My dad (who is 73) just got a higher than usual PSA result.
He typically sits at 4.5 and has been for many years and over the last year it increased to 7.4, which is a bit alarming especially regarding the change. Hopefully its one of those 'false positives' the article talks about.
Hopefully its just prostatitis and nothing insidious. My grandfather had prostatitis so it runs in the family.
He goes back for another blood test in a few weeks. If it's still high I suspect he will be sent to a urologist for further tests.
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