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Terrified young man

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Hi all,

Sorry if this is a silly post but looking for some words of inspiration and encouragement. I'm a 39 year old male, fairly healthy, and went to the GP this week for a checkup unrelated to this, and got a call back to say they found traces of blood in my urine. I've got no symptoms of anything at all, and the GP booked me in for a range of blood tests including PSA which I did yesterday. Annoyingly I have to go back in tomorrow for a repeat PSA as according to my results there was insufficient sample for analysis. The rest of the results came back all clear, though my 2nd urine sample hasn't shown up results yet online. Anyway, I am utterly terrified as when I have read about all the various potential causes for this blood, none seem to fit with the exception of something related to my prostate. I also saw on the doctors notes that I will need an urgent referral to urology if my PSA levels are raised or still show signs of blood in the urine. I am just panicking and don't know what to do! Sorry for the ramble.

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    Hi there, I’m not a doctor and can’t diagnose but there are many reasons that you can have blood in your urine, the main one is infection . Sometimes the blood can be from the prostate , as it is a very vascular organ and can bleed . ( good blood supply) and it usually grows with age usually around 40 which is probably why your Gp erred on the side of caution and requested a PSA .You don’t say if he examined your prostate ? Anyway , blood in the urine is always investigated and your Gp seems very thorough . I really hope things are ok and wish you well . There are of course lots of reasons for blood in the urine so much better to get checked out. 

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    Thanks, no that's the bit that surprised me that no one has suggested a physical examination. I have a call with them tomorrow as well having to go in for the repeat tests, so I will ask about that then. Also having read about the PSA test, I also feel they should have explained this in more detail as it seems there is a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of having one, especially at my age.

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    Thanks, no that's the bit that surprised me that no one has suggested a physical examination. I have a call with them tomorrow as well having to go in for the repeat tests, so I will ask about that then. Also having read about the PSA test, I also feel they should have explained this in more detail as it seems there is a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of having one, especially at my age.

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