What are the symptoms of bone pain in prostate cancer? What should I do if the prostate bone metastases?

Prostate cancer threatens many patients. Patients with this disease suffer from it, and it also affects their sexual function, sex life and quality. Some patients also suffer from impotence and premature ejaculation. It also affects fertility and causes infertility. Therefore, we need to know more about its symptoms so that we can treat it in time. Let's take a look at the symptoms of prostate cancer bone pain.

Cancer cells have a strong ability to metastasize, and prostate cancer bone metastasis is very common. The symptoms of prostate cancer bone metastasis are also very obvious. In the late stage of prostate cancer bone metastasis, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue. Almost all bones in the body will be invaded. The femur, pelvis, and lumbar spine are the most common sites of metastasis, followed by the ribs, thoracic spine, and skull, etc.

Bone metastasis of prostate cancer will manifest as persistent bone pain, especially when lying still. In severe cases, pathological fractures or paraplegia may occur. Visceral metastasis can cause liver enlargement, dyspnea or hemoptysis; brain metastasis can cause neurological dysfunction. Then there are subcutaneous metastatic nodules, enlarged para-aortic lymph nodes, compression of the ureter, and local infiltration of the ureteral orifice, which can cause unilateral or bilateral ureteral obstruction, low back pain, and even symptoms of impaired renal function, oliguria, or anuria.

Patients with advanced prostate cancer who have bone metastasis symptoms will experience a deterioration in their general condition, including fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, anemia, and cachexia. The order of bone metastasis is pelvis, lumbar spine, sacrum, thoracic spine, and ribs. When metastases to the thoracic and lumbar spine, symptoms of spinal cord compression will occur. The worse the cancer differentiation, the more bone metastases there will be.

The above article introduces the symptoms of prostate cancer bone pain. Don't be afraid of prostate cancer. Scientific and systematic treatment can control the disease. This cancer develops very slowly. If you find some symptoms during the treatment, you should contact the attending physician in time and seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying treatment and aggravating the disease.