. Izinga le-PSA libikwa emuva kudokotela wakho ongabe esehlaziya imiphumela.
Ngabe Kufanele Uthole Ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA?
Izigaba eziningi zamadoda kufanele zithole ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA (kanye nokuhlolwa kwe- digital rectal (DRE) . Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho bese uhlela ukuhlolwa nganoma yiziphi zezizathu ezilandelayo:
- Uma unesinye sezibonakaliso ezivame kakhulu zomdlavuza we-prostate .
- Uma uneminyaka engu-50 noma ngaphezulu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unayo izimpawu. Kufanele uqhubeke nokuhlola minyaka yonke.
- Uma uneminyaka engama-40 noma ngaphezulu futhi unesifo esibalulekile somdlavuza we-prostate njengama-African American noma unomlando oqinile womdlavuza wesifo sofuba. Kufanele uqhubeke nokuhlola minyaka yonke .
- Uma okwamanje uhlangabezana nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwezokwelapha umdlavuza wesifo sofuba . Ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA yindlela eyodwa lapho isifo sakho sihlolwe khona ukuphindaphinda.
Iningi odokotela bayavuma ukuthi, emva kweminyaka ethile, ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA kubaluleke kakhulu. Ngokwesibonelo, emva kweminyaka engama-75, amadoda amaningi angase adlule kwesinye isifo noma isimo (ikakhulukazi isifo senhliziyo) kunokufa komdlavuza wesicathulo. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ukuthola umdlavuza wesifo sofuba akubalulekile futhi, ngakho-ke, ukuhlolwa kwe-PSA nakho kubaluleke kakhulu kuleli qembu lamadoda.
Ingabe i-prostate Cancer yiyona nto ejwayelekile kunazo zonke zePSA ephezulu?
Cha. Umdlavuza we-prostate ungenye yezimbangela eziningi zePSA ephakeme. Izimbangela ezivame ukwedlula zonke ukuqubuzana kwe-prostate (prostatitis) noma ukukhuliswa kwesifo se-prostate (BPH) .
Ukufunda okuqhubekayo mayelana nezimbangela ze-PSA ephakeme kuyatholakala .
Yini okufanele ngiyenze Uma i-PSA yami iphakanyisiwe?
Okokuqala, ungesabi. Kunezimbangela eziningi ze-PSA ephakeme kanye nomdlavuza wesi-prostate akuyona into evame kakhulu.
Okwesibili, qiniseka ukuthi ulandele udokotela wakho. Amanye amadoda asaba kakhulu ngenxa yemiphumela yabo yokuhlola abazama ukugwema lokho abakulindele ukuthi kuzoba izindaba ezimbi ngokugwema nodokotela wabo. Leli akusona isu elihle. Ngisho noma i-PSA yakho ephakanyisiwe ingenxa yomdlavuza wesifo sofuba, uma uphethwe ngokushesha, umdlavuza wesibeletho uvame ukwelashwa.
Uma unesiphakamiso se-PSA ephakeme, udokotela wakho uzokwenza ukuhlolwa kwe- digital rectal (DRE) futhi angase ahlele ukuhlolwa okuningi ukuze anqume ukuthi imbangela yempikiswano yakho yokuhlolwa ephakanyisiwe iyini.
Ulwazi mayelana nokuhlolwa okujwayelekile okusetshenziselwa ukuxilonga (noma ukuphuma ngaphandle) umdlavuza wesifo sofuba uyatholakala.