Prostate Cancer: 3 Most Common Symptoms to Watch Out For

Pain and numbness

If cancer spreads to other parts of the body, the bones are usually affected as well. This means pain can be experienced in the hips, back, chest (ribs). If the spinal cord is also affected, it can cause weakness or numbness in the legs or feet and in the bladder.

In most cases of early prostate cancer, patients don’t have any signs or symptoms. But there are certain risk factors that you need to take into consideration, even if you haven’t noticed any symptoms, such as:

• you are aged 50 or older
• your father (or brother) has had prostate cancer
• you are African American (the incidence of prostate cancer is almost 60 % higher than in white men or other men of color)

If you want to find out more about various symptoms and warning signs, check out 9 Cancer Signs You’re Most Likely Ignoring but Shouldn’t and 9 Weird Physical Signs You Might Have Serious Health Issues.

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