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Hello, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell. Now, in this series of clips, I'm talking about how
to detect prostate cancer and, in particular, I want to teach you how to recognize the signs
and symptoms of prostate cancer or even signs and symptoms that would be related to problems
of the prostate gland. It's important to know these signs and symptoms, because prostate
cancer, in particular, presents at an early stage, very asymptomatic. Which means you
don't get any symptoms or signs that you have prostate cancer. And only at the latest stages
of this particular cancer that you actually can feel symptoms and signs. But there are
also some particular signs that actually will indicate to you that you might have prostate
cancer and it's at the very late stage of prostate cancer. One of these particular signs
is that you lose your appetite. And you've lost your appetite not because you've done
a drastic change in your diet. In fact, you're eating the same kind of food, the same amount
of food, but you still cannot maintain that weight on your body. So, you're losing a lot
of weight. And that happens in a lot of patients or individuals who have cancer. And not just
prostate cancer, but cancer in particular. So that is one sign that you actually should
be aware of and learn to recognize that will, along with some other signs of prostate cancer
or prostate problems, you're also losing weight. And it's persistent, and no matter how much
you eat, you're still losing the weight and losing your appetite, as well. And the other
sign that accompanies prostate cancer are signs that you're lethargic, you're fatigued,
you have no energy. Even though you're maintaining your intake of food, you still don't have
the energy. You feel very tired all the time, you have weakness. You just feel very weak
and you don't have the strength. So these are some of the signs that would indicate
a very late stage of prostate cancer. It could also mean that it's spread out of the prostate
gland itself. So, this is something that you really need to learn to recognize along with
the other signs, and actually go immediately to have a checkup with your medical doctor
to rule out or to rule in cancer.