what does a prostate screening test entail and who should i be consulting with to get it done? i am a fit 44yr old stud...

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Is the prostate exam a better screening tool than a psa test?

Answer 1

Too young for screen: Prostate cancer screening has pros and cons; but it is not useful for younger men. Don't bother for 10 years. If you have multiple sexual partners, however, you should be screened for sexually transmitted infections, and hopefully you are taking appropriate preventive precautions. Talk about this with your family doctor.

Answer 2

Varies: Prostate cancer screening includes a digital (finger) rectal exam and a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. Men over 50, those who have a close relative who had it or those of native African lineage are more often at risk. The American Cancer Society recommends screening as early as 40 in high risk groups. Discuss this with your doc.

Answer 3

Passing it: Babies should be passing their hearing tests. If failing it at birth then needs repeat test and might need further testing. If fails hearing later on in life, then might be attributed to wax, fluid in ears, infection, or some other abnormality to the inner ear.

Answer 4

Depends on age: Hearing screening done in the newborn period (called algo) is done by putting headphones on the baby and testing while the baby is calm or sleeping. This testing is quite easy. After 12 months of age, a baby who needs hearing tested can have behavioral audiology. In between, baby is too young to respond adequately so hearing testing must be done via brain stem responses, requiring sedation.

Answer 5

See if baby has hear: Most of the hearing tests on the babies are fine and if the baby fails it needs to be repeated newborns can not be called deaf until they fail two or more tests.

Answer 6

Down screening: Nuchal translucency is measuring the thickness of the baby's neck on an ultrasound in the first trimester. This measurement, along with some bloodwork from the Mom, is a screening test for Down syndrome in the baby. It detects pregnancies that are at increased risk. The only way to know for sure is to do genetic tests on the baby's cells. This can be done with CVS or amniocentesis.

Answer 7

Screening: It's something seen on prenatal ultrasound in the baby's neck that indications there may be a genetic abnormality, usually seen in cases of down syndrome.

Answer 8

Nuchal Translucency : Nuchal Translucency is a screening test to determine risk of chromosome abnormalities in a fetus. When the NT is greater than 3.5 mm, there is a 1 in 5 chance of a chromosome abnormality such as Turner or Down syndrome, or Trisomy 18. Additional tests should be ordered by an OB or genetic counselor for confirmation. A mother may decide to continue or end of the pregnancy based on the information.

Answer 9

Nuchal Translucency : Nuchal Translucency is a screening test to determine risk of chromosome abnormalities in a fetus. When the NT is greater than 3.5 mm, there is a 1 in 5 chance of a chromosome abnormality such as Turner or Down syndrome, or Trisomy 18. Additional tests should be ordered by an OB or genetic counselor for confirmation. A mother may decide to continue or end of the pregnancy based on the information.

Answer 10

Genetic Screen: A multiple marker screen uses measurements of four analytes (bhcg, estriol, afp, and inhibin-a) to determine the likelihood that a fetus has down syndrome, t16, or t13 (more severe anomalies than downs). It also screens for neural tube defects, but ultrasound has replaced this screen as a superior modality. Importantly, the test does _not_ tell you if the baby had downs, it only quantifies risk.

Answer 11

Multiple marker: If related to pregnancy, it would be to assess the mother's risk of having a child with genetic diseases such as trisomy 18 and 21, etc.

Answer 12

Rare, but possible: With early, high-quality ultrasounds, twins are usually not missed anymore.

Answer 13

Possibly: With newer generation ultrasounds, a twin gestation is hard to miss. However, it is not impossible to miss a twin gestation but is highly unlikely.

Answer 14

Varies with disease: Benign prostatic hypertrophy, bph, is associated w. Urinary frequency day & more at night + slowing down of force & caliber of stream. Symptoms increase as obstrruction from enlarging prostate increases. Ultimately urinary retenention can occur. In time all symptomatic. Early to moderate prostate cancer can be symptom free, few have blood. All patients w prostatitis are symptomatic w pain +/or uti.

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