Sértæk vandamál karla

Líkamleg og sálfélagsleg heilsa karlmanna, kynlífshegðun, frjósemi og tilfinningar eru samanfléttuð. Hegðun og tilfinningatjáning karla er um margt ólík hegðun kvenna. Þó fjöldi rannsókna hafi verið birtur á undanförnum áratugum á þessu sviði [1-17] vantar enn vettvang í heilbrigðiskerfinu þar sem tekið er á þessum málum á heildrænan hátt. [1]

Víða hafa vaxið fram sérstakar móttökur fyrir karlmenn, en þar snýst starfsemin oftar en ekki um afbrigðilega hegðun takmarkaðs hóps karlmanna. Karlmaðurinn er þar skilgreindur sem vandamál, einkum fyrir konur og börn. [18]

Það vantar móttökur þar sem vandamál karlmannanna sjálfra eru í brennidepli. Sértæk vandamál karla eru af mörgum toga.

Karlmenn lifa skemur en konur, eru áhættusæknari og margvíslegir sjúkdómar leggjast frekar á karlmenn. Karlmenn taka oftar eigið líf og eykst tíðni sjálfsvíga með hækkandi aldri. [19] Karlmenn glíma oft við ófrjósemi og hormónatengd vandamál. Margir karlmenn líða vegna risvandamála sem geta átt sér sálrænar, félagslegar og líkamlegar skýringar. [20,21] Risvandamál eru algengasta aukaverkun meðferðar við krabbameini í blöðruhálsi, sem er algengasta krabbamein karla. Lífsgæði karla með risvandamál eru verulega skert og skiptir þá litlu hver orsökin er. [20-27] Ég hef áður fjallað um fullnægingu:  fullnæging karla og sæðisvökvinn.

Einnig er tilfinningaleg einangrun mun algengari meðal karla en kvenna. [2,18]

 

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