Men's Health Qinzhou

In Qinzhou, the most common health problems among men aged 20-60 are concentrated in four categories: genitourinary infection, gout, fatty liver, and occupational shoulder and neck strain. The most suitable intervention plan does not need to be copied from expensive health care templates in first-tier cities, but should be combined with local eating habits and life rhythms. Adjustment, compliance and improvement efficiency can be increased by more than 60% - this is the most practical conclusion I came to after working in the men's department and community health service center of local public medical institutions in Qinzhou for 5 years, and completing 2,100 local men's health screenings with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

To be honest, I have met many patients before who were blinded by the health care guides they read online. They did not dare to touch a mouthful of seafood due to gout. As a result, they were so greedy that they could not persist for half a month. In the end, their indicators rebounded even more sharply. In fact, people in different places have different life backgrounds. How can there be any universal standard answer? As for gout, the standard guideline of Western medicine is to limit the intake of high-purine foods. However, many local veteran Chinese medicine doctors have a more flexible view: Qinzhou people have been eating from the sea for generations, and their metabolism has long been adapted. There is no need to completely stop seafood. Just don’t eat two or three kilograms of shrimps in one meal and drink ice beer. When eating, add a bowl of locally cooked bamboo cane water, or throw in a few pieces of corn silk when cooking seafood. Purine can be reduced a lot without having to grieve. Last year, I adjusted uric acid for a freight driver at Qinzhou Port. He always liked to buy ice beer with braised seafood when he was traveling long distances. I didn’t let him stop completely, so I asked him to replace the ice beer with Wanglaoji at room temperature. He stood and moved for five minutes more every time he loaded and unloaded goods. In half a year, his uric acid dropped from 580 to 420, which he found incredible.

There is also the problem of genitourinary infections, which are especially common in summer. Many young men like to go surfing in Sanniang Bay. They wear tight swimming trunks to soak all day long. They don't change into dry pants when they go ashore. They hold on to their wet pants while blowing the sea breeze, and then get urinary tract infections when they come back. I encounter two or three cases of this every week in summer. In fact, many people don't take it seriously. There are also many people who always think about privacy issues when it comes to men's health. They are too embarrassed to go to the hospital and would rather secretly buy the "kidney-tonifying magic medicine" in their circle of friends. This is really the worst thing. Last month, a fruit farmer from Nali Town came to me and said that he had been suffering from frequent and urgent urination for more than half a year. He secretly bought more than 30,000 yuan of health supplements to eat, but they were of no use at all. He always felt that he was "not good", and even his wife did not dare to tell him. In the end, it was found that it was ordinary chronic aseptic prostatitis, not kidney deficiency at all - he rode a motorcycle on the mountain road to the orchard every day, sitting there for two or three hours. When picking lychees and mangoes, he sweated so much that he was soaked and had no time to drink water. His crotch was so stuffy that it would be strange if there was no problem. I prescribed him dozens of yuan worth of medicine, and asked him to add a thick cushion to the motorcycle seat. Every time he went up the mountain, he put a large water bottle in his pocket and drank a sip every half hour. When he got home at night, he took a sitz bath with warm water for ten minutes. The symptoms disappeared in less than half a month. To be fair here, there is really no need to believe the folk saying that "prostatitis requires complete abstinence". The advice of Western medicine is that regular ejaculation is conducive to the elimination of inflammation, as long as it is not too frequent. There is no absolute right or wrong between the two views. The most important thing is to adapt to your own physical condition.

As for fatty liver and shoulder and neck strain, they are “common problems” among men in Qinzhou. Those who work in the seafood business have to get up at three or four in the morning to purchase goods. When they are busy, they only eat one meal a day. After closing the stall late at night, they have to go out for a supper and a drink with friends. It is common for fatty liver to come to their doorstep. ； I have seen too many people who sit in offices sitting in front of the computer for a whole day, and people who work as a freight forwarder sit in the driver's seat for more than ten hours, and their shoulders and necks are as hard as stone slabs. A fitness blogger used to argue with me, saying that if you have fatty liver disease, you have to go to the gym for an hour to lift weights every day, and if you have shoulder and neck strain, you have to go to physical therapy three times a week. I said you don’t understand how busy the men in Qinzhou are. Those bosses who wake up early in the morning to sell seafood, even ten more minutes of sleep is considered a luxury. How can they find the time to go to the gym? The advice I give them is very simple: consciously stand on tiptoe more when moving goods, stand and watch local tea-picking operas or Cantonese operas for 10 minutes after eating, and do not need to do any special exercise. In terms of diet, replace the stir-fried noodles for late night snacks with blanched vegetables, and add two spoons less oyster sauce. In three months, there are many people who have converted their fatty liver from mild to moderate to normal. If you have shoulder and neck discomfort, you don’t need to buy those hundred-dollar massagers. Turn your head left and right when driving at a red light, and look up at the sky for two minutes between picking fruits. It’s more effective than anything else.

Oh, by the way, there is another thing that many people don’t know. Nowadays, every community health service center in Qinzhou provides free men’s health screening every year. The men’s department of the Second Hospital and the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine have also opened privacy clinics. No one will ask questions throughout the registration process. If you really feel uncomfortable, don’t bear it, and don’t believe the small advertisements on the roadside. After all, most men in Qinzhou are honest and don't like to engage in fancy health care routines. They can adjust them to suit their own rhythm of life, which is more effective than any imported health care products. When it comes to living life, physical comfort is the most important thing, right?