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My psa level is 2.5. what should it be for a 55-year-old man. can you help?

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Dr. K. Mujib Haque answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

0-3.5 : For a man, age 50-59 age specific PSA are between 0 to 3.5. For a woman that age I don't know ;)

Dr Parvez agreed

Answered 7/1/2014

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Normal under 4.0: Normal is under 4.0, so you're normal. You might be concerned however if the number has increased .75 in each of the last 2 years.

Answered 6/30/2014

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