Men’s preventive health knowledge

Age-appropriate targeted screening, correction of small daily habits that harm the body, and timely medical treatment if you feel uncomfortable. Most of the remaining supplements and folk remedies are IQ tax, and they may harm the body after spending money.

To be honest, I have been in the urology clinic for almost 10 years, and I have seen too many men turn small problems into big problems. Not long ago, there was a 32-year-old product manager of an Internet company who suffered from backache and frequent urination for six months. He checked online and concluded that it was kidney deficiency. He bought more than 3,000 kidney-tonifying oral liquids and took Maca for three months. Not only did the symptoms not improve, but he also started to feel nauseous and vomiting. When he checked, the transaminase was three times higher than the normal value, and the uric acid also exceeded 580. It was caused by staying up late for a long time + high-purine takeaways + taking supplements blindly. It has nothing to do with kidney deficiency.

Don't always think that the free physical examination provided by the company is enough. Spending two to three hundred on yourself and adding a few men's-specific items is really worth it than buying any health care products. Young people aged 20 to 30 should not just rely on their good health. They should have Helicobacter pylori insufflation, blood uric acid testing, and scrotal ultrasound every year. Those who sit for a long time can add a prostate routine - but it should also be said here that the current academic community is not sure whether asymptomatic people should have routine prostate examinations. There are differences of opinion. One group believes that if there is no frequent urination, urgency or perineal pain, there is no need to check, but it may easily cause unnecessary anxiety. The other group believes that high-risk groups who sit for long periods of time, like spicy food and drink, can find problems in advance by checking once a year. You can choose according to your own living habits. If you are over 40 years old, don’t hesitate. You must have prostate specific antigen (PSA) checked every year. This is the gold standard for early screening of prostate cancer. Many people wait until they have difficulty urinating or blood in the urine to get tested. Basically, they are in the middle and late stages. It is a pity.

After talking about screening, let’s talk about the little daily things that everyone most easily overlooks. I previously met an experienced driver who has been driving a long-distance truck for 8 years. He always felt that holding in his urine during transportation was a common occurrence. Last month, he suddenly had frequent urination, painful urination and fever. He was diagnosed with bladder diverticulum combined with epididymitis. He had been holding in his urine all year round and had damaged the detrusor muscle of his bladder. There are also those who sit in the office every day and don’t get up for four or five hours. The crotch temperature is 2-3°C higher than the body temperature. Over time, the sperm motility is directly affected. I have seen too many young men who are preparing to have children. When I check, the sperm motility is less than 20%. When asked, they sit for more than 10 hours a day, and they still play games on the sofa when they get home.

Oh, by the way, recently there is always a saying on the Internet that "men practicing squats will cure all diseases". This must be said objectively. For people who do not have knee joint problems or prostatic hyperplasia, proper squatting can indeed improve the strength of the pelvic floor muscles and is also good for sexual function. However, if you have bad knees or have an enlarged prostate, squatting too much will compress the pelvic cavity and increase congestion, which is counterproductive. Don't blindly follow the trend.

There is another problem that many men cannot avoid: to save face, they have to deal with discomfort, especially when it comes to sexual function and reproductive system problems. They are too embarrassed to go to the hospital and would rather buy delayed sprays and aphrodisiacs. In the past two months, there was a 28-year-old young man who had premature ejaculation just six months after his marriage. He secretly bought several Internet celebrity delay sprays and used them for almost a year. On the contrary, the sensitivity threshold of the glans mucosa was disturbed. When I found out, it was actually a case of excessive foreskin + being too nervous just after getting married. He circumcised and received three psychological counseling sessions. He was cured in two months and suffered for a year.

By the way, I would like to mention the most controversial issue of "kidney nourishing". The "kidney" in Chinese medicine actually covers the functions of multiple systems such as reproductive, urinary, and endocrine systems. It is completely different from the anatomical "kidney" in Western medicine. Kidney deficiency can also be divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency, which can only be treated through syndrome differentiation. It is easy to replenish the deficiency by taking supplements blindly. There is no concept of "kidney deficiency" in the Western medicine system. Generally, when you encounter backache, fatigue, or decreased sexual function, you will first check whether there are organic diseases, such as hormone disorders, prostate problems, and chronic underlying diseases. There is no difference between the two logics. Everyone can choose according to their own needs. There is no need to ignore each one.

As for the various "miraculous men's health medicines" mentioned on the Internet, such as maca, deer penis, and oyster essence, unless you are really deficient in zinc and selenium, eating them will basically have a psychological effect, and they are not as useful as eating fresh oysters twice a week and eating more nuts.

To put it bluntly, men’s health care really doesn’t have that many bells and whistles. If you can stay up less late than necessary, don't force yourself to drink at a banquet, get up and take a few steps after sitting for an hour, don't carry yourself when you feel uncomfortable, don't blindly search on Baidu, and go to a regular hospital to register, it will be much more useful than spending tens of thousands of yuan on health care products. Oh, by the way, don’t always wear tight jeans in the summer. They are too tight and can easily lead to eczema. Don’t ask me how I know this. Last month, I just saw three young men suffering from scrotal eczema wearing tight pants. They were all so painful that they were shaking when they walked. It was so painful.