Oko Ugqirha abhekisela kwiMviwo yeProstate

Yintoni ogqirha ugqirha ngayo ngexesha lovavanyo lweprotate?

Ngokuxhomekeke kwimpilo yakho jikelele, ubudala bakho (ngokuqhelekileyo kwiminyaka engama-50 ubudala nangaphezulu), okanye ukuba unobunzima bokudlula umchamo, ugqirha wakho unokucebisa uvavanyo lweprotate.

Unakho okanye ungazi kakuhle inkqubo yokuhlola iprotate ngokwayo, kodwa ngaba uye wakha wazibuza ukuba yintoni kanye ugqirha ayifunayo?

Iprostate Screening Exam

Ugqirha wakho uya kwenza ezi zimbini iintlobo zokuhlolwa kweprotate ezikhoyo:

  1. Uvavanyo lwegazi apho umhlaza wesifo seprotate unokufunyanwa kwangaphambili ngokuvavanya inani le-prostate-specific antigen (PSA) egazini.
  2. Uvavanyo lwe-digital rectal (DRE) (apho ugqirha ufake uphawu lomunwe, okanye "idijithi," kwi-rectum ukuziva iprotate gland)

Ngokuqhelekileyo inqubo ye-DRE ephazamisa abantu abaninzi. Ukunciphisa imizwa yakho apha kukuphazamiseka koko kuhlolwe i-digital rectal examination.

Yintoni enokuyilindela ngexesha le-Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)

Yintoni eyenzekayo elandelayo: Emva kweDRE

Ukuba kukho ukungaqhelekanga kufumaneka ngexesha le-DRE, ugqirha uya kulawula iimvavanyo ezingaphezulu kwaye mhlawumbi ucwangcise i- prostate biopsy ukujonga ukuba kukho nayiphi na impawu zomhlaza okhoyo.

Ukuba akukho zibonakaliso zomhlaza wesibeletho ezitholakalayo ngexesha lokuhlola, iziphumo zovavanyo lwegazi lwe-PSA ziya kugqiba ixesha phakathi kwexesha elizayo lomhlaza wesifo somhlaza.

Ekugqibeleni, wena kunye nogqirha wakho uya kugqiba kwelokuba kufuneka uhlolwe kaninzi kangakanani ukutya kwakho, impilo kunye nemikhuba yokuphila yimiba yimiba yexesha kunye nexesha eliqhelekileyo lomhlaza wesibeletho sakho. Qiniseka ukubonisana nodokotela wakho ukuba ubona nayiphi na utshintsho kwimpilo yakho.

Umthombo:

> INational Cancer Institute. Ukuhlaziya i-Prostate Cancer Screening (PDQ).

Tanagho EA, McAninch JW. USmith's General Urology, 17th Edition.