What are the contents and requirements of male preventive health care

Men’s preventive health care covers three core categories: daily behavioral intervention, regular specialist screening, and psychological state adjustment throughout the life cycle. The core requirements are to adapt to age needs, not to blindly supplement, and not to endure discomfort. It is not at all the popular stereotype that only "tonifies the kidneys and cures male diseases".

Many people’s impression of men’s health care is still based on the shameful content in small advertisements. In fact, this is not the case at all. I have been doing men’s health education in community health service centers for almost 8 years, and I have seen too many examples of scams. A while ago, a 32-year-old Internet programmer came for consultation. He always felt young before. He sat still all day long, held in his urine until get off work, ate takeaways that were heavy in oil and salt, and lay down for more than ten hours on weekends to catch up on sleep. Last year, his physical examination showed that he had calcified prostate and high blood lipids. He was embarrassed to ask, and he didn’t come until frequent urination affected his work. This is a typical example of not taking basic prevention seriously. I often tell the young men who come for consultation that even if you get up every hour to get a glass of water, go to the toilet, and walk back and forth for two minutes, it will be better than sitting with your prostate pressed all the time. When drinking water, don’t always drink iced cola and milk tea. Drink enough 1.5L of warm water every day. Don’t hold your urine all the time if you are running a business. The money you make from one business is not enough to pay for your later medical treatment of prostatitis. You really can’t afford it.

As for the issue of "supplementation" that everyone is most concerned about, there is indeed a lot of controversy now. Western medicine basically does not recommend that ordinary people take so-called kidney-tonifying health products. Most people feel that they are "deficiency". To put it bluntly, it is the fatigue reaction caused by staying up for a week in a row, eating takeout, and not exercising for half a year. If you adjust your schedule for a month and take time to run for 30 minutes three times a week, it will be better than taking supplements worth a thousand yuan. It is much more useful; of course, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there is indeed a syndrome differentiation of kidney deficiency, but you need to see a doctor from a regular traditional Chinese medicine hospital. If people with a damp-heat constitution blindly eat warm and tonic foods such as velvet antler and ginseng, they will become more and more angry. There was a 38-year-old brother who bought kidney-tonifying pills online for half a year. In the end, he developed abnormal liver function and his face turned yellow for half a month before he came to see a doctor.

Different age groups actually have different priorities. Young men in their twenties should not stay up late, drink beer and eat barbecue every day just because their metabolism is good. The youngest gout patients we treat here are only 19 years old. They got it from going out for supper with friends every day. For men in their thirties and forties, remember to add a PSA prostate-specific antigen test for their annual physical examination. It costs more than 100 yuan. Screen for prostate cancer early. If detected early, the cure rate is almost 100%. Don’t think this examination is embarrassing. It’s really troublesome when something goes wrong. Uncles in their 50s and 60s don’t always think that “if there’s nothing wrong, there’s no need to go to the hospital.” Many symptoms of male menopause, such as inexplicable irritability, poor sleep, and reduced strength, are not “normal for old age.” Seeing a doctor to adjust hormone levels can greatly improve your quality of life.

There is also mental health care that is most easily ignored by everyone. It is always said that men will not shed tears easily and hold back the pressure. Last month, a 42-year-old middle school teacher came here. He had been suffering from insomnia for almost a year before he dared to come for consultation. He was afraid that his colleagues would say he was pretentious. In fact, men's emotional relief is also an important part of preventive health care. When the pressure is high, talk to family and friends, go fishing or playing ball on the weekend, and if it is not possible, talk to a psychiatrist. There is no shame at all.

In fact, after all, the requirements for men's health care are not that complicated. Just don't use "I am young and can handle it" and "don't worry about minor problems" as mantras. Don't believe in the magic medicine in small advertisements. If you feel uncomfortable, go to a regular hospital, which is more reliable than any health care method.