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What is a health gap, the health gap is the difference in health and wellness of the genders within the gender gap of the world. Why does it exist in society? Most of the time, the health gap can be attributed to the differences in genetics and build of men and women. There are things we can do to diminish the gap but it all needs to start with educating the populace to causes and symptoms, how to treat, and how to prevent different diseases and illnesses.
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Some of the factors that influence health in men and women include but are not limited to family history, genetics, environment, and personal hygiene. Family History plays a huge part in overall health because genetics are what make us who we are. Many people suffer from a family history of cancer or heart disease, both men and women; this drastically increases their chances of getting the issue in question such as HPV or Human Papillomavirus. Another one of the issues of the health gap is the fact that sometimes a gender can get a disease but wind up being a carrier of the disease instead of being affected they accidently pass it on to the opposite sex.
If you live in a dirty environment, I hate to break it to you but you have a higher risk of obtaining illnesses, unless of course you are a younger child, studies have shown that when you are younger if you play in the dirt or consume your own mucus you actually build up your immune system slightly through antibody production in response the bacteria trapped in the mucus. The older you get, typically the weaker your immune system gets, both men and women.
Most of the time, men have more issues then women due to the masculine culture and not wanting to ask for help. It is frowned upon in society to ask for help and to show weakness as a man, women can just go ask for help and not have to endure sickness whereas men are sometimes afraid to ask for help or to even figure out what is wrong. Sometimes this fear can take simple illnesses into more drastic issues, like a cold leading to pneumonia. This can sometimes lead to more money spent on treatment and possibly death depending on the situation. Sometimes you have to have an intervention for someone that is having a hard time addressing their issues, with health concerns, this can be a gender-transformative intervention or explaining to the person that if they don’t start seeking help then things will not get better this is a way to deal with a sick manly man.
Health is not something to fool with, if you are sick then you should seek help, if you find something that doesn’t look right like a lump on your testicles or breasts, don’t think that just cause you are a man or a woman that you are above the issue at hand or above asking for help, just do it.