Diagnose the prostate cancer in the early stages it is difficult for three reasons: it does not show signs until it is advanced, there is fear of the news it has suffered and the stigma that Man to him digital rectal examination.
It is one of the deadliest cancers with an estimate 7 thousand deaths a yearaccording to data of 2021 published by the Institute of Health for him Well being (CRAZY). However, there has been an increase in emergency surgeries … and the women they are responsible.
Prostate Cancer: “They are the ones who tell them to go to their reviews”
The high mortality rate caused by the prostate cancer it’s because the Man do not go until they feel discomfort, are afraid that the disease will be detected or because they feel their manhood is affected when they perform the digital rectal examinationwhich is one way to know if you suffer from cancer.
Despite this, the influence of mothers, sisters or partners meant that doctors were treating more and more men with emergency surgery prostate cancer.
SuDoctor asked the oncologist José Athie if a reduction in the incidence of prostate cancer in Mexicoin recent years and the specialist commented that an improvement had been seen:
“Yes, it decreased and was diagnosed more. Increasingly Man go to the doctor more prostate cancer. Where it worked the most is with the womenwho are the ones who take them to the prostate specialist ”, highlighted the specialist.
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In 2020, 1,086,094 deaths were recorded, of which 58.8% Man yes 41.1% women. Of the total deaths, 92.4% are due to health problems Health and 7.6% for external causes such as accidents, homicides and suicides. These are the leading causes of death from disease in Mexicans.
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The first cause is due to heart disease. 218,885 people died in 2020. There was a significant 29% increase over 2019 where 156,041 died Man y women for these ailments.
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The second place is occupied by the SARS CoV-2 or coronavirus infection which caused 201,163 deaths.
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In third place is diabetes mellitus, which in 2020 caused the deaths of 151,214 people compared to the previous year when 104,324 died. Man y womenwhich represents a significant increase of 31%.
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The fourth position is occupied by influenza and pneumonia with 56,830 deaths in 2020. These diseases have had a significant increase of 45% compared to 2019 with 31,081 deaths.
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