Notes

The Men's Health Taboo
In a previous article I spoke about my research for my new health information site, and, of course, a very important factor that became apparent is information about men's health issues. In particular those 'hardly' ever talked about annual prostate examinations and testicular cancer.

Men don't teach their sons about male medical issues like women teach the daughters about female problems to watch for. In read more , it appears you will find a taboo for men to speak naturally about any health issues between your thighs and the belly button.

And, heaven forbid should they have to teach their boys about examining their 'bits' like women need to regularly do breast examination for lumps.

And, in the problem of testicular cancer, this can be a young man's cancer - so the imperative becomes critically important - yet, like discussing emotions, men, generally, shy away from such subjects.

There are all sorts of cultural, social and other excuses for the deplorable neglect of good health prevention practices amongst men, but in the long run they are simply hang ups mixed in with skewered ideas of what it really is to be manly.

Youth, naturally, do not consider themselves vulnerable to death or injury, and older men need to supply the example. Especially in light of the fact that this cancer has one of the highest cure rates of all cancers.

For annual prostate examinations - the embarrassment factor rises by umpteen percent at the idea of digital rectal examination - so there is nothing often done - yet early detection gives hugely increased potential for cure. The good news is that the PSA blood test can be acquired and it at least should be a normal part of an annual check-up for men over 40. PSA simply means Prostate Specific Antigen - a protein in men's blood used to screen for the cancer.

Education about preventive health care is an absolute necessity overall in our communities - the savings on the tax dollar alone are worthwhile.

Way more for men is health education an imperative from an early age - preferably in schools and as part of normal family practice. And, it should include tests just like the PSA so that as boys grow and mature they become familiar with the normalcy of preventive health care and, the prostate (and testicular cancer) specifically.

Peter Damien Ryan

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