| Independent MP Bill Casey of Nova Scotia to have surgery for prostate ...
AMHERST, N.S. - A Nova Scotia MP who was kicked out of the federal Conservative caucus for voting against the budget last year is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Bill Casey, who sits as an Independent in the House of Commons, is having surgery on Thursday. "The prognosis is that will eliminate the problem," he said Tuesday in an interview. "There may be some other treatments after that just to make sure." He said he expects to be off work for six weeks. Casey, 62, said the cancer was diagnosed during a routine blood test. He said he'd had no symptoms of prostate cancer and was caught by surprise when the tests and biopsies showed he would need the operation. He expects a full recovery and plans to resume his political career by April, including seeking re-election.
Prostatitis may effect up to one-half of all males during their ...
Unlike prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis often affects the lives of young and middle-aged men. According to The Prostatitis Foundation, prostatitis can result in four significant symptoms: pain, urination problems, sexual dysfunction, and general health problems, such as feeling tired and depressed. The prostate is a reproductive gland located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It wraps around the urethra, a tube that carries urine from the bladder. The prostate produces most of a male's semen. To diagnose prostatitis, a physician will collect a patient's urine and thoroughly exam his prostate gland. To check the prostate gland, a physician will carry out a digital rectal examination, which involves inserting a well lubricated gloved finger into the rectum to check for any abnormalities of the gland.
Dr Thomas Stuttaford answers yours questions on screening
The likelihood is that the symptoms are the result of benign hyperplasia (enlargement) of the prostate but this diagnosis cannot possibly be made without other investigations. Patients with a similar history to this reader's would normally have a urinary flow test to measure the speed and volume of the amount of urine passed. This is an easy test, no pain, no discomfort, merely peeing into a specially adapted container. This will let the reader's doctor know if his prostate is obstructing the passage leading from the bladder. A doctor will also want, or in my opinion should want, a PSA blood test. This doesn't deliver a definitive diagnosis, it is not supposed to, but it does give a good indication of the likelihood of any enlargement of the prostate being the result of malignant, rather than benign changes.
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