Although health problems can occur in men from birth, from the age of 20, diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and high cholesterol begin to manifest, warned Rubén Zuart Alvarado, head of the Chronic Diseases Detection Area. and Cancer of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
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Therefore, to reinforce the quality of men’s health, he recommended go to the Family Medicine Units (UMF) and be part of the PrevenIMSS program.
Regarding diabetes mellitus, screening tests should be applied every 3 years and high blood pressure tests annually. For high cholesterol, every 3 years.”
The specialist pointed out that In the range of 45 years and older, conditions may appear in men such as prostate, colon and rectal cancer.
He added that for the above, there is the CHKT Prostate Symptoms questionnaire to Evaluate Prostate Cancer Risk, which is applied in the Preventive Medicine areas of the UMF.
“The screening tests are carried out on men between 45 and 74 years of age and on those aged 40 and older, on those who have a history of the pathology in parents or siblings.
The examination consists of a questionnaire, digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen and must be performed annually when there are non-reactive results, subsequently, every 2 years.”
Rubén Zuart Alvarado, emphasized that The PrevenIMSS program also offers guidance nutritional, oral health care, timely detection of chronic-degenerative and sexually transmitted diseases, as well as colon and rectal cancer, whose preventive examinations must be performed every two years.
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2024-06-17 01:06:14