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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / March 2006PSA Variability ?
Hello: My MD had me go in for a biopsy a few months ago, as my psa had jumped to 4.4. Everything, thank goodness, was negative. Now, after a few months had it taken again. Now around 1 Any thought on why these changes of such a magnitude might be ? He had no idea, other than perhaps there was a low grade infection at the time it was taken and indicated such a high number. Thanks, B. > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks, > B. Infection yes, but have you considered that labs often give different results on even the same blood sample? > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any thought on why these changes of such a magnitude might be ? It is very likely that you had prostatitis, inflammation of the prostate. That could be caused by an infection, and it might not produce any other symptoms. When the imflammation subsides, the PSA reading goes down. The normal variation in measuring is much less than what you report, more like 0.5 ng/ml. In some cases, stimulation of the prostate such as from sex or even digital rectal examination can produce an even larger variation but nothing as large as what you report. Your drop either represents something real that happened in your body or some gross error in handling test results, such as mixing up results for different men. If you have any doubts about that, ask your doctor if he can be sure it didn't happen. > He had no idea, other than perhaps there was a low grade infection at the > time it was taken and indicated such a high number. > > Thanks, > B. > > Hello: > > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks, > > B. By the way Len, how have you been doing? Everything OK? >>>Hello: >>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > By the way Len, how have you been doing? Everything OK? Fine. In all respects. And you? > >>>Hello: > >>> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > And you? Ok except for a kidney stone last December. Since then great. |
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