Attention One in 10 Jamaican men develop prostate cancer

 How the test is done, a gloved finger into the rectum which is not painful but maybe a little uncomfortable because you are not used to having a finger inserted. The doctor is able to palpate the surface of the prostate and make a decision when the examination is completed the client is sent to do a blood test at the laboratory and this is where the prostate-specific antigen (#PSA) test is done.

The normal range at the lab is zero to four Nanograms per deciliter, anything over four raises a suspicion and for those men, they would go further to do the rectal ultrasound and the biopsy.

The biopsy is the only way of telling what's happening in the #prostate. The biopsy would give you the diagnosis of prostate cancer and give you a score that you can work with as to how severe the problem is," the urologist stated.

Prostatectomy, where the entire prostate is taken out.  it's a major operation and that recovery usually goes well, though there might be complications such as bleeding and infection.#jamaica #metoojamaica