Men’s preventive health knowledge

The core of men's preventive health care has never been about stocking up on expensive supplements and self-healing physical discomforts, but to break the stereotype that "men cannot be fragile". By doing three things: early risk screening, correction of bad living habits, and relief of emotional stress at different ages, more than 80% of common men's health risks can be avoided.

Last week, a 32-year-old Internet backend patient was admitted to the outpatient clinic. He had blood in his stool for half a month, and he thought it was hemorrhoids. He was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat and squatted in the office to fix bugs. Finally, he fainted at his workstation and was sent to the hospital. He was found to have moderate ulcerative colitis, and he had to be hospitalized for half a month. It is not an exception. More than 80% of the male patients I have come into contact with have the idea of ​​​​"just tolerate minor problems" and do not come to the hospital until they can no longer bear it. There are countless minor problems that have turned into chronic diseases.

Many people's first reaction to health care is to stock up on supplies: liver-protecting tablets, oyster essence, and maca tablets are kept in a drawer. If they smoke and drink constantly, they must remember to stuff two liver-protecting tablets into their mouths before going to bed. The euphemistic name is "advance protection." To put it bluntly, it is self-comfort. In fact, the controversy about supplements has never stopped. The traditional view of nutrition is that as long as you eat three balanced meals every day and eat enough meat, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, there is no need to supplement any additional preparations. ； Supporters of functional medicine believe that nowadays people are under long-term stress, eat a lot of takeaways, and are exposed to a lot of harmful substances in the environment. Appropriate supplements of nutrients such as multivitamins and Omega3 can indeed make up for the gap. In fact, both statements are correct. The key point is that you cannot treat supplements as "offset cards for bad habits" - if you stay up until three in the morning every day and eat heavy oil, salt and white wine, no matter how many liver-protecting tablets you take, you will not be able to stop the spike in transaminases.

Don’t think that you can do it just because you are young. For young men in their early 20s, don’t miss blood uric acid and testicular B-ultrasound in their annual physical examination. Last month, a 21-year-old sports student came to see a doctor. His foot hurt while playing football and he couldn't stand up. When his blood uric acid was tested, it was almost 800 μmol/L. After asking, he found out that he usually drank a whole box of iced milk tea with crayfish as a reward after training. He drank it for more than half a month, which directly induced acute gout. Nowadays, the proportion of young men with gout and varicocele is increasing year by year. If they are diagnosed early and adjusted their diet and rest, they can be reversed. But when the pain becomes so severe that it affects their normal life, it is you who suffers.

When you reach the age of 30, it is best to add painless gastrointestinal endoscopy and prostate-specific antigen screening to your physical examination list. Many people around me shook their heads like rattles when they heard they had to undergo gastrointestinal surgery. They felt uncomfortable and embarrassed. Now they can do it painlessly and in 20 minutes of sleep. How can it be that exaggerated? The cure rate for early-stage gastrointestinal cancer can reach over 90%. If you wait until blood in the stool or weight loss occurs before you go for a check-up, you will probably have already reached the mid-to-late stage. Oh, yes, don’t think that prostate problems are a disease only for the elderly. Chronic prostatitis accounts for nearly 30% of men in their early 30s. Most of them are caused by sitting for a long time and holding in urine. If you find out early and adjust your habits, you can alleviate it. Don’t worry until frequent urination and urgent urination affect your daily work and life.

There is really no need to pursue a "self-disciplined personality" when it comes to lifestyle habits. You don't have to force yourself to start running ten kilometers at five o'clock every day. Sitting for 12 hours on weekdays and suddenly pumping iron for two hours on weekends can easily injure your knees or even induce myocardial strain. You just stand up after sitting for an hour to get a glass of water, go to the toilet, stretch twice on the way, take 20 minutes a day to go downstairs for a walk, and do a dozen squats. If you stick to it, it will be more effective than any assault exercise. There are many opinions on exercise intensity. Some people think that an aerobic exercise with a heart rate of 130 or above is considered effective exercise. Others think that if the amount of daily activities is enough, there is no need to increase the amount. To put it bluntly, it depends on the individual's physical constitution. If you are so weak that you can't even climb the third floor without panting, but you have to run 5 kilometers, then it is not exercise but self-harm.

The most easily overlooked thing is emotional relief. Men have been taught from an early age to "don't cry easily". When they are stressed, they will sullen, either smoking or drinking, or dying. Long-term high pressure is really the trigger of chronic diseases. I have a friend who works in to B sales. He had insomnia every day for three consecutive months while rushing to KPI. In the end, he developed shingles on half of his back. The pain was so severe that he couldn't even put on clothes. He had to lie down at home for more than a month before he recovered. There is really no need to do everything by yourself. When you are stressed, you can meet up with your brothers for tea and complain, go fishing and climb mountains on the weekend, or even go home and close the door and play two games to vent. It is really a loss if you hold back your illness.

After all, men's health care is really not as complicated as it is advertised on the Internet, and you don't have to pay those IQ taxes. Pay more attention to the small signals from your body, and don't just take it if you feel uncomfortable. It will be more effective than taking any supplements. Oh, by the way, one final word. If you really have discomfort related to the reproductive system, go directly to the men's department of a regular hospital. Don't search Baidu and buy random remedies. Spending money is a trivial matter, but delaying treatment is the real trouble.