When the trend first started it wasn’t uncommon for some doctors to advise against NNN because of the trend and there wasn’t enough data to say either way.
The last year or two I’ve seen most consensus lean towards just making it more detectable.
For some people the sharp change in habit causes pain, or other very minor medical issues. They go in and get an exam they other wise wouldn’t. And thus more cases are found.
Wether or not NNN is actively harmful is up for debate still with most studies I’ve seen leaning towards it being fine to minorly unsafe.
But the amount of studies is small and the evidence very weak.
If anything it just reinforced the growing trend to suggest younger men go get prostate exams sooner then the old wisdom suggests.
Once when I was in my early twenties, I went to a doctor, and since I had heard about people suggesting this “prostate exam” thing, I thought it would be a good idea to ask for one.
Well the doctor apparently thought I was too young to ask for a prostate exam, and so decided to go in hard and fast and without lube, presumably to “teach me a lesson.”
Well, lesson learned. I might never get a prostate exam again, and if I die in a few decades of undetected prostate cancer, it will be that doctor’s fault. But that likely won’t be recorded on any of the paperwork. Because why would it.
Not sure what the moral of the story is, but uh, maybe don’t suggest young men get theirs checked, because if their experience is anything like mine then they might never get it checked again.
Thats actually pretty interesting. Do we know if theres an actual cause-effect relationship or if its just making it detectable?
When the trend first started it wasn’t uncommon for some doctors to advise against NNN because of the trend and there wasn’t enough data to say either way.
The last year or two I’ve seen most consensus lean towards just making it more detectable.
For some people the sharp change in habit causes pain, or other very minor medical issues. They go in and get an exam they other wise wouldn’t. And thus more cases are found.
Wether or not NNN is actively harmful is up for debate still with most studies I’ve seen leaning towards it being fine to minorly unsafe.
But the amount of studies is small and the evidence very weak.
If anything it just reinforced the growing trend to suggest younger men go get prostate exams sooner then the old wisdom suggests.
Once when I was in my early twenties, I went to a doctor, and since I had heard about people suggesting this “prostate exam” thing, I thought it would be a good idea to ask for one.
Well the doctor apparently thought I was too young to ask for a prostate exam, and so decided to go in hard and fast and without lube, presumably to “teach me a lesson.”
Well, lesson learned. I might never get a prostate exam again, and if I die in a few decades of undetected prostate cancer, it will be that doctor’s fault. But that likely won’t be recorded on any of the paperwork. Because why would it.
Not sure what the moral of the story is, but uh, maybe don’t suggest young men get theirs checked, because if their experience is anything like mine then they might never get it checked again.