Signs + Symptoms

Question 1

What is a sign?

Answer 1

Is objective → can be seen ,measured, or felt during examination

Question 2

What is a symptom?

Answer 2

Subjective → can’t be directly observed by others

Question 4

What are symptoms of prostate cancer?

Answer 4

Feeling of not fully emptying
Difficulty passing
Hesitancy
Decreased flow
Noctaria
Urgent
Frequency
Blood in urine or semen

Question 5

What frequency and decreased force of urination occur?

Answer 5

The prostate cancer presses on the urethra → in turn leading to these symptoms

Question 6

What are common metastases symptoms of the lesion to the lymph nodes, bones, liver and lungs ?

Answer 6

Bone pain or fractures → spine or hips
Fatigue, general feeling of unwell
Cachexia
Cough or recurrent chest infection (lung mets)
Nausea or jaundice → liver meds
Loss of bladder control or bowel symptoms - can indicate spread to bladder/bowed or MSCC