Sunday, January 8, 2012

5 Popular Diseases That Attack Men

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Most of diseases can attack your body if you have poor habits and poor exercises. Today, the issues of the men’s health problems are slightly less popular than the issues of the women’s health problems. But basically, either men or women have the same level of risk to get an attack of a certain disease. And there are some popular diseases that more often attack men!

The following are pieces of helpful information about 5 popular diseases that can attack men -- take a few minutes to read pieces of helpful information below (especially if you are a man who seriously cares to your health)!

Many experts suggest for all men to get a regular medical check-up, especially for men who have the age above 30 years old. Moreover, regular exercise is also so recommended (at least 1-3 times a week) in order to keep fit your body. Back to the topic, so what are the most popular diseases that can attack men?

Dysfunction of erectile

Erectile dysfunction is a big problem for men because can make them be unable to achieve or maintain an erection during sexual intercourse. Either biological or psychological can influence the interest of a man to do a sexual intercourse. Read also erectile dysfunction in young men!

And there are many causes that can lead to an erectile dysfunction, like smoking, emotional problems, consuming wrong drugs, or illness (such as cold or flu), and so on. The best treatment is the good communication with your girlfriend and don’t forget to contact your doctor to get more advices.

Serious problems in the testicular (testicular cancer)

Although testicular cancer is usually rarely happen but this doesn’t mean you can underestimate this disease! The age of 39-20 years old are the most common of this disease. Therefore, if your age is around 20-39 years old then you should be more vigilant against this disease.

The commonly symptoms of testicular cancer are lump, pain or swelling in the groin or testicle.

Unfortunately, there are no exactly causes of this disease, but you can eliminate the risk of testicular cancer by doing a self-exam or according to askmen.com you can do 4 fun ways:
  1. Eating a helpful food (like marine sauce and add garlic for better protection).
  2. Having a good sex lifestyle (because it will be helpful to clean more your pipes). 
  3. Doing a regular aerobic activity (like spinning, mountain biking or just jogging).
  4. And consuming cereal that has a high amount of flax & try adding cow’s milk with soy (soy and flax have helpful active ingredients to fight prostate cancer). Contact your doctor for more detailed information!
A serious disease of prostate cancer

This disease is so popular in men over than 50 years old. This is deadly disease and therefore so important to detect it as earlier as possible, because early detection is closely associated to how long the patient will survive!

Some bad effects of prostate cancer for the men’s body are impotence problem, urinating problem, and other serious pains.

Heart attack or heart disease

It is undeniable that eating a lot of foods that contain a high amount of cholesterol and bad-fat will give a significant contribution to increase the risk of heart disease. Read also signs of heart attack in men!

Furthermore, the other popular cause is smoking. As well we know, smoker is dominated by men (more men who smoke than women). This is one of the keys or the reasons why men can get a higher risk of heart disease than women.

Therefore, if you seriously want to keep the health of your heart then much more recommended to stop smoking as earlier as possible, keep the ideal weight of your body, reduce on consuming or drinking alcohol, do regular exercise, and try to eat more healthy foods or nutritious foods in your daily menu list.

Health problems associated with lungs

Once again, smoking is the key why men can get a higher risk of lung cancer than women. This is equivalent in the fact that lung cancer is one of the most common diseases of cancer that can lead death in men. Almost 90 percent the case of lung cancer in men is caused by cigarette (smoking).