Like many other cancers prostate cancer symptoms do not become prominent until the later stages. Here are the symptoms that people with prostate cancer experience during advanced stages:
- Major suspicion can arise when the person experiences multiple difficulties associated with urination. There is an exponential increase as far as the frequency of urination is concerned. And the need to urinate is found to be more during the night. And the urgency to urinate as soon as possible also occurs quite frequently as a result of the loss of control over the urinary bladder muscles.
- There is an interrupted urine stream and hesitancy experienced while the stream flows in the form of urine. And in many cases, there is pain while urinating which is accompanied with a burning sensation as well as gnawing pain while urinating in the lower abdomen. A few people also might pass blood in the urine.
- Sexual life also witnesses a tremendous change in the sense that ejaculations are no more pleasurable but extremely painful, and there is blood too in the semen that is discharged. And the individual experiences great difficulty getting a penile erection.
- The individual also experiences untold inconvenience in the pelvic region and there is a persistent pain in the back as well the hip region. These symptoms however surface only as later stages of prostate cancer when it spreads its wings into other parts of the body as well.
- Edema, a condition of water accumulation, brings about swelling in the legs. The individual experiences drastic weight loss as well as fatigue. The red blood cell count in the body takes a nosedive and results in anemia.
- There is absolute loss of control over the bladder and bowels too. The individual experiences numbness or weakness in the feet or legs.
When the prostate cancer symptoms are detected at an early stage, the chances of having 100% recovery and a successful treatment are higher. Regular checkups therefore, will help an individual catch the prostate cancer at an early stage. The sooner the prostate cancer symptoms are reported to the doctor, the earlier can the diagnosis be done and treatment started.