When we turn 50, even if we feel like kids, the body is no longer what it once was. We notice it when we suffer trauma, but also for the simple sensation of greater pain than once. The headache from stress, the neck from humidity and the various pains that grip us and take longer to go away. However, there are also very important preventive tests that, for the same medicine, could save our lives. They concern both women, in the prevention of breast and uterine cancers. But also men, who must beware of prostate diseases and more. We see in this article why the ASLs especially invite boys over the age of 50 to do this screening. After the age of 50 not only the prostate exam but also a further fundamental check-up.
Why prevention is important
It is one of the emerging cancers of recent years, that of the colorectal. According to official statistics, it is the second cancer by number of cases in women and the third in men. It usually manifests itself with the presence of blood in the stool, but also with sudden and lasting constipation or diarrhea. As science recalls, the fight against this disease also involves prevention. In particular, from colonoscopy, the examination that allows you to exclude complications or discover any problems.
After the age of 50 not only the prostate exam but also this check-up that could save us by preventing possible tumor development
If we are 50 years old, we are male and we receive a letter from the ASL of relevance to do a free stool exam, let’s take advantage of it. Thus, as if our general practitioner prescribes us a colonoscopy. Doctors remind us to eliminate psychological fears, because during the examination we will not feel anything, because we will be asleep and sedated. Since this tumor could also present itself with octopuses, we take advantage of the colonoscopy and subsequent biopsy. In fact, the medical staff will take care of extracting them, analyzing them and reassuring us or putting us on preventive alert. All without pain, but sticking to a particular diet usually in the 48 hours before the exam. So not only the protasta but also the colon examination to prevent rather than cure. If caught in time, thanks to the exceptional advances in oncology, this tumor allows patient survival with ever increasing percentages, up to 90%.
Deepening
Here is the cancer that is increasing in our country, affecting thousands of Italians every year