If you're having urinary symptoms that are unusual or uncomfortable, seek medical help.
Your first point of contact for advice about urinary issues should be your GP. Contact your GP for an appointment if you've started to experience the following symptoms:
There is no single, definitive test for prostate cancer, so your GP will discuss the pros and cons of the various tests with you to try to avoid unnecessary anxiety.
Your doctor is likely to:
This will depend on your test results and specifically on your PSA level. You can find out more about this at on the Prostate Scotland website.
You can read more about the guidelines, set by the SMC Scottish Medicine Consortium, that your doctor will follow in deciding whether or not you should be tested below.
Investigations and tests - Prostate Scotland