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Prostititus or Prostate cancer

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craig84609
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I have been having symptoms of prostititus and was told that those symptoms are the same for cancer. Is this true? I have a clear discharge after urination and pain at the base of my penis. I have also experienced shooting sharp pains down my penis and dull pain in my testicles, rectum and tailbone. My urine stream is lazy and there is a lot of dribbling when finished. Needless to say kinda scared to go to the urologist as they will probably jump to conclusions. I am 47 so am getting into that age range where prostate enlargement is common. What I am wondering is these symptoms that close to cancer symptoms and if so will the doctor want me to be screened? I really have no desire to know I have cancer of this type. I will never let them do a biopsy on my prostate so can an MRI suffice? I can't put this off much longer as I am getting worse.

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    Craig, visit your family doctor. he can talk you through the process and quite likely explain what the tests are and why they are done. If need be he can prescribe you some meds to take to calm you down on the day of the test. First thing is the DRE you will only need the psa if a possible problem is found. Can you get a trusted friend to go to the Uro clinic with you? they wont go in whilst the tests are going on unless you really wanted them to  but they could give you that bit of support you need. If your prostate just seems to be enlarged after the exam has taken place you may well have prostatitis which you uro will treat .
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