This is an ingenious video posted by Minsa to encourage prostate cancer screening. | Font: Tiktok (minsaperu)
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Through a witty video from the Ministry of Health (Minsa) went viral in tik tak with a very important message: check prostate cancer.
For this, she gave valuable information, for which many men shied away from the examination: a rectal examination no longer needs to be performed, and a blood sample is enough for it.
First contact, no touch
Video with over 260,000 views tik tak and over 18,000 likes, it shows a doctor calling in a group of men to have their prostate checked.
They, who are afraid, have no one to do this with “because of fear and fear” of the rectal examination that is being carried out. This examination consists in the fact that the urologist, supported by a glove and a lubricant, inserts a finger into the patient’s rectum. This test carries a lot of cultural bias, which is why many people don’t mistake it for “not losing your masculinity.”
However, the video is intended to inform you that this test is no longer necessary and can now be done with a blood sample taken from the arm.
With new information, a group of men break into the office to take a test.
“Beat Cancer: Let’s all, timely diagnosis is better than advanced cancer,” the video says.
The evil that lurks in the silence
prostate cancer according to the Ministry of Health, this is the result of accelerated growth of malignant cells in prostate tissue.
Currently, 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with this type of cancer in their lifetime, and for this reason November 15th is World Cancer Day. prostate cancer.
In accordance with Minsa, prostate cancer It is the number one cause of cancer, with about 8,700 new cases of cancer reported each year. It is estimated that there are 24 new cases of prostate cancer every day in Peru and approximately 7 people die every day due to late diagnosis.
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