What are the early symptoms of prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer does not have obvious symptoms in the early stages, so many patients cannot make a diagnosis in the early stages of the disease. Since it is impossible to diagnose patients in the early stages of prostate cancer, many prostate cancer patients delay treatment. In fact, there are many symptoms that can be diagnosed as early prostate cancer. Here are some of the early symptoms of prostate cancer.

What are the early symptoms of prostate cancer?

Urinary disorders, difficulty urinating, thinning or deflected urine stream, or bifurcated urine stream, prolonged urination, frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, a feeling of incomplete urination, etc. In severe cases, urine dripping and urine retention may occur.

Pain in the lower back, sacrum, buttocks, hips, pelvis, and sciatica is common and severe and unbearable.

Metastasis symptoms are common in prostate cancer patients. About 1/3 or even 2/3 of patients have lymph node metastasis when they first see a doctor, mostly in the internal iliac, external iliac, waist, groin and other parts. It can cause enlarged lymph nodes in the corresponding parts and swelling of the lower limbs.

Systemic symptoms: Because the pain affects diet, sleep and spirit, after long-term torture, the whole body condition becomes increasingly weak, with weight loss and fatigue, progressive anemia, cachexia or renal failure.

The above-mentioned dysuria symptoms may also be caused by other diseases such as prostate hyperplasia or hypertrophy, chronic prostatitis, etc. For those over 45 years old who have frequent urination, increased nocturia, thinner urine flow, prolonged urination, and dysuria, they should first consider whether they have prostate cancer and should immediately consult a doctor to distinguish it from other diseases such as chronic prostate hyperplasia.

If you want to treat prostate cancer in its early stages, you should know the early symptoms of prostate cancer so that you can make a judgment. The above is the knowledge about the symptoms of prostate cancer introduced to you. I hope that friends with these symptoms can go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.