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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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    When i was around 25 I had blood in my urine. It was from my kidney. Had a battery of tests at the hospital and nothing showed up kidney wise. Was given antibiotics and that was that. The bleeding stopped. I had no symptoms either. Unfortunately, us guys need to go through more thorough exams than women when we first present with blood in the urine as infections are rarer in us guys, so they have to be belts and braces.

    Given your age, you're probably still on the younger side of things, so you have that in your favour. Whilst younger people can get prostate cancer, it's rare.

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    When i was around 25 I had blood in my urine. It was from my kidney. Had a battery of tests at the hospital and nothing showed up kidney wise. Was given antibiotics and that was that. The bleeding stopped. I had no symptoms either. Unfortunately, us guys need to go through more thorough exams than women when we first present with blood in the urine as infections are rarer in us guys, so they have to be belts and braces.

    Given your age, you're probably still on the younger side of things, so you have that in your favour. Whilst younger people can get prostate cancer, it's rare.

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