What is the content of men’s preventive health care?

The core of men's preventive health care is systematic health maintenance that covers the entire life cycle and takes into account both physiology and psychology. It is not exclusive to middle-aged and elderly people, and it is completely different from the "kidney-tonifying and yang-strengthening" folk remedies spread online.

I have been doing health education in the community for almost ten years, and I have met too many people who have misunderstandings about this matter. When many young men in their early twenties heard about health care, their first reaction was "I don't have kidney deficiency, so I need to take supplements." Last week, I received a doctor from a 27-year-old Internet operator. He stayed up until two or three o'clock every day for three months to catch up on projects, and sat for five or six hours without moving. When I stood up, I felt like my waist dropped. I also had frequent and urgent urination. I thought it was due to kidney deficiency. I bought a few hundred yuan of kidney-tonifying health products and ate them for half a month, but my symptoms became worse. When I came for a checkup, I found out that it was a chronic prostatitis attack, and my uric acid was almost 100 points higher than the normal level. To put it bluntly, I didn’t take basic health care habits seriously at all.

Don’t think that only young people make this kind of cognitive mistake. Many men in their forties are afraid of physical examinations, especially those involving the prostate. They hide whenever possible. Not long ago, a 45-year-old middle-level company manager came for a screening. He said that he had skipped the digital rectal examination and PSA test for five consecutive years because he felt it was "embarrassing and unnecessary." If it hadn't been for the pain and difficulty in urinating recently, he wouldn't have come for the screening. Fortunately, the final result was only benign hyperplasia and no malignant transformation. When it comes to PSA screening, there are actually different opinions in the industry. One group believes that it is enough for men with no family history to start annual routine screening after the age of 50. The other group recommends that people with a family history of prostate cancer should include this test in the annual physical examination list after the age of 40. You can choose based on your actual situation and the doctor's advice. You don't have to blindly follow the trend and don't ignore the test.

Speaking of which, these health care knowledge are really not complicated. You don’t need to go to the gym every day and pump iron, and you don’t need to buy a lot of health care products that cost thousands of dollars. If you sit for an hour, you can stand up and walk for two or three minutes, grab a glass of water and stretch. It is much more effective than running ten kilometers on weekends and wearing out your knees.； Don’t eat anything but red meat and barbecue with cold beer. Eat some whole grains and fresh vegetables two or three days a week, and drink less sweet drinks. Naturally, indicators such as uric acid and blood lipids will not fluctuate easily. ； Also, don’t always be bound by the concept of “men don’t shed tears easily”. When you encounter troubles, just talk to your family members. If you are really depressed, talk to a professional psychiatrist.

I have seen too many cases where small problems have been turned into big ones. To put it bluntly, men's health care is really not that mysterious. It just means taking more snacks, don't take advantage of your youth, and don't drag it out because of your face. It is more effective than any expensive tonic.