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Garion_55

(1,931 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:08 PM Jan 21

PSA test false positive [View all]

Has anyone ever done A PSA test Through your blood work and had a wildly out of bounds false positive number?

Supposedly normal ranges are 0 - 4.0

Mine just came back with a 36.

Reading up on these tests there are false positives anywhere from 40 to 70% of the time. Other things can affect the reading like alcohol usage and urinary tract infection.

Gonna speak to my Doctor about it tomorrow but wondered if anybody had come across a number that the Doctor said was a totally false positive. Supposedly there are better tests that you can get from a urologist

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PSA test false positive [View all] Garion_55 Jan 21 OP

I'm only a lay person but I've entered the age of my life where I've started PSA testing. OrlandoDem2 Jan 21 #1

I didn't XanaDUer2 Jan 21 #2

I had a reading of 28 one time louis-t Jan 21 #3

Probably prescribe antibiotics and retest unc70 Jan 21 #4

Having sex prior to, as even the night before, can affect the results CentralMass Jan 21 #5

Does Your doctor know about this reading? Do you have a history of readings above 4? state of stupid Jan 21 #6