to men’s health

November 16th is celebrated as Men’s Day, or rather, Men’s Health Day and more precisely, Men’s Physical Health and, to make it more specific, the Prostate cancer day.

Undoubtedly, a day is necessary to sensitize the population regarding the problem of prostate cancer, the leading cause of death in male cancer, throughout the world, and stop at the more psychological barriers than technological to detect it.

Everything else that concerns men’s health and much more regarding men as a sexual gender remains pending.

men and health

The 40 bring them. It is not only an age in which men can be more financially stable, which reduces the social “jump” of 30, which, for some, begins the so-called midlife crisis and, at the same time, is a stage where makes it necessary to pay more attention to health.

Oddly enough, at 40, so early, while many are in such good shape, in the prime of life, as they say, biology begins organic decline. Therefore, you have to start paying more attention to the body, not only in its appearance, but in its functioning. As of that decade, health risks increase, such as the possible growth of the prostate.

Los prostate risks

The prostate is a small gland located in the male crotch, very close to the rectum and tends to grow with age. But the fact that it grows, unfortunately, does not increase the sexual pleasure produced by the stimulation of that organ. The fact that it grows is not a sign of cancer risk. This type of cancer is more common in men over the age of 40, worldwide.

Medicine recommends that from the age of 40 – more modernly it is said that from the age of 50 – men have an annual evaluation of the entire organism, and particularly of the prostate. Faced with this request, a problem arises: most men are reluctant to go to the doctor for routine or preventive tests.

Men’s invulnerability fantasy makes them think that their strength prevents them from getting sick, which is seen as a sign of weakness. Due to their manliness, they don’t have to go to the doctor, they can do it on their own. Even when sick, feeling physically ill for any reason, men resist medical consultation and the resistance is greater when it comes to a prostate exam.

The prostate exam

Prostate examination has been stigmatized as offensive to traditional male dignity. Culture question. DRE, through which the doctor inserts a finger into the anus to palpate the gland, generates resistance in some men dominated by the popular thought that “macho man is not allowed to touch his ass.”

Resistance to digital rectal examination impedes the prevention of prostate cancer And sometimes, when they allow it, it’s too late: the cancer has spread to other organs and they probably die from that cause. This reaffirms a principle in the prevention of male health: “being macho kills”.

Currently, digital rectal examination is only carried out as a confirmatory examination in view of the results of a first indicator of the status of the prostate: the values ​​of prostate antigen obtained through a blood test. If the antigen is high, a rectal examination is performed; if not, no. But, of course, to detect these values ​​it is necessary that the man is not afraid of having a blood test. Faced with medical procedures, men are often less courageous than women.

Prostate, from pleasure to fear

The prostate is linked to sex. On the one hand, it is a fundamental gland for reproduction because it secretes substances that nourish the spermatozoa and, on the other, it is an organ connected to the pleasure nerves. The so-called “prostate orgasm” is one of the most desired by any man. It is the male G-spot itself. This pleasure is only obtained through special movements that you have to learn to perform or through direct stimulation of the gland, a practice that heterosexual men perform but in complete privacy. shh!, that nobody knows.

The prostate has become one of the most feared parts of the body due to the large number of men who die from cancer in that gland. This is a paradox because prostate is a term that comes from a Greek word that means protection. This is why men of any sexual orientation have to protect their bodies.

There is no specific care that guarantees the proper functioning of the prostate. She walks by herself. For this reason, as in cars, it is necessary to do a check from time to time, in this case annually.

Men have to overcome fear and discard misconceptions regarding the prostate exam. Cancer in this organ is usually asymptomatic, silent. Even while it spreads to other organs and that is what must be avoided.

Fortunately, early detection of prostate cancer has a very good prognosis for a cure. From there the importance of annual examination as prevention.