Ukubala ubukhulu be-PSA kungasiza udokotela wakho ahlaziye isikolo sakho se- prostate-specific antigen (PSA) futhi anqume ukuthi imiphumela yakho ayijwayelekile noma cha. I-PSA ikhiqizwa ngamaseli e-prostate-kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amangqamuzana avamile noma anomdlavuza. Amadoda anama-prostate amakhulu, ngokusobala, anama-cell cells amaningi futhi, ngokuvamile, akhiqiza i-PSA eningi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unomdlavuza noma cha.
Ngakho amaphuzu akho we-PSA yedwa ayengeke asetshenziselwe ukunquma ukuthi unayo yini umdlavuza wesibeletho noma cha.
Ukuze ulandele ama-prostate, ubukhulu be-prostate yakho bulinganiswa nge-transrectal prostate ultrasound . Izinga lakho le-PSA lihlukaniswa ubukhulu besisindo sakho sokubala isibalo sakho se-PSA.
Ukuphakama kwe-PSA ephezulu kusho ukuthi umthamo omncane wezicubu ze-prostate wenza okuningi kwe-PSA, kanti i-PSA yesilinganiso esiphansi sisho ukuthi umthamo omkhulu wezicubu ze-prostate wenza iPSA encane kakhulu.
Ukungaphumeleli kwe-Absolute PSA
Esikhathini esidlule, odokotela bathembele kakhulu kwizinga eliphelele le-PSA ukusiza ukuthi unqume yini ukuthi umdlavuza wakho we-prostate ususiwe yini noma ngabe ubuyelwe ngemuva kokwelashwa, ukuthi isifo sasiyinkimbinkimbi kangakanani, nezinye izici.
Nokho, kwacaca ukuthi ukubuka nje izinga eliphelele le-PSA kuhlulekile ngezindlela ezithile ezibalulekile. Ngesinye, amadoda athile ajwayelekile noma aphansi kakhulu e-PSA amazinga atholakale enomdlavuza wesicathulo.
Okwesibili, amadoda amaningi anamazinga aphezulu kakhulu e-PSA ayinayo umdlavuza wesicathulo futhi, kunalokho, kunesimo esibucayi, esiyingozi kakhulu esibizwa ngokuthi i- benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Iphakethe lakho le-PSA eliphelele ngeke libike njalo indaba. Yingakho odokotela baqala ukusebenzisa amanye ama-PSA amanani afana ne-PSA velocity, i-PSA density, ne -PSA engenamaphesenti , ukuthola umqondo onembile okwenzekayo ku-prostate.
Ingabe i-PSA Isisindo sakho siyasebenza ngempela?
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuphakama okukhulu kwe-PSA kungabonisa ukuthi unengozi ephakeme yomdlavuza wesi-prostate. Kodwa-ke, ubufakazi bale ngozi engase ibe yingozi kakhulu yomdlavuza wesifo sofuba awukushintshi ngempela ukuxilongwa noma ukwelashwa uma unePSA ephakeme kakhulu.
Akubona bonke ochwepheshe abavumayo ukuthi ukuphakama kwe-PSA kufanele kushintshe indlela udokotela wakho ahlolisisa ngayo, ahlole, noma aphathe umdlavuza wesibeletho. Abanye odokotela banomuzwa wokuthi ukuphakama kwe-PSA akulona usizo lapho ukhetha izinqumo bese ukhetha ukungayinaki.
Uma ukhathazekile nge-PSA yesibalo sakho, xoxani ngokukhathazeka kwakho nodokotela wakho noma ubone udokotela ohlukile ngomqondo wesibili. Uma ungaqiniseki ngemibono yodokotela wakho kwi-PSA kwabantu noma amazinga ngokuvamile, cela ukuba bahlanganyele ukuqonda kwabo ngendaba futhi uma imibono yabo ngale ndaba ishintsha indlela abaphatha ngayo iziguli zabo.
Ngokuvamile, amadoda anesisindo se-PSA ephakeme kufanele ahlolwe ngokucophelela ngomdlavuza we-prostate. Uma unesiphakamiso se-PSA ephakeme, udokotela wakho angase asolise kakhulu nganoma yikuphi okungajwayelekile okutholakala ekuhlolweni kwe-digital rectal noma uma izinga lakho le-PSA landa.