How much does infection affect psa

I’m not sure but it will depend on the type of infection. A urinary tract infection will raise PSA.

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Thank you Could uti raise it by 38 ? I’m probably just stabbing in the dark 

Do u have any other test results?

How many PSa tests has he had and what r the figures?

Does he have any symptoms and has he been told by a GP/specialist that he has an infection

It’s his first ever test we thought he was just having a cholesterol test tbh I have read that certain things can higher it so was hoping it could be a uti and just wondered if anyone’s who had regular tests would roughly know if 38 that would be possible we go for a mri on Wednesday and it’s driving me insane..I’m embarrassed to say I know very little but no matter what the results I’ll make sure I educate as many people as I can but now with a little knowledge he does have some symptoms 

An infection can certainly cause PSa to rise,  not easy to say if it could rise that much.

It's good that he's going for MRI because that will tell u a lot more, I know the waiting is terrible , just hang on a bit longer, hopefully it's not PC

Good luck 

Steve

Thank you  

A PSA of 38 doesn't tell you much, anyway.

It would be best to repeat the test once the infection has been dealt with.

PSA is notoriously unreliable anyway: you can get false positives and false negatives. It is NEVER diagnostic on its own. I know it isn't easy, but you'll just need to wait for the MRI, which is much more reliable.