Low PSA and spread to lymph nodes?

Hi, this all began around 5 weeks ago with the raised 7.5 PSA test.....I was freaked out originally.....went privately (I'm in the UK) to have a second test done...that test came back at PSA 4.3 with a free PSA reading of 23%....(I'm hoping that it is a bout of prostatitis that's caused the rise, although nobody has said that to me as yet). I've since had a battery of tests at the hospital and awaiting the results next week....Convinced myself the last few days that I was worrying unnecessarily and now this.....Hopefully the Dr this afternoon can put my mind at ease

    Thanks for the reply 

Hi, this all began around 5 weeks ago with the raised 7.5 PSA test.....I was freaked out originally.....went privately (I'm in the UK) to have a second test done...that test came back at PSA 4.3 with a free PSA reading of 23%....(I'm hoping that it is a bout of prostatitis that's caused the rise, although nobody has said that to me as yet). I've since had a battery of tests at the hospital and awaiting the results next week....Convinced myself the last few days that I was worrying unnecessarily and now this.....Hopefully the Dr this afternoon can put my mind at ease

    Thanks for the reply 

also,remember to have all your PSA tests handled by the same lab as labs use different ways of measuring PSA 

good luck

Hi Barney, I appreciate what you and the other guys are saying, just wanted to know if there was anyone here who were aware of a case or cases where a low(ish) PSA had caused swollen lymph nodes....I had my tests done at 2 different labs as my NHS Doc doesn't do the free PSA test....and when it was 7.5 I freaked a bit....just trying to take back a bit of control I went to a reputable private clinic and their lab did the test  which came back at 4.3.....Even with a different lab testing I think that a drop of over 3 points must be more significant than the assay test..... 

i suggest you check tpgor UTIs and also for STDs. These also can cause lymph nodes to swell.

when you get those results, see your doctor.

also tell him or her if you have any pain associated with the swollen nodes and if the swelling came in gradually or suddenly. The more info you give the doctor the better.

Hi Barney, I don't want to come across as the world's biggest hypochondriac, because I'm not....I am a control freak though, and these last few weeks I have felt a bit out of control. Ordinarily a swelling of this sort I would probably have ignored, but coming hard on the heels of my prostate problems it starts to look too coincidental....I have had some pelvic pain since all this began but that could be to do with me feeling stressed and I know that this can affect the pelvis...This swelling though is the real deal....Hence the worry....I'll see what the Doc says and report back, hopefully with good news