
Suggest Treatment For Hernia In The Groin Area

Hernia is not known to cause any such changes.
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Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
To recapitulate: Male/*72 - gradual increase in PSA from 4 to 5 to 6 - right inguinal enlarging hernia - painless - wants to know whether the hernia causing stress on prostate and affecting PSA ...
Hernia is not known cause of any stress on prostate or increase PSA.
Advancing age to 72 can be the cause as it is known to cause gradual increase in PSA and there are many other benign causes like urinary tract infection, smoking, prostatitis , Benign enlargement of prostate which again is related to advancing age and many such reasons.
It is imperative to have per-rectal digital examination and ultrasonography to see if there is any problem with prostate for increase in PSA.
I hope this answers your query.
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