Common male diseases

We know that men have to face work pressure and life pressure all the time, so they are prone to some diseases. Therefore, men themselves and their families should understand some common male diseases. Once men suffer from these diseases, we should know how to deal with them. The most common diseases for men are high blood pressure and diabetes, in addition to sexual dysfunction.

Sexual dysfunction

ED (Male Erectile Dysfunction) About 52% of men over 40 years old are troubled by ED, and at least 100 million men in the world suffer from ED to varying degrees. Only 2 million people have ever received ED treatment, and only 10% of patients in China seek help from doctors.

diabetes

The prevalence of diabetes in men is almost the same as in women.

Diabetes can cause ED, and ED often becomes a "warning" signal for diabetes. The incidence of ED caused by diabetes can reach 40% to 60%, which is 3 to 5 times higher than that of non-diabetics.

Infertility

According to the World Health Organization, there are 60 to 80 million couples suffering from infertility worldwide, and about 35 million men in my country suffer from infertility. Male factors play an important role in about 50% of infertile couples. In the past half century, the number of male sperm has decreased by 40%. Sexual dysfunction is an important cause of infertility, accounting for about 5% of the causes of infertility.

High blood pressure

Currently, there are more than 100 million people with hypertension in the country, and the age of the patients is getting younger. Before the age of 55, the risk of hypertension in men is much higher than that in women.

Prostate Disease More than half of men aged 50 will suffer from various prostate symptoms. Common symptoms include prostatitis, prostate hypertrophy and prostate cancer.

Chronic prostatitis is common in young men aged 20 to 40, and the incidence rate is very high. According to statistics, 35% to 40% of men over 35 years old suffer from this disease, accounting for about 1/4 of male patients visiting urology departments. Prostatic hyperplasia is a common disease in elderly men. More than half of men over 50 years old have prostatic hyperplasia.

Depression

7% to 12% of men may suffer from depression more than once in their lifetime. One-third of patients with physical diseases suffer from depression. Men with bad habits such as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day and smoking for 5 years have a 15% chance of suffering from ED. Compared with non-smoking couples, couples in which one of them smokes often encounter more than three times the trouble of pregnancy and childbirth as the latter.

In the above article, we introduced the reasons why male friends are prone to diseases. In addition to high blood pressure and diabetes, the most common diseases among modern male friends are depression and infertility. The above article introduces five common male diseases in detail.