Men’s preventive health knowledge training

There is no "universal health care prescription" that applies to all men. 70% of the diseases that are common in men can be avoided through early intervention. Instead of buying thousands of yuan of kidney-tonifying and anti-aging health care products, it is better to change your daily bad habits first and focus on screening according to age, which is much more cost-effective.

Last week, I met a 32-year-old Internet programmer at a community free clinic. He carried three "standard supplies for work" including wolfberry, liver-protecting tablets, and kidney-tonifying pills in his bag. He stayed up until two or three o'clock every day before going to bed. The physical examination report came out and showed that uric acid exceeded the normal value by more than 100, and fat was My liver was moderately severe and my waist was sore for more than half a month. I thought it was due to kidney deficiency. In fact, it was a metabolic problem caused by sitting for a long time and drinking two cups of high-sugar milk tea every day. I took kidney supplements for half a year to no avail. I adjusted my work schedule to drink less milk tea and walk more, and my waist was no longer sore in a month.

Nowadays, people are saying all over the Internet that "men over 25 must replenish their kidneys." This statement is actually quite controversial. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, replenishing the kidneys requires syndrome differentiation. The treatment directions for kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency are completely opposite. If the wrong supplements are made, it will aggravate the problems of dry mouth, internal heat, and insomnia.； From the perspective of Western medicine, there is no concept of "kidney deficiency". The "deficiency" that everyone talks about mostly corresponds to specific symptoms such as fatigue, endocrine disorders, and discomfort in the reproductive system. The root cause must be found to solve the problem, and it cannot be generalized to make up for it.

Young men in their twenties and early thirties should not always think that they are young and capable. Last month, I admitted a 28-year-old takeaway boy to the emergency room. When it was hot in the summer and he was running orders, he always held in his urine because he thought it would take too long to go to the toilet. After work, he drank cold beer and ate kebabs to cool off. In the end, he suffered from acute prostatitis and was so painful that he sweated, so he was sent here by his colleagues. At this age, many people hold their urine indiscriminately, sit for long periods of time, drink functional drinks indiscriminately, and carry weights to hit KPIs during fitness. These are all bad habits that hide the dangers. Problems such as reproductive system infections, sports injuries, and high uric acid are becoming increasingly common among younger people. This is really not a scare.

Male friends who are over 35 years old, don’t always talk about “it’s normal to be tired”. Last year, a 42-year-old middle-level company came for a physical examination. The day before, he had been drinking with clients until midnight. He said that he rarely even caught colds, so he must be fine. The results showed that his blood pressure and blood sugar had reached critical high values, and a small nodule of 3mm was found on his lungs. His face turned pale on the spot. To be honest here, many people think that everything will be fine if they have a routine physical examination every year. In fact, this is not the case - "critical abnormalities" that have not reached the diagnosis line in routine physical examinations are most easily ignored, such as blood pressure reaching 130/85mmHg and uric acid exceeding 420 μmol/L. Even if there is no red arrow on the report, you have to start adjusting your living habits. You don't have to wait for high blood pressure or high uric acid to be diagnosed before taking medicine.

Of course, some people will say that someone around me has smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol all his life, and still lived to be 80 or 90. This kind of individual case is really not a reference. The current clear clinical data is that the probability of lung cancer and bladder cancer in smoking men is 3 to 5 times that of non-smokers. The risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer in people who drink excessively for a long time will also increase by more than 4 times. There is really no need to gamble with your own health on small-probability events.

As for elderly friends over the age of 55, I advise you not to believe in those magical medicines that "can cure the prostate with one shot" and "return to youth after taking it for a week." In the past two months, an uncle spent more than 20,000 yuan on a so-called imported kidney-tonifying medicine. After taking it for half a month, he had nosebleeds every day, and his blood pressure soared to 180. He was sent to the emergency room. Only after testing did he find out that it contained a large dose of hormones and ingredients that dilate blood vessels in violation of regulations. Not to mention that the money was wasted, and he almost had a serious accident. For men in this age group, taking the time to do a PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening every year is more useful than buying many health products. It can detect malignant prostate lesions early and eliminates the need to guess whether there is a problem with the prostate.

There are also a few little knowledge points that everyone usually overlooks, and I would like to mention them by the way: friends who are preparing for pregnancy should try to avoid saunas and hot springs with high temperatures above 40 degrees. The testicles are really afraid of heat. Being in a high temperature environment for a long time will directly affect sperm activity. Many couples who have been preparing for pregnancy for more than half a year have no news. After searching, it is the man who is in hot springs every day.； Also, don’t hold back your urine all the time. The bladder is under high pressure for a long time. Not only is it easy to get cystitis, but reflux may also damage the kidneys. ； After sitting for more than an hour, I would stand up for two minutes to get a glass of water and take a walk. I once had a colleague who suffered from lumbar protrusion from sitting for too long and was so painful that he could not even go to work. Now he sets an alarm to get up and move around every 50 minutes, and he has not done it again for more than half a year.

In fact, after all, men's health care really doesn't have that many bells and whistles. Don't be led astray by the anxious marketing on the Internet. "If a man is not good, he has a weak kidney" and "If he doesn't care, he is irresponsible for his family". Most of them are just words to sell products. Stay up less late at night, drink less, take some time to move around, and have a targeted physical examination based on your age every year. It is much more useful than spending tens of thousands of dollars on health care products. Your body is your own, so don’t wait until something goes wrong before you think about fixing it. It will be too late.