CHECK Magazin - Gesundheitsmagazin für Männer No.7
Männer sterben statistisch gesehen etwa fünf Jahre früher als Frauen. Das mag auch daran liegen, dass sie sich eher scheuen, regelmäßig zum Arzt zu gehen. Schließlich sind wir ganze Kerle und beißen lieber die Zähne zusammen und gehen erst zum Onkel Doktor, wenn es richtig weh tut. Vorsorge lohnt sich aber, besonders wenn es um Krankheiten geht, die unsere Lebensqualität bei Ausbruch enorm mindern.
Männer sterben statistisch gesehen etwa fünf Jahre früher als Frauen. Das mag auch daran liegen, dass sie sich eher scheuen, regelmäßig zum Arzt zu gehen. Schließlich sind wir ganze Kerle und beißen lieber die Zähne zusammen und gehen erst zum Onkel Doktor, wenn es richtig weh tut. Vorsorge lohnt sich aber, besonders wenn es um Krankheiten geht, die unsere Lebensqualität bei Ausbruch enorm mindern.
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Prevention<br />
Foto: Jannoon028 / Freepik.com<br />
PINK RIBBON AND<br />
MOVEMBER<br />
October is international<br />
breast cancer month. With the<br />
symbol of the pink ribbon, the<br />
month aims to raise public awareness<br />
of breast cancer research, treatment<br />
and prevention. And November has become<br />
“Movember”, with the mustache as the corresponding<br />
counterpart for the topic of prostate<br />
and testicular cancer. Yet, not even 20% of<br />
eligible men (45 and over) use the option of<br />
preventive care and thus early detection. Why<br />
not more?<br />
Other preventive measures include vaccinations,<br />
such as booster vaccinations for<br />
diphtheria and tetanus, as well as vaccinations<br />
for indications in the case of increased<br />
risk for people and for relatives of certain<br />
age or risk groups. In this case, influenza<br />
and pneumococcal infections count as the<br />
standard vaccination for people aged 60 and<br />
over. Vaccinations against hepatitis A and B,<br />
TBE (early summer meningo encephalitis),<br />
meningococci, rubella, and whooping cough<br />
are regulated differently by health insurers.<br />
The health insurance companies also cover<br />
the measurement of the intraocular pressure<br />
for the early detection of glaucoma and, for<br />
men over 65 years of age, the one-time ultrasound<br />
examination for the early detection of<br />
an aneurysm in the abdominal artery.<br />
BEWARE OF VENEREAL<br />
DISEASES TOO<br />
The statutory benefits also include preventive<br />
pregnancy examinations and annual<br />
chlamydia screenings for women up to the<br />
age of 25. As the latter is the most frequently<br />
sexually transmitted bacterial disease in<br />
the world, it can lead to unwanted sterility<br />
(in all sexes), pregnancy complications, and<br />
infections in newborns. In Germany alone, it<br />
is estimated that there are up to 300,000 new<br />
infections annually.<br />
A study by the Federal Center for Health Education<br />
(BZgA) showed that knowledge about<br />
HIV has been at a high level for many years.<br />
But only 14% of the population are aware of<br />
chlamydial infections, despite the increasing<br />
number of sexually transmitted infections<br />
(STIs), such as syphilis or gonorrhea. In Saxony,<br />
where gonorrhea infections have to go on<br />
record (anonymously), the number of cases<br />
per 100,000 inhabitants has increased more<br />
than tenfold between 2001 and 2015.<br />
Gonococci are not only transmitted<br />
through anal or vaginal sex, but also<br />
orally through the throat area. Gargling<br />
with medicated mouthwashes unfortunately<br />
doesn't help. Still the safest<br />
precautionary measures are condoms<br />
and mindfulness of what you put in<br />
your mouth or what you lick.<br />
HOW HEALTHY IS PREVENTION?<br />
The aim of preventive care is to identify and<br />
treat risk factors or precursors to a disease<br />
in good time. For example, if small intestinal<br />
polyps are discovered during a colonoscopy<br />
that could develop into cancer, they will be<br />
removed immediately. However, you never<br />
know in advance whether a disease would<br />
develop at all or whether the human immune<br />
system would become active by itself.<br />
Preventive operations are also emotionally<br />
stressful. In addition, injuries can occur during<br />
the examinations and the organism can be<br />
unnecessarily stressed by X-rays.<br />
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