The home psa test kit is a simple one use device that lets men test a single pin prick of blood for raised levels of the hormone PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen). The science is basic: higher than usual levels of PSA in the blood have to indicate an enlarged prostate, because only bigger than normal prostates can kick out that much PSA. The presence of high levels of PSA is not, in itself, a definitive indicator of prostate cancer (which is one of the most common killers of middle and old aged men) – but it is a reliable warning that something has caused the gland to swell. That’s enough to make the home psa test kit as much of a valuable weapon in the male health arsenal as condoms are. Just as condoms are now seen as a no-brainer for men engaged in normal sexual activity, so this at home prostate exam really ought to be seen as required kit for any man in his 30s and beyond. Like prophylactics, the alternatives are simple and can be pretty horrifying – either carry a possibly fatal disease and never know until it kills you: or do something about it.
Getting hold of a psa home test kit is very easy. They’re readily available (and cheaply, too) on the Internet – so for around £12 a man can effectively save his own life. That’s not a bad return on investment, particularly when one considers the limited quantity of other goods a person can get for under £12 these days. The home psa test kit is easily the best value for that kind of money on the market, full stop – something that could save or significantly prolong a man’s life, for less than the price of a night out in the pub (where, presumably, that little poster on the back of the Gents’ door started off all this thinking in the first place).
Consider it for a while and you’ll see we’re talking sense. It only takes a couple of minutes to perform a check up on yourself with a home psa test kit – a couple of minutes that could avoid years of heartache in the future. Now that really is a no brainer.
