Yin rigakafin: Man Smart, Woman Smarter

Lokacin da nake koleji, ina so in zama mai cin abinci mai rijista. Cutar lafiya da halaye na motsa jiki sune mabuɗin don hana cututtuka da yawa ga mata da maza, kuma na yi tunanin zama mai cin abinci zai iya amfanar da ni ba kawai da marasa lafiya na ba, har ma da iyalina da abokai na. Abin takaici, ban yi kyau sosai a ilimin lissafi ko ilimin kimiyya ba, don haka sana'ar ba ta yi min tasiri ba, amma har yanzu ina amfani da ilimin da na dauko daga darussan kiwon lafiya da abinci mai gina jiki da horarwa don kokarin taimakawa iyalina da abokai na lafiya.

Na fi mai da hankali kan taimaka wa mazajen a rayuwa ta don samun lafiya: mahaifina, ɗan uwana, da kuma budurwata. Me yasa? Saboda maza suna da ƙanƙancin rayuwa fiye da mata - a matsakaita, maza suna mutuwa shekara biyar ƙasa da mata.¹  Domin maza sun fi mutuwa mutuwa daga yawancin manyan abubuwan 10 da ke haddasa mutuwa, galibinsu ana iya hana su, har da cutar sankara, cututtukan zuciya, da hanta ko cututtukan koda.² Kuma saboda yawanci maza kan guji ganin likitocinsu, kuma ganin likita muhimmin mataki ne na rigakafin.³ Maza kuma sun fi karancin saka suturar rana idan sun fita waje. Lafiya, na yi wancan na ƙarshe, amma gaskiya ne ga maza a cikin rayuwata aƙalla!

Ofaya daga cikin mawaƙan da na fi so shine Matattu Masu Godiya, kuma sau da yawa sukan rufe waƙa da ake kira “Man Smart, Mace Mai Wayo.” Duk da yake ban yarda ba gaba daya kuma ba na tallata wani jinsi a kan wani ba ta wata hanya, dole ne in yarda cewa kimiyya na nuna cewa mata sun fi maza wayo wajen yin rigakafin. Wannan abu ne mai kyau ga lafiyar mata gabaɗaya, amma kuma yana nufin cewa zamu iya taimakawa maza a cikin rayuwarmu su sami ƙwarewa da wayo wajen rigakafin.

Kuma Yuni babban lokaci ne na farawa: Watan Lafiya na Maza ne, wanda ke mai da hankali kan wayar da kan jama'a game da matsalolin kiwon lafiya da za a iya hanawa da wuri da kuma magance cututtuka ga maza da yara.

Nayi kokarin tunatar da mahaifina, dan uwana, da saurayina na hanyoyi masu sauki na zama cikin koshin lafiya ba tare da wahala ba. Wannan ya fi wuya fiye da yadda yake sauti, amma yana da mahimmanci! Ina ƙoƙarin taimaka musu su zaɓi abinci mafi ƙoshin lafiya (mahaifina yana kirana a matsayin mai kula da abun ciye-ciye), tilasta su suyi motsa jiki tare da ni ko da shine abu na ƙarshe da suke so suyi, ko tunatar da su su sanya hasken rana a duk lokacin da suka fita waje (musamman idan suna ziyartata anan anan Colorado, saboda muna daga New York kuma rana ta Colorado itace ().

Na kuma yi kokarin tabbatar da cewa suna ganin likita da likitan hakora a kai a kai don su ci gaba da zama a hanya kuma su kama duk wata karamar matsala kafin su shiga manyan matsaloli. Zasu same ni cikin mamaki, musamman idan ina cikin yanayin yanayin abinci, amma sun san hakane saboda ina matukar kula dasu kuma ina son su zauna lafiya. Wataƙila ba za su saurare ni ba kowane lokaci, amma zan ci gaba da ƙoƙari ta wata hanya, musamman a cikin Watan Lafiya na Maza. A wannan watan, bari duk mu dage sosai mu karfafa mazanmu a rayuwarmu don fara ingantattun halayen kirki wadanda zasu iya haifar da rayuwa mafi koshin lafiya. Koda ƙananan abubuwa zasu iya taimakawa wajen kawo canji tare da juya waɗancan ƙididdigar!

Sources

1. Harvard Publishing Health, Makarantar Kiwon lafiya na Harvard: Dalilin da ya sa maza ke yawan mutuwa da wuri fiye da mata - 2016: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-men-often-die-earlier-than-women-201602199137
2. Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta maza: Manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da mutuwa ta hanyar Juriya, Jima'i, da Kabilanci - 2016: https://www.menshealthnetwork.org/library/causesofdeath.pdf
3. Gidan labarai na Cleveland Clinic: Binciko na Asibitin Cleveland: Maza za su yi kusan komai don gujewa zuwa likita - 2019: https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2019/09/04/cleveland-clinic-survey-men-will-do-almost-anything-to-avoid-going-to-the-doctor/