Why do women more often visit a doctor thanmen?

Why do women more often visit a doctor than men?

Women visit the doctor more often than men.
A commercial health insurance company has come to this conclusion.
after evaluating data of approximately 1.7 million insured
people. Scientists believe that bad knowledge about medicine and neglect
health – the main causes of infrequent visits
hospitals.

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Why don’t men ask for help?

Last year, 94% of insured women went to a doctor.
Only about 84% of men visited medical specialists. For
women’s health usually means well-being, and for men
greater productivity. They often go to the doctor only if
when they stop working.

It is estimated that women also used ambulatory
medical care much more often. On average, they visited the hospital
12 times a year, whereas men – 6 times.

The main reason is unwillingness to allocate additional time for
survey.

Many men seem more afraid of a poor diagnosis. Doctors
believe that you should not go to the hospital with every small
symptom. However, with the help of regular preventive
medical examinations it is possible to prevent serious
disease.

Everywhere in Russia, far fewer men went to the doctor,
than women. According to insurance data, only a few men in
Russia used outpatient medical care in 2017
year

One of the reasons: men are less likely to engage in the prevention of disease,
than women

Prevention plays an important role in the health sector.

According to a recent survey, only 40% of men regularly
use preventive care compared to 67%
women

Many Cardiovascular Diseases – Arterial Hypertension
or heart attack – can be avoided if you engage
prevention. It is important that men pay attention to such
symptoms like erectile dysfunction, shortness of breath or pain in the heart.

5 years before a heart attack, impotence most often occurs.
Heart attacks often have psychological causes, as well as
organic – high blood pressure or diabetes.

In addition to physical complaints, the stronger sex also neglects
mental health.

Especially with mental illness, men turn
к врачу гораздо реже, than women. About ¾ annual suicides in
Russia is committed by men.

Depression is a typical woman condition. Many men do not
recognized in mental illness.

While women are depressed with depression, in men this
illness manifests itself in aggressive behavior and outbursts of anger. Also
It is typical that they tell the physician more tangible physical symptoms.
– abdominal pain or problems with the heart and back.

Do men know medicine badly?

The boys could not answer questions about sexually transmitted
diseases, vaccination options and human anatomy. About it
report urologists from a Moscow hospital who interviewed over 450
high school students in grade 9. To fill the lack of knowledge
urologists recommend counseling men and boys.

The questionnaire included six multiple choice questions.
replies.

Doctors поднимали следующие темы:

  • sexually transmitted diseases (STDs);
  • vaccines against STDs;
  • anatomy and body functions.

To assess the state of knowledge on the health of boys, doctors
conducted a survey among children aged 14 to 15 years in 7 medium
schools. Boys performance was significantly worse than
girls. At least 71% of girls answer questions correctly.
Only 41% of boys were able to correctly respond to
questions

Nearly 70% of students were able to name two different
diseases transmitted by unprotected sexual intercourse. Most
common wrong answers were on HIV infection
and gonorrhea.

Even anatomical or functional questions were often answered.
wrong. Only about 37% of students knew that testicles can
stuck in the stomach during development.

Male genital organs – prostate gland, testicles or
epidermis – could only correctly indicate a few
pupils. When asked about the female and male sex hormones, many
gave the correct answer. About the effects of diabetes and
гипертонии знали только 30% pupils.


Informing pupils and adults about the consequences
diseases is an important measure of public health. Lack of knowledge
are not uncommon to ignore problems with
health

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