Know How Our iCliniq Doctor Helped a Patient Who Doubted His Risk of Developing a Prostate Cancer

A male patient attached his blood reports and asked our iCliniq doctor about his elevated PSA (prostate-specific antigen) values and said that he wanted to know if he carried a risk of prostate cancer due to it. He also gave a history of prostatitis that he suffered several years back.

Our iCliniq doctor went through the query and responded by saying that the patient did carry a higher risk of prostate cancer as his PSA levels were mildly elevated. He advised the patient that if his PSA levels were still elevated after a week's time, then he had to get a prostate examination done by a urologist and assured him that all the other reports he had attached were normal.

The patient reverted, saying that he was experiencing symptoms of prostatitis like he used to before, such as difficulty urinating and pain in the lower abdomen, scrotum, and the testicles. He gave a historyof getting sonography as per his physician's advice which had shown that he had a hard, swollen, and scarred prostate due to the surgery he underwent previously. He also said that he was prescribed antibiotics and suggested a biopsy. He requested our doctor's opinion on getting a biopsy and asked if it was a necessity to take antibiotics.

Our doctor went through the query and said that a long-term antibiotic therapy was required if he had symptoms of prostatitis and gave a positive opinion on taking a biopsy to know the definite cause as there was a possibility for the PSA to be elevated due to infection or other benign reasons. He also suggested getting a multiparametric prostate MRI to clear the patient's confusion and recommended it to be the best choice.

The patient thanked our doctor heartfully for his assessments of his health condition and said that he felt reassured by his answers. He also appreciated our doctor for his precise and evidence-based guidance.