Psa level and prostate health.

PSA is produced by the prostate because of activity or disease. As I've read in medical articles, PSA can get elevated by ejaculating, doing weight training or heavy exercise, or touching your prostate (even your doctor giving you a prostate exam). So massage for health or recreation would have the same effect. It was suggested to wait 3 or 4 days after activity to get a PSA test.

A year ago, I had severe Prostatitis, which spiked my PSA. This cause a cancer scare, which turned out negative. Since the Prostatitis resolved, I do nothing for two weeks before getting a PSA test (no sex, working out, Aneros, or Kegel's). When I had the Prostatitis my number was well over 4, but since my range has been 1.57 to 2.40. I'm not a doctor, but you're 2.9 is probably fine and you might think about what your activity was before you had the test done.

@zaqpol oh dear lol I have an a-less most days,pretty sure I did the day before the blood test.Plus my wife and I usually manage manage a quickie most night during the working week. So I likely had sex the evening before. And I do workout with weights,strength training and powerlifting mostly. A triple wammy lol. Hope I’m not in trouble zaqpol. 

I had my first PSA test in quite a few years, so I was overdue. Age 61, results were 1.4 ng/ml. (Normal is considered 0 to 4.0 ng/ml.) My last session was on Saturday, and the blood draw was on Wednesday, so a good solid 3 days (1/2?).

I must say I was nervous about the test, as my sessions have been pretty frequent over the last year, and I wasn't sure 3 days was a long enough break. I guess it was, although I have no record of what my previous tests were, as I have moved since, and it was around 2012 or 2013, way before Aneros.

So, keep at it, gentleman!

Regards, Charlie

@charlie5 well I thought prostate massage was supposed to help keep the gland healthy,keeping blood flowing around and draining fluid from it.

Not too sure, but even my doctor said to wait a week after my DRE before I did the blood test. I do believe that prostate massage is good for health, but an elevated PSA can lead to cancer concerns, and I would hate to have a biopsy procedure just because I'm doing something healthy for my prostate.

@charlie5. Noted. Our health service is rubbish,they wouldn’t tell you these things. Based on what I’ve read,I think I have a healthy level. Yes I had blood drawn,but I definitely ejacualted within 48 hrs,i powerlift so definitely lifted weights the evening before and definitely would have had an Aless the day before. So I guess 2.9 was probably a decent reading since I do all the things that cause it to temporarily spike.

@helghast

Your PSA is normal.  I'm a physician though not a urologist.  I would repeat the PSA in about 6 months abstaining from ejaculation, sex, heavy activity, or Aneros use for several days and I think it will be less.  I haven't seen any magical number of days to wait but would suggest at least 5 days or so;  for sure a week to 10 days should remove any concerns.  It's important about your age to start getting PSA's to see what your baseline is so that any future PSA changes can be compared against that.  You probably would want to see what that baseline is by checking your PSA every 6 months for a while then every year.  I don't think anyone has shown that Aneros use necessarily prevents cancer but the sexual health it does benefit as well as the awareness aspect of guys being conscious of their prostate and ano-rectal function which would make them pick up early on changes that do need to be checked by a physician are obvious benefits.  I think it's also been shown that regular Aneros use helps with chronic non-infectious prostatitis symptoms.  Hope all goes well for you.

@slimjm thanks for reply,I did have one a couple of years back,think it was 2.4 then,though I’d struggle to remember activities beforehand,definitely intercourse and heavy weight training as I always do them. Like I said above,our health service don’t tell you things to abstain from,if it’s within range they aren’t bothered.

@helghast

I'd just watch it a while, like I said about every 6 months or so for a couple years or so, then once a year, abstaining from anything that could affect the level for a good week or so when you do check it.  I'm assuming you got a digital rectal exam with your doctor who if experienced in that area can tell a lot about the overall size of the gland.  Some guys' glands are just larger than others and the overall PSA in healthy non-cancer cases is affected by that.  Thank the Lord, my PSA stays low and when my urologist checks me he says my gland is very small.  Unless there's an unusual prostate cancer history in a man's family, the chances of having cancer there in your 40's is very small.  I have seen a couple guys that by about 50 had it but it was easily removed when detected early. Again, wishing the best for you, and regards.

@slimjm like I said,the health service are rubbish,blood is all we get,out drs wait until there’s a problem before doing anything. The range is 2.0 to 4.0. Even if bloods come back at 3.9,they won’t do anything. Thanks for all the info anyways.