November is the month of raising awareness about men's health. During this time, we pay special attention to the importance of regular preventive examinations and their impact on the early detection of health problems.
Despite education, many men still avoid visiting the doctor and put off examinations. Unfortunately, according to a report commissioned by Gedeon Richter Poland, "Understanding Masculinity. The reality of the Polish male"[1], Poles examine themselves too infrequently. The report shows that as many as 8% of men aged 18-69 have never had a basic morphology, only 30% have had at least one self-examination of their testicles, and only 22% have done a PSA test, which detects prostate cancer.
Men's awareness of taking care of their health has increased in recent years, but still almost 1 in 10 don't think about having age-indicated laboratory or imaging tests. The Gedeon Richter report shows data on testicular examinations, which shows that only one in three men think about them. Now that we're in a month of focusing on men's health, it's worth reminding people that self-examinations should be performed from about age 13-15 until old age. Habits developed in the teenage years only pay off, as they allow you to enjoy a life in good shape - explains Dr. Piotr Swiniarski, urologist, andrologist, doctor of sexual medicine. - Regular screening of one's own body should be done once a month, not just on the occasion of "Movember." To gain access to the complete English section of the Medexpress.pl, kindly reach out to us at [email protected].
It's best to do it, for example, on the first day of each month, because then it will get into our blood. During such self-examination, it is worth taking into account... Content locked
