What are the symptoms of prostate cancer

The symptoms of prostate cancer are generally not obvious, or even if they occur, they are easily ignored by patients. It is recommended to learn about this disease because it is the most common malignant tumor disease in life today, so be vigilant. The following is a summary of the symptoms of prostate cancer:

Symptoms of prostate cancer: systemic symptoms

Because prostate cancer patients will experience some systemic symptoms, such as pain, long-term pain will affect the patient's diet, sleep and spirit, making the patient's overall condition gradually weak, followed by weight loss and fatigue, progressive anemia, and eventually develop cachexia or renal failure.

Prostate cancer symptom 2: urination disorder

Dysuria is one of the common symptoms of prostate cancer patients. About 80% of patients will experience progressive dysuria, thinning of urine flow or deviated urine flow. Some patients will experience bifurcated urine flow, prolonged urination, frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, and a feeling of incomplete urination. In severe cases, urine dripping and urine retention may occur. Only 3% of patients have hematuria.

Prostate cancer symptom 3: pain

Clinically, about 31% of prostate cancer patients experience pain. The pain is most common in the waist, sacrum, buttocks, and hips. Pelvic and sciatica pain are common and severe and unbearable. It may be caused by cancer metastasis to the bones or invasion of nerves or hydronephrosis and kidney infection.

Symptoms of prostate cancer 4: Metastasis symptoms

In the late stage of prostate cancer, patients will also experience some symptoms of metastatic cancer due to the metastasis of the tumor. About 1/3 or even 2/3 of patients have lymph node metastasis when they first see a doctor, mostly in the iliac, iliac, waist, groin and other parts. It can cause enlarged lymph nodes in the corresponding parts and swelling of the lower limbs. Hematogenous metastasis is more common in bones (such as pelvis, sacrum, lumbar spine, upper femur, etc.) and internal organs (such as lungs, liver, brain, adrenal glands, testicles, etc.).

There is no doubt that the symptoms of advanced prostate cancer are relatively obvious, but advanced prostate cancer is generally unable to be completely cured. In addition, because there is a relatively obvious high-incidence group for prostate cancer, this group of people should pay attention to the prevention of prostate cancer.