I've been having mild prostatitis symptoms on & off for 3 years (frequent urinations, discomfort in the perineum or urethra , weak urine stream) but usually went away in a few weeks. the symptoms seemed to go away for almost a year and they come back. my doc put me on Cipro for 10 days for prostatitis and insist that they are not cancer symptoms since they've been on & off and my weak urine stream symptoms went even before I started the Cipro. my discomfort in the perineum or urethra when getting better sitting still not gone completely and the frequencies are still on and off depend on how much I drink or what I eat. I went to a urologist 2 years ago but he only found that one the right side of my prostate slightly larger and suggested some source of inflammation. Other doctors agreed with him too. my PSA was 2.2 a year ago and I am 39. do you have any experience like this? Please share with me. Thank you so much.

Itching, redness and dryness. I have Prostatitis and it acts up when it gets cold outside. Cortizone works. sorry for the butchered spelling:)

Prostate cancer usually doesn't cause symptoms in its early stages. Between 60% and 70% of men who are older than 80 who have prostate cancer have no symptoms. 2

When there are symptoms, they may include:

* having difficulty starting your urine stream. This is called hesitancy.
* having a weaker than normal urine stream.
* Being unable to urinate at all.
* having to urinate often.
* Feeling that your bladder is not emptying completely when you urinate.
* having to get up at night to urinate. This is called nocturia.
* having pain or a burning feeling when you urinate. This is called dysuria.
* having blood in your urine. This is called hematuria.
* having blood in your semen. This is called hematospermia.
* having a deep pain in your lower back, abdomen, hip, or pelvis.

Go here—> prostatecancerfoundation.org/

My grandfather hardly had any symptoms, and didn't know he had it until a doctor found it. He got radiation treatment and survived.
Check with a doctor at least once a year. And many people survive it.
Good luck!

I had it, didn't know it. I was feeling just great at the time and it was very scary to learn I had the big "C". I had no symptoms at the time and I was 54 when it was found.

Unfortunately, there are really none specifically. that is why the best idea is to have regular PSA tests by your doctor. It's just a simple blood test but take it from me it's very important to have done, even if you don't suspect you might have it. if others in your family have had it or breast cancer, it's especially important to have the test and it's hereditary

Getting up more than twice during the night to go to the bathroom, difficulty emptying the bladder, reduced force of the stream, difficulty starting the stream.
However, the same things happen with benign prostate hypertrophy.
During your annual physical, the doc will do a check of the prostate. if he feels any bumps or lumps, you will be sent for a biopsy.
The only way to tell for certain is to have the PSA (prostate specific antigen) level checked. if it is high, biopsies will be done.
Any infection or inflammation of the prostate will raise the PSA, as will a recent ejaculation.
It is recommended to have a PSA drawn yearly if you are over age fifity, but prostate cancer has been found in younger men.
The prostate keeps growing throughout life, and as it grows, the PSA becomes slightly higher. A higher PSA in a seventy or eighty year old man does not necessarily mean that he has prostate cancer.

hello I have had prostatitis for many years. is there anyone out there that has had this and what have you done to cure it. also i have a symptom, at the end of my urine stream. i can push or strain then prostate fluid will come out mixed with urine. in the toilet it is whitish strands of fluid. I have no stds btw.

Sure, I had it a few years ago, went to a urologist and got a 30 day regimen of antibiotics. He said most doctors fail to prescribe an adequate regimen, maybe only giving enough pills for 10 days and that is not sufficient for prostatitis. good luck.