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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / March 2007Chronic inflammation
The doctor showed me the results and checked each one off and said negative. I have a very poor memory, but I don't remember him even mentioning inflammation. http://i12.tinypic.com/34hyuyx.jpg > The doctor showed me the results and checked each one off and said > negative. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://i12.tinypic.com/34hyuyx.jpg As I understand it, the inflammation means you've got prostatitis. It could be caused by an infection but probably is not since it's chronic. It is not dangerous and is nothing to worry about. It causes your PSA to go up but has nothing to do with cancer. Some people can have a lot of pain from prostatitis. Some have none at all. If you've got none, then you're in great shape. Alan > As I understand it, the inflammation means you've got > prostatitis. It could be caused by an infection but probably > is not since it's chronic. It is not dangerous and is nothing > to worry about. It causes your PSA to go up but has nothing > to do with cancer. See the post "Inflammation Hinders Production Of Protein Called Maspin Which Stems Cancer Spread" from March 20th. >> As I understand it, the inflammation means you've got >> prostatitis. It could be caused by an infection but probably [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > See the post "Inflammation Hinders Production Of Protein Called > Maspin Which Stems Cancer Spread" from March 20th. We now have good reason to believe that the majority of new publications in medicine publish false results, and the great majority of new publications in molecular biology produce false results (see http://tinyurl.com/ceq33). I consider the report on inflammation to be an interesting research lead, but I'm not prepared to say that it is right until it has been confirmed by additional studies. In any case, it appears that Terry does not have cancer. If he doesn't have cancer then, even if it's true that inflammation promotes metastasis, it doesn't affect him because there is no evidence that he has any cancer to metastasize. Finally, if he wants to treat his inflammation with anti-inflammatories, the research lead above, if it really turns out to be valid, indicates that, if he did have cancer, he would be benefitting himself by taking the anti-inflammatories - e.g., aspirin or ibuprofen. Alan I don't believe chronic inflammation can be helped much by aspirin or the likes. It's probably caused by an auto-immune disease. A patient will have elevated immune auto-antibodies that will attack healthy cells usually causing damage to the outer sheath of the nerve cells. This intern will result in motor neuropathies or other neurological problems. However, I believe there are other inflammatory responses from elevated antibodies that are not fully know yet. Ron > I don't believe chronic inflammation can be helped much by aspirin or the > likes. It's probably caused by an auto-immune disease. A patient will have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ron Thanks again everyone for the comments. I did not mention in earlier messages that I have had a liver transplant. The only reason I bring it up now is because I take immunosuppressant drugs. I was taking Prograf exclusively. The doctors have cut my dose of Prograf by 3/4 and I am taking Celcept to compensate. Could they be the cause of the inflammation? I also wonder why the inflammation would only show up in one area. > ... > Thanks again everyone for the comments. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Could they be the cause of the inflammation? I also wonder why the > inflammation would only show up in one area. This is a question for the doctors. It's way over my head and may be over theirs too, since the causes and cures of non-bacterial prostatitis are not currently well understood. Prostatitis is very common. Lots of men have it, some temporarily for episodes of weeks or months, some chronically for years and years. The fact that you have it, don't have signs of other inflammations, and that the pathologist thought it was chronic (presumably there for a long time), makes it sound to me like this is unrelated to your liver problems and drugs. It can cause considerable pain, but for many men, it causes no pain at all. It looks like you've got some really serious health problems but, knock on wood, whatever is happening in your prostate isn't one of them. Alan Incidentally, I don't know if Ron's theory about auto-immune reactions as the cause of prostatitis is right or wrong. However I can testify that in my own case, I have, on the advice of a doctor, taken tons of anti-inflammatories to counter prostatitis. They didn't seem to work for me - which is just what Ron is predicting. |
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