Prostate cancer itself can cause the blockage, and so can some treatments, such as surgery or radiotherapy. Some men notice that the part of their body that is affected aches or feels tight or heavy.
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Lymphoedema in prostate cancer usually affects the legs, but it can affect other areas, including the penis or scrotum (the skin around your testicles). If it is blocked, the fluid can build up and cause swelling (lymphoedema). The lymphatic system is part of your body’s immune system, carrying fluid called lymph around your body. If the cancer spreads to the lymph nodes it could lead to a condition called lymphoedema – caused by a blockage in the lymphatic system. There are more common causes of sciatica – it isn’t only caused by cancer. Sciatica can sometimes make it difficult to move the affected leg. People feel sciatica as pain, numbness, weakness, pins and needles or tingling in the lower back, buttocks, legs or feet. It’s caused by damage to one or more of the nerves that start in the spine and run down through the legs. Sciatica is the most common type of referred pain in advanced prostate cancer. For example, cancer pressing on a nerve in the spine could be felt as a pain in the chest, arms or legs. This is called referred or reflective pain. Sometimes damage to one part of your body is felt as pain in a different area. For some people, the damaged area feels numb. The pain can come and go and people have described it as a shooting, stabbing, burning or tingling pain. The outer layers of bones contain nerves, and neuropathic pain can be a part of bone pain. Nerve pain is caused by damage to a nerve, for example if the cancer presses on a nerve. How bad it is can also vary and may depend on where the affected bone is. The pain may be constant or it might come and go. Each man’s experience of bone pain will be different. It can get worse when you move and can make the area tender to touch. Some men describe it as feeling similar to a toothache but in the bones, or like a dull aching or stabbing. The pain might remain in only one area, but over time it can spread to several parts of your body.īone pain is a very specific feeling. Pain in these areas can sometimes make it painful to walk and move around. Prostate cancer can spread to any area of bone around the body. But not all men with cancer in their bones will get bone pain. If prostate cancer spreads to the bone, it can damage or weaken the bone and may cause pain. There are effective ways to treat different types of pain. Your doctors and nurses will work with you to find out what is causing your pain and will talk to you about suitable treatments.
Pain can also be caused by problems not linked to the cancer, such as an infection. For example, radiotherapy to treat bone pain can sometimes cause your pain to get worse during treatment and for a few days afterwards. Sometimes pain can be due to cancer treatments. Cancer which has spread into these areas might cause pain. We feel pain when our bones, muscles, organs, nerves or other parts of our bodies are damaged or irritated.
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