Men's Health Consultant

For 90% of men aged 18-60 who have no underlying medical conditions, the most reliable health plan is not the kidney-tonifying secrets or impotence remedies that are highly hyped on the Internet, nor does it require you to spend a lot of money on men's-specific health products. As long as you do the three most basic things of "don't endure it, don't push it, don't force it" and solve the remaining personalized problems at the corresponding department of a regular tertiary hospital, you can already get more than 95% of the correct health points.

Last week, a 28-year-old Internet programmer came to me for consultation. He was carrying a thermos cup filled with wolfberry berries and the kidney-tonifying pills he had not eaten the day before. When he sat down, the first thing he asked me when he sat down was whether he had kidney deficiency and needed to take supplements. I looked through his work and rest records. For three consecutive months, he went to bed after 2 a.m. every day, got up at 7 a.m. to catch the subway, and stayed up all night playing games on weekends. How much kidney-tonifying tea can he drink in this state? Many men always regard staying up late as the "medal of adult men", thinking that young people are strong enough to withstand it. According to the clinical data I have come across, men in their 30s who have long-term irregular work and rest schedules have an average testosterone level of 12% lower than those of their peers with stable work and rest schedules. The probability of hair loss and excessive uric acid is also nearly 30% higher. Of course, many scholars in the field of sleep have suggested that as long as you maintain a fixed sleep cycle and sleep 7-8 hours a day, the harm of staying up late can be minimized. I agree with this conclusion - but the premise is that you can really fix it, instead of staying up until three o'clock today and going to bed at ten o'clock tomorrow. If your biological clock is as chaotic as a ball of numbness, then no matter how authoritative the research conclusion is, it can't save you.

Compared with pushing through, the "obsession with pushing through" that many men have engraved in their cognitions is actually much more lethal. Last week, there was a young man showing off in the golf club. He sprained his ankle and limped through the second half of the game, and finally won the championship. However, after a film was taken, it was found that the ligament was torn, and he had to rest for at least three months. There are also those who go to work with colds and fevers, saying "this minor illness is nothing", and eventually turn into viral myocarditis. I saw 3 cases last year. People in the fitness circle often say "no pain no gain." This is true. Strength training does require breaking through failure to build muscle, but that is based on the premise of standard movements and protection. It doesn't mean that your knees are so painful that you still squat 100 kilograms. That's not self-discipline, it's courting death. I had a friend who had been practicing for 3 years. When he was deadlifting, he took a photo of 80kg in a circle of friends, with the caption "Men need to be tougher on themselves." The next second, his waist flashed. In the end, two gay friends carried him to the hospital. He had a lumbar disc herniation and lay down for half a month. I originally wanted to get stronger to make my girlfriend happy, but in the end, I had to be supported even on dates, which was really unacceptable.

As for reproductive and urinary-related problems that many people are ashamed to mention, don’t shoulder them, let alone blindly search Baidu to see a doctor yourself. Of course, it doesn't mean that you should run to the hospital if there is any trouble. For example, if you occasionally have bad sex, it may be because you stayed up late and drank alcohol the day before. You will most likely recover after resting for three to five days. Don't scare yourself. But if you have abnormalities for more than three consecutive months, or if you have signs of frequent urination, urgency, blood in the urine, or persistent pain, don’t hesitate to go directly to a regular tertiary-level men’s department or urology department instead of sending money to a private men’s hospital. There is a lot of controversy about "food supplements" on the Internet now. Some people say that food supplements are a tax on IQ, while others say that food supplements are better than medicine. In fact, it depends on the situation: if you have not eaten seafood or nuts for a long time, and your sperm motility is low due to zinc deficiency, then eating more oysters and pumpkin seeds is really useful. ； But if you have weak sperm caused by varicocele, eating a ton of oysters will not help. You have to have surgery. There is no universal cure.

I have been in this business for almost 8 years, and I have seen too many problems that could have been avoided. Essentially, they are all tied up by the stereotype that "men can't cry out that they are tired, they can't cry out in pain, and they can't admit that they are weak." Last time, there was a 42-year-old building materials boss who had to deal with bleeding for half a month after urinating blood. He said he was too busy to go to the hospital. In the end, he was found to have early-stage bladder cancer. Fortunately, it was not too late. If it had been delayed for another six months, I can’t think of the consequences.

Seriously, Men’s Health really doesn’t have that many bells and whistles. If you have thousands of dollars to spend on kidney-tonifying health care products, buying two more pounds of lean beef, sleeping an extra hour a day, and taking two hours a week to play ball and run would be better than anything else. Health has nothing to do with whether you are a man enough. Being able to live comfortably to 80 years old and climb a mountain to watch the sunrise is more important than any appearance.