Notes

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

Men don't teach their sons about male health issues like women teach the daughters about female problems to watch for. In fact, it seems there exists a taboo for men to speak naturally about any medical issues between the thighs and the belly button.

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

And, in the issue of testicular cancer, it is a young man's cancer - so the imperative becomes critically important - yet, like discussing emotions, men, in general, shy from such subjects.

There are all kinds of cultural, social along with other excuses for the deplorable neglect of a healthy body prevention practices amongst men, but in the long run they are simply hang ups mixed in with skewered ideas of what it is to be manly.

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

As for annual prostate examinations - the embarrassment factor rises by umpteen percent at the thought of digital rectal examination - so there is nothing often done - yet early detection gives hugely increased chance of cure. The good news is that the PSA blood test is available and it at the very least should be a normal section 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.

read more about preventive healthcare is an absolute necessity overall inside our communities - the savings on the tax dollar alone are worth it.

More so for men is health education an imperative from an early on age - preferably in schools so when 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) in particular.

Peter Damien Ryan

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