Campaign encourages children to visit parents' charge to the doctor

In the week of Father's Day, the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) began a campaign on the Internet and social networks to raise awareness about the importance of the man visit a doctor during all stages of life and not just when feeling badly. The goal of the campaign How is the health of your father? is to guide children to hold their parents care most about their health. If the man wants to take good care of his family, he must first take care of yourself and consult a doctor to prevent disease is crucial, says the chairman of the SBU, Aguinaldo Nardi.

In a recent survey conducted with the help of the entity with 5000 men over 40 years of nine Brazilian capitals, it was found that 38% of them do not usually go to the doctor often and 64% have never done a test to measure testosterone levels.

Various urological diseases can affect the man throughout his life: childhood, problems such as phimosis or undescended testicle (cryptorchidism) in adolescence, varicocele or sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) and in adulthood erectile dysfunction or disability Androgenic Aging Male (ADAM), amongst others. Like women, men must have the habit of going to the doctor often for routine exams, especially after age 40, when to go every year, says Nardi.

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