A Men Easier the Dead When Affected Disease


Jakarta, Men come to the doctor when the disease is so serious that often end up with a higher mortality rate than women. While women are more sensitive to changes in her body so doctors can detect early disease and death rate.

"Men tend to be more susceptible to age-related diseases. Soon attacked by the disease, men are more easily killed than women. On the other hand, it seems women are more capable of handling the disease, so it tends to have higher levels of health than men," said Dr. Thomas Perls as reported by FoxNews on Wednesday (2/22/2012).

Men are less aware of the symptoms of health problems and more lazy to do a check to the doctor. Men are very concerned if he considered unhealthy will make it look so weak.

Too black and white men assess their health problems, pain or not. Sick man is according to the table if you need surgery.

Though ideally, if someone has concerns about his health so better get checked out. Postpone the examination can make the disease harder to treat.

10 diseases that kill the most men:
A. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Injuries or accidents
4. Stroke (cerebrovascular accident, CVA)
5. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
6. Diabetes
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
8. Suicide
9. Kidney disease
10. Alzheimer's disease

In addition to distance themselves from the unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as sleep deprivation, smoking, drinking alcohol, antisocial behavior and drug use, there are good men are also routinely perform basic health checks such as:

A. Blood sugar

Blood sugar levels considered normal if the score 70-99 mg / dL, with a record measured after fasting or not eating for 8 hours. Blood glucose levels measured 2 hours after meals is said to normal if it ranges between 70-145 mg / dL, whereas if it ignores the range of normal eating schedule is 70-125 mg / dL.

2. Cholesterol

There are three components of blood fats checked the Low Density Cholesterol (LDL) or bad fat, High Density Cholesterol (HDL) or good cholesterol and triglycerides.

Composition of fats in the blood that ideal is as follows:

Total fat is less than 200 mg / dL
LDL (bad) cholesterol below 100 mg / dL
HDL (good cholesterol) above 60 mg / dL
Triglycerides below 150 mg / dL

3. Blood pressure

Interpretation of the results of blood pressure is as follows.

120/80 means normal
120/80 - 139/89 means prahipertensi
140/90 - 159/99 means that stage 1 hypertension
160/100 to the mean stage 2 hypertension

4. Hemoglobin
Examination of levels of hemoglobin (Hb) or the red substance of blood taken to determine the condition of anemia (anemia) and polisistemia (excess red blood cells). Typically, the examination of Hb has become one packet in a complete blood count.

Normal Hb levels at various ages is as follows.
Adult males: 14-18 g / dL
Adult females: 12-16 g / dL
Men over middle age: 12.4 to 16.9 g / dL
Women over middle age: 11.7 to 13.8 g / dL

5. Weight loss
Measurement of body weight is very easy to do, because it only requires the scales tool. Is rather complicated to calculate the ratio of height to get a Body Mass Index (BMI) with the following formula: BMI = (weight / height squared)

BMI figures obtained can be interpreted as follows:

Mean BMI was 18.4 down underweight or too thin
BMI 18.5 to 24.9 mean ideal body weight
BMI 25 to 29.9 means overweight or were overweight but not obese
BMI 30 to 39.9 means Obesity
BMI over 40 means severe obesity and increased risk of diabetes

6. Body fat

Body fat levels are considered normal in men is about 15 percent, whereas in women the figure of 25 percent. Than those under the skin (fat subcutan), excess fat in internal organs (visceral fat) is more commonly associated with heart attack risk, metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

7. Urine tests
Urine conditions may give an idea of ​​the condition of the kidneys and urinary tract. At least 100 checks that can be done with urine, but the most commonly used is the degree of acidity (pH), protein content and microbiology.

Normal urine pH ranges from 4.6 to 8.0 and do not contain microbes or blood spots and a variety of proteins. If there are abnormalities in lab test results, then most likely there is a urinary tract infection or an inflammatory reaction in the kidney.

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