There are no excuses or shames worth. Nor is there discussion. At 40, the visit of the man to the urologist is obligatory, a fixed mark on the calendar. Prostate cancer does not warn and prevention is, once again, the solution.
That women go to the gynecologist every year is normal… but if we talk about men and their visit to the urologist, the issue gets complicated.
Prostate cancer is the most frequent in men and the second that causes more deaths, behind the lung cancer. The reticence of the men to go to the urologist still supposes a great brake for the preventive check-ups, fundamental in the healing. And the lack of information has a lot to do with it.
Is it a cultural issue?
Women have a very important role; Many times they bring men to the consultation. Still many men are late and not to come to the urologist are very serious health situations. Many problems do not give obvious symptoms, therefore it is recommended that they visit the urologist at 40 years of age. At that time, a blood test can estimate the future risk of suffering from this type of disease and will determine what further follow-up should be done; after 50, the visit must be annual.
What are the dangers when they turn 40?
Now we take into account many factors when assessing the risk of suffering from prostate problems, benign or malignant; not only we look at the PSA, prostate-specific antigen, a substance that only produces the same and when it increases its values in blood alerts us that something is happening.
Today we have many criteria to know how to identify what we have to do with each one. The only logical medicine is preventive medicine; It has to be reviewed once a year.
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