Prostate Health  Clinic

Prostate Infection

Infection of prostate gland may occur in all ages of men. Though it is commonly seen in older men who have enlargement of the prostate, or in men who have diabetes or weak immune systems, it may be seen even in younger men where it maybe mistaken for urine infection and produce typical symptoms like burning in the urine and passing urine frequently and with discomfort.  

Sometimes if the infections are more serious, there may be fever, inability to pass urine at all (retention of urine), heaviness or pain in the part you sit on, pain or discomfort in passing faeces (stool) or pus formation in the prostate.

Infections need treatment with antibiotics and investigations need to be done to find out why the infection occurred and if it can be prevented from happening again. Pus if formed can be drained through trans rectal ultrasound aspiration.

Prostate Ultrasound

Ultrasound is a crucial investigation in evaluating the prostate. This is done either as part of a routine pelvic ultrasound or transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) or both. 

Adarsh Center for Urology & Andrology houses a state of the art Ultrasound clinic with all types of ultrasound facilities as well as prostate biopsy facility.

Prostate Biopsy

Biopsy is the process to remove a small bit of the prostate under local anaesthesia. This is done when there may be a doubt about prostate cancer either during examination of the prostate or during some blood tests or family history of prostate cancer. 

A systematic 12 or 14 core Trans Rectal Ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy is the ideal method and the tissue is sent for histopathological examination (HPE). This facility is available in the Ultrasound unit at our centre.

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is one of the leading cancers affecting men today. It has been linked to a westernized diet and lifestyle but is also seen due to increased detection by easily available blood tests like PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) and in family history of such cancers.

Prostate Cancer screening

Prostate cancer needs thorough investigations to detect and stage

Tests to detect prostate cancer include an examination by your urologist, blood tests like PSA, biopsy of the prostate, MRI, Bone scan, PSMA PET scan. These seem confusing and too many but not all men need all these tests. Also these are often done sequentially rather than all at once. Only if one test doesn’t give all information is a next test done.

Prostate Cancer treatment

Prostate cancer needs thorough investigations to detect and stage and then depending on the age of the patient, stage of disease, aggressiveness of disease a treatment plan can be formulated. There is a vast amount of data and information on prostate cancer that is available but this needs to be discussed based on the individual persons disease. Vast number of options exist which include just waiting and watching, repeated testing (follow up for any progress) but no active treatment, radiation, hormonal therapy (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) or surgery. Even surgery has multiple options like open, laparoscopic or robotic surgery. However long term data shows that there is no difference in the outcomes between these methods. At the same time, patients need to discuss not only the benefits but also the limitations and problems associated with each of these treatment options.

Just because a treatment method is newly available doesn’t make it the best option for you.

We offer individualised treatments for prostate cancer after discussing all available options with you. If you or someone you know has prostate cancer or would like to be screened for prostate cancer you must consult your Urologist to know what kind of treatment will best suit you or them.