A prostate exam is always very important and it is very necessary for men to go for the screening and this depends with your age and also the history of your family if they have had prostate cancer. When the screening is being done one of the things that one must consider is that the man should be 50 years and above and it should be done in the privacy of a doctors office and also the patient should be comfortable with the screening. During the exam, the doctor is able to detect if there is any abnormalities or they would also know if the prostate is enlarged and the exam can be done by a nurse or doctor at a urologists office.
One of the things that one should always know is that when it comes to the urologists, they are always trained on how they can treat any issue that emerges or its affecting the urinary tract of the man and also their reproductive organs. They are also able to diagnose and also treat things like sexual dysfunction, kidney stones, pelvic floor problems and others. Prostate exam should be taken annually and before one heads there it is good to make sure that you gather all the information it is about what is expected and with this one should also know that when it comes to any medical procedure, knowledge is power. With prostate there are always 2 techniques which a doctor can use and they are the digital rectal exam and we also have the prostate specific antigen test.
When it comes to the digital rectum technique it only takes a few minutes for the doctor to complete it. Before the PSA test is done the man should always make sure that they prepare for several days, and it is also done with the conjunction with the DRE and this is just a simple blood test that is always done to the man. With the PSA before it is done, the man cannot ejaculate for the last 48 hours and also one should be free of any urinary tract infections and also complications. With the PSA test one should not engage themselves in any vigorous exercise and with this it means 48 hours before the exam is done. After the test, the results of the PSA test may take an upward of 14 days to come back and thus one should be patient to get the results.