Popular science knowledge about men's health

90% of men's health problems are not "difficult diseases". They are either accumulated from daily bad habits or caused by scaring themselves. "Manly carrying it out" and "andrological diseases are embarrassing" are the biggest culprits that delay treatment. Don't make random supplements or search Baidu. Seeing a regular hospital doctor in time for symptoms and discomfort is better than anything else.

Don’t believe it. Xiao Zhou, a 32-year-old programmer I treated last week, has been sitting at his desk for 12 hours every day. Even getting up to get water is too late to fix bugs. In the past two months, he has been experiencing frequent urination and pain in his lower abdomen. Baidu found that he had kidney yang deficiency, so he secretly bought Sanyue’s kidney-tonifying pills to eat. The more he ate, the more uncomfortable he became. When he checked the prostate fluid, it was ordinary chronic aseptic prostatitis. Speaking of which, I have to mention that Chinese and Western medicine actually have their own basis for judging this kind of problem: Kidney deficiency according to Chinese medicine will indeed be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, chills/hot flashes, etc. However, if you sit for a long time, like to hold in your urine, and like to eat spicy food, it is most likely caused by the compression and congestion of the prostate. At this time, supplementing randomly will increase the metabolic burden on the body. It is better to stand up and walk for 2 minutes every 40 minutes of sitting, and take a warm sitz bath for 10 minutes every day, which is more effective than taking any supplements.

In addition to blindly making up, the most common mistake many boys make is "scaring themselves if there is a problem." There was a 28-year-old young man who fell in love for the first time. He was too nervous the first two times he had sex, so he went online and bought a bunch of health supplements that were said to be "quick-acting aphrodisiacs." As a result, he became anxious whenever he thought about sex for the next two months, and something really went wrong. In fact, current clinical data has long made it clear that 70% of sporadic sexual function problems in men under the age of 40 are caused by psychological reasons. Only if abnormalities occur for more than 3 consecutive months, organic diseases need to be considered. There are also different tendencies in the industry regarding intervention plans in this area: some doctors think that as long as organic problems are ruled out, psychological counseling and adjustment of work and rest will be sufficient first. Others think that regular drugs can be used in small doses to help build confidence. There is no absolute right or wrong. The key is not to label yourself as "not good", let alone buy three-no health products. Those with large doses of sildenafil are considered conscientious. They are afraid of adding a mess of harmful ingredients, which is a big deal if they damage the liver and kidneys.

Oh, by the way, there is another detail that many people don’t care about: reproductive health. Many boys always think, "I'm not a girl, so I don't need to wash my private parts every day." Especially those with long foreskin. If they don't wash for two or three days, they will easily accumulate smegma. It's not a big deal for them to get balanitis. When they have sex, they can bring pathogenic bacteria to their partners. I have seen too many examples of repeated gynecological inflammation. Last month, a young couple came to see a doctor. The woman suffered from fungal vaginitis four or five times, and it recurred not long after the treatment. Finally, the man was asked to come in for a check-up. It was Candida infection contained in the smegma. Later, the man was circumcised and made sure to rinse with clean water every day. They have never had this problem again.

Many people really need to change their prejudice against men's medicine. They always think that going to men's medicine is "not good at that", which is a loss of face, so they insist on not going. Last year, there was a 45-year-old freight driver who had to urinate blood for half a month. He said that he had a fever and drank herbal tea for half a month to no avail. He was found to have bladder stones. Fortunately, it was discovered early and no adhesions appeared. If it had been delayed for another two months, there might have been a serious problem. To be honest, men's diseases are no different from colds, fevers, or diarrhea. They are all problems in some part of the body. Doctors in regular hospitals see dozens or hundreds of similar patients every day and have no other ideas at all. It is really not worth the gain to delay a serious illness.

One final word, please don’t blindly follow the “male aphrodisiac exercise” that is very popular on the Internet recently. How can 100 squats and anal lifts a day cure all diseases? Neither. If you have acute prostatitis or hemorrhoids, doing squats and levating the anus desperately will compress the affected area and aggravate the inflammation. All health methods must be adaptable. If you feel uncomfortable, ask a doctor first. It will be more reliable than reading 100 short videos for popular science.