Men’s health: They have released GP visits

Two years ago, Dan Somers began to experience a series of strange and irreversible symptoms. He had severe chest pain, could not put down food or water, and “I was holding the bile.”

He felt that something could be wrong, but DAN was reluctant to get medical help. IPWich’s 43 -year -old BBC told the BBC, saying, “I am really stubborn when I start to go to a doctor.” “I didn’t want to be a burden.”

DAN’s pain continued to deteriorate until he had to rest, “I’m in pain and scream enough.” He was the worst pain he had experienced, he said.

But “I honestly thought I could fix it,” DAN recalled.

It was his wife who finally forced DAN to meet a doctor.

His GP sent him directly to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a gallbladder infection and restored a week. I heard that he is suffering from sepsis.

DAN’s story reflects the stories of other men who talked about the BBC. Also, it was not treated for treatment. Often until the symptoms are unbearable or until the loved one pushes to get help.

Men are well known to go to doctors rather than women and support data.

NHS said that it did not disclose the demographic data for the GP promise to the BBC. But according to. Ons Health Insight Survey Compared to 33.5%of men commissioned by NHS England, 45.8%of women attempted to contact others or others in the last 28 days.

Men were more likely to say that they were not registered in dental care and did not use pharmacies.

They are also configured Hospital outpatient promises are quite low Even if a pregnancy -related promise is discounted than a woman.

Paul Galdas, a male health professor at York University, said, “Men are unlikely to attend everyday promises and are likely to help them until they interfere with everyday functions.”

All of this It affects men’s health results.

Experts suggest that men can seek medical support and that NHS’s new survey data is concerned about how they are recognized.

In the survey, 48%of male respondents agreed that they felt “hard pressure” on potential health problems, and the third thought that other people could see them weakly by talking about potential health problems. The poll was heard from nearly 1,000 men in the UK in November and December 2024.

Brendan Gough, a social psychologist professor, says Breeds Beckett University is a sociologist, Brendan Gough. “Men must traditionally classify themselves.”

“I’m still worried that I still see how many men still can’t talk about health problems,” Dr. Claire Fuller, a medical officer at NHS, says that she may be reluctant to be reluctant to change the body of the body that can be a sign of mental health and cancer.

“GPS is often the best way to access it,” she adds.

Kevin Mcmullan says that when he works at the mental health of men’s mental health, he finds that men want to solve their problems. He says he has finally suffered mental health for several years before he was helped.

Kevin, a 44 -year -old of Durham County’s Sedgefield, said, “Man wants to fix it. Men are a unique problem solving person, and it is a problem in the same way as having a flat tire.

This is also shown in the Health Insights survey. According to the data, when people could not contact GP practices, men were much more likely to “self -management” their condition than women, and women could go to pharmacies or call 111 than men.

Professor Galdas said, “I think that seeking help threatens independence or sensation.

Professor Galas points out other factors that prevents men from going to a doctor, such as a promise system that does not fit his work pattern.

The service also relies on publicly talking about the problem, which does not reflect the way men talk about health problems and suggest that there is no fixed checkup for young men.

In contrast, women can find a promise related to menstruation, contraception, cervical test or pregnancy, so “should participate in the health system,” Bolton’s GP says.

And they are mainly controlling family health care. For example, about 90%of those who have contacted children’s sleeping charity sleep in the last six months are mothers, grandmothers and other women in their lives, Alyson O’Brien says.

According to Professor Galdas, women are more healthy because they are more integrated into the medical system by pursuing support for both themselves and children, and they are often the driving force of partners who often seek medical support.

Dr. Pillon says men have different attitudes to medical care. He thinks many people see it as a solving treatment -problem rather than prevention. For example, a man Less possibility Participate in NHS’s intestinal cancer screening program. Professor Galdas says: “Men often seek help when symptoms interfere with functionality.”

Jonathan Anstee, a 54 -year -old, has worsened the symptoms to book a doctor after a few months of abdominal pain and blood on his stool.

Jonathan said, “The pain has worsened much more and the blood has worsened.” But when I went to the doctor, I sat in the waiting room and said, ‘This is a waste of time. “

He was diagnosed with defecation in September 2022.

During his life, he usually avoided the promise of a doctor, Jonathan says. And as a father, “You are used to worrying about your children, not yourself,” he says. He went to a doctor, not a child, and looked like “some indulgence.”

Last year, Jonathan heard that his Jangam was four stages.

Bleeding on his chair was too embarrassing to talk with his friends at the time. Jonathan’s advice on others is: “You don’t have to be embarrassed. The alternative literally can kill you.”

Support group for men in recent years cancer and Mental health It popped out.

Matthew Wiltshire began the Cancer Club the Men’s Charity after being diagnosed with Jangam in 2015. Died in 2023.

Matthew said, “I didn’t think there was a space where men were talking about cancer,” said his son Oliver Wiltsire. “He also knew how many emotional loads had by women around me.”

Through the Am Club, men can send messages online and attend sports events.

Oliver said, “Practical advice, honest conversation, or knowing that others get it, the connection can make a big difference.

Experts say that men’s attitudes in medical care are gradually changing for better changes, but they have to do more.

Professor Galdas believes that men will participate more if the service is re -designed to meet his needs.

“There is good evidence of good evidence of a sex response program for mental health, cancer treatment and health tests,” he said, “he said,” he said.

Dr. Pillon adds general health checkups in men in their 20s to get more familiar with medical services.

They can already be used through NHS for people between 40 and 74, but introduce them to young men who may not go to a doctor, “they will include the idea of ​​using health services.”

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