why are women expected to frequently get OB/GYN checkups but male reproductive specialists are rare?
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Most women do not need to see an obgyn for routine care. Family medicine is able to handle routine cancer screens and birth control easily. Internal medicine doctors can as well, but I think they have to be more proactive in getting trained and credentialed to do it.
A good question for anyone with a uterus and/or cervix to ask when choosing a doctor is if that doctor handles pap smears and/or birth control.
The cervical cancer screenings do start early (21 years), but are 3-5 years apart depending on age. There is even talk of decreasing the frequency of screenings further for people who had the HPV vaccine at an early age, but so far not enough people have gotten the vaccine for that to be feasible.
Males can also get penile and testicular cancer this young, but that is easier to notice thanks to their genitalia being more external.
Source: am a family medicine doctor and do all that. I send folks to Obgyn when there’s something wrong I can’t fix our figure out, or when they are pregnant. Some of my colleagues also handle uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries, but that is becoming less common in the US.
the male version of a OB/GYN is called a urologist, and most men over 45 see one… If you mean why is it more rare for men to need to see one compared to women, there is just more issues when you have a hole in you that things go into than there is when you just have an “out” tube.
* Men rarely get breast cancer
* Men don’t have a cervix
* Men don’t get pregnant
* Outside of condoms and vasectomies, men are not responsible for birth control
* Men don’t need a fertility evaluation unless they are part of an infertile couple (medically defined as no pregnancy despite adequate sex for one year). And weirdly, its often an OB-GYN who will do the first-line testing for men in that situation (basic history and physical plus sperm count)
* The main male-specific cancers, testicular cancer and prostate cancer, do not benefit as much from prevention as breast or cervical cancer
It varies by locality. In my country you only see an ob/gyn for a problem. Not for check ups. Check ups, smear tests, contraception, and trouble free pregnancy and birth is covered by nurse, gp, and midwife. If you have troubles, you get a referral, just like any other specialist
Women came first then tries to eliminate ASexual reproduction so they genetically modified us and ripped out the extra working parts then soon a decline in population came as neither were capable of reproduction due to genetic modification of the female and the men not able to carry a baby so the men were like nah we already came this far how about we design ourselves to enjoy getting her pregnant again and she can carry and do all that crap and men can carry on doing what they want and boom here we are. Now again reversing our sexes to avoid over population but this time allowing reproduction from the insane ones willing to do this for society. Hahah if you believe this I have many more for you.
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