Men's Health Maoming

Combining the outpatient data from Maoming People's Hospital, Maoming Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Gaozhou People's Hospital from 2022 to 2023, the top three health problems that are most common in local men aged 18-55 are urinary tract stones, alcoholic liver damage, and chronic prostatitis. A locally adapted intervention program for people with mild symptoms has a clinically proven effectiveness rate of more than 85%. There is no need to blindly look for folk prescriptions and take supplements.

Last week I met a 42-year-old fruit farmer from Dajing Town, Gaozhou, at the Urology Department of the Municipal People's Hospital. He has been busy harvesting lychees for the past two months, soaking in the orchard every day, and drinking iced Coke when he is thirsty. Occasionally, he only needs two sips of water when he thinks of it. This time, he was rolling in pain and was sent over by his family. It was found that the stone in the ureter was almost 1 cm, so he finally had to undergo lithotripsy. He also said that many of his fruit-growing friends had suffered from stones, and the pain was gone within two days. Who knew it would be so serious this time? In fact, the western Guangdong region has always been an area with a high incidence of urinary stones. Maoming has long and hot summers. Whether you are doing transportation, doing seafood business, or guarding orchards, you sweat a lot when you stay outdoors for a long time. Many people do not take the initiative to drink warm water. They drink sweet drinks and cold beer as water. In addition, due to the age of the year and the amount of alcohol in the house, the intake of high-purine foods such as seafood and animal offal is large. The concentration of crystals in the urine is high, and stones naturally come to the door. Let’s talk about a controversial point here: Many locals think that when stones hurt, they can pass them by drinking a bowl of herbal tea. Some even say that drinking vinegar can dissolve the stones. Clinically speaking, smooth stones smaller than 0.5 cm can be passed by drinking more water and beating. Drinking herbal tea may increase the burden on the kidneys due to some unknown ingredients. Drinking vinegar is completely useless and can easily burn the gastric mucosa.

After talking about stones, I have to mention the liver of Maoming men. To put it bluntly, it is produced by drinking. If you take a look at the regular tables last year, you will see that there is no table with white wine, rice wine, and medicinal wine in a row. There are more than a dozen different words to persuade people to drink. There are also many people who feel that the medicinal wine they brew is tonic and drink two taels every morning and evening. I talked with Dr. Wang from the Gastroenterology Department of the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine before. He said that the number of patients with alcoholic liver damage aged around 30 years old in the past six months has increased by nearly 40% compared with 2019. Many people think that drinking medicinal wine is for health, and after drinking it for three or four years, their transaminases exceed the standard. There are two completely opposite opinions here: some people say that drinking less medicinal wine can promote blood circulation and maintain health, while others say that as long as it contains alcohol, it will damage the liver. The current academic consensus is that there is no so-called "safe amount of alcohol". If you really want to drink, it is best for adult men to consume no more than 25 grams of alcohol per day, which is about one or two of 50-proof liquor. Those medicinal wines soaked with various medicinal materials and poisonous snakes are still wine in nature, and drinking too much will damage the liver.

There is another problem that many people are embarrassed to talk about, which is chronic prostatitis. When I was running long distances before, I met a bus driver who traveled between Maoming and Guangzhou. He was 40 years old and the trip lasted more than 5 hours. He didn’t dare to drink more water and was afraid of going to the toilet. He often held back his urine. Last month, he went to see him because he had to urinate frequently and urgently. He was diagnosed with chronic prostatitis. There are also many young men who stay up late playing games, eating late night snacks and drinking cold beer, and sitting there for four or five hours, and they are also prone to falling prey. When many people encounter this problem, they think of replenishing their kidneys and buying various imported supplements. In fact, clinical data from Maoming Men's Hospital shows that more than 60% of mild chronic prostatitis does not need to take medicine at all. As long as you change the habit of sitting for a long time, holding urine, frequent drinking of ice drinks, and taking 10 minutes to walk every day, it will be relieved on its own in about 3 months. However, random supplementation may aggravate the inflammation.

A while ago, I accompanied a friend to a community health center in Dianbai District to get medicine. I met a 26-year-old young man who was engaged in seafood wholesale business. He came in hunched over in pain. It was found that he had stones and mild fatty liver. He was rude to the doctor, saying, "We are in this business. We close the stall in the middle of the night to have supper with customers without drinking." The doctor retorted: "When you are in so much pain that you can't drive a tricycle to carry goods, we will see if you still drink." The young man was speechless at that time.

In fact, after all, these health problems among Maoming men are not strange and difficult diseases, they all follow daily habits. There is no need to look for some ancestral secret recipe everywhere. When you go out to work, carry two extra bottles of Wenbaibo. When you have a dinner party, ask for two glasses of wine less. After sitting for a long time, stand up, stretch and take a few steps. It will be more effective than taking any tonic. If you really feel uncomfortable, don't bear it. The specialties of several tertiary hospitals in Maoming are now very mature. Early detection and early treatment are recommended. Don't drag small problems into big problems. After all, there are seniors and juniors, and health is the most important thing.