{"id":16512,"date":"2021-11-03T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodbodystore.com\/?p=16512"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:29:21","slug":"mens-health-why-dont-we-talk-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodbodystore.com\/?p=16512","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Health: Why don’t we talk about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 in 5 men die before the age of 65, 2 in 5 men don\u2019t make it to 75, and on average men die 3.7 years before women, however sometimes it can feel like men\u2019s health is side-lined, either societally or individually. This may be due to the fact that men are far less likely to seek medical advice when an issue arises, often times thinking that symptoms will pass, or that symptoms aren\u2019t worth worrying about in the first place. But why is this? What are the main men\u2019s health issues? And what can we do to address them and to help?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To lead off, a majority of the issues that we\u2019re going to talk about are not gender-unique, however the issues mentioned either disproportionately impact men rather than women, or are a worrying trend in men\u2019s lives that should be addressed. Additionally, when we say that men are less likely to seek medical advice, or actively ignore symptoms of health issues, this isn\u2019t to say that all men think this way, however it is factually accurate to say that men only attend half as many GP appointments as women<\/strong>. Additionally, men are likely to have a lower health literacy than women, meaning they are less likely to know the typical symptoms of the most prevalent health issues concerning them.<\/p>\n

Finally, Men are less likely than women to acknowledge illness even when aware of the symptoms, or seek medical help when sick, which has lead to health often being socially constructed as a feminine concern, which then further dissuades men to seek medical advice do to it not being a \u2018masculine\u2019 thing to do.<\/p>\n

This is, unsurprisingly, an immensely worrying reality. To help start to combat this, there needs to be more of an outward awareness of the health issues that men face.<\/p>\n

So what are the health issues that are most prevalent for men?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through looking at multiple sites focusing on or trying to promote awareness of men\u2019s health, some of (and definitely not all of) the main concerns regarding men\u2019s health seem to be the following:<\/p>\n