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All the details of his original diagnosis would help a new doctor to gain a better understanding of what might be happening now, but clearly any disease that was dorman, or under good managment for 20+ years is not likely to 'leap forth' an expand rapidly.
One thing I meant to mention is that there is a chance of osteoporosis developing with long term use of the hormone therapy your father has been on. It would be a good diea to check his bone strength.
Would a urinary tract infection cause a PSA to rise? I thought I read that somewhere. I believe my dad had a UTI around his most recent test but he doesn't remember. I'm still verifying with my sister though as my dad's memory is a bit hazy.
Would a urinary tract infection cause a PSA to rise?
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Bladder and prostate gland infections are the principle cause of elevated PSA results. PCa is the minority cause. PSA is NOT PCa specific. See PSA101as suggested above.
About 12 years ago my PSA went from 2.2 to 7 and a biopsy (only 2 samples as my urologist was an old guy)showed nothing. My new younger urologist thought I has prostatitis which was cured with antibiotics. PSA declined back to 2.2
