February will be the month of the salute of the man

It is necessary to remove taboos for the detection of opportunity for nurses in men and to promote the self-care of health, said the Normative Director of Health, Ramiro López Elizalde.

“We are socially conditioned by masculinity and believe that in our context it has been modified by globalization and the interculturalism of thought, Mexico itself is being preserved in the practice of self-employed self-employment, for example; men reprimand more their dollars and misfortunes, and that expressions can be considered as a disability. It is not uncommon for there to be musculoskeletal disorders available to assist in consulting a physician, limiting the practice of health care, which directly impacts on illness, ”the directive said.

Experts afirman that this practice suels dejare de lado in the case of the masculine sex derived from the values, beliefs, costumes and ideologies that socially he built already around the figure of the man in our society, the cual; has a negative impact on his health so he has not had the opportunity to detect the injuries.

According to the World Observatory for Cancer (Globocan), there is prostate cancer (29.9%), colorectal cancer (8.9%), stomach cancer (5.2%), pulmonary cancer (5%) and flaxseed (4.6%). of the main types of cancer in the Mexican male population.

Asimismo, figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), refer to the fact that the male population from 30 to 59 years of age had a malignant tumor, 12% had a malignant tumor of the colon, rectum and anus, followed by malignant tumors of the stomach (10%) and trachea, bronchi and pulmonary (8%). While respecting the major adults (60 years and older), the first two causes are malignant tumor of the prostate (22%) and malignant tumor of the trachea, bronchi and pulmonary (11%).

If no relevant actions are taken, it is expected that by 2030, the number of people diagnosed with cancer will increase by 32% and will increase by more than 5 million people per year, starting with the exposure to risk factors, including the population and the cambio in the styles of life.

For this reason, the ISSSTE reiterates its support for the promotion of health care during the month of February, and has called attention to the fact that the derechohabientes participate in the detection opportunity of enferredades enfocadas in:

Finally, the ISSSTE Normative Health Directive informs that these activities are carried out at the national level in the units of the primary level of the Institute.

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