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Public release date: 08 March 2009
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Test guidelines for males related to various health conditions
Abdominal aortic aneurysm: A man between the ages of 65 and 75 who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes should have a single ultrasound screening of the abdominal aorta.
Colorectal cancer: The typical age to begin screening is 50. Doctors recommend annual testing for fecal occult blood, a test which is done with stool cards at home, and colonoscopies every 10 years if tests results are normal. Doctors don't usually order colonoscopies for people over age 85 because the stress of the test could offset its benefits.
Diabetes: Men who develop high blood pressure or high cholesterol should then be tested for diabetes.
Depression: Men who feel sad or hopeless over a period of several weeks or receive little pleasure from things they once enjoyed should ask to be screened for depression.
High cholesterol: Testing should begin for most men at age 35. Younger men who smoke, have a history of heart disease in their families, have diabetes or high blood pressure should talk to their doctors about administering a cholesterol test before they reach 35.
High blood pressure: Anyone 18 or older should be screened for high blood pressure at least once a year.
HIV: Men should discuss the need for HIV testing if they have done any of the following: Had sex with men since 1975; had unprotected sex with multiple partners; injected drugs; exchanged sex for money or drugs; or had sex with anyone who is bisexual, has HIV, or has injected drugs; or had a blood transfusion between 1978 and 1985.
Prostate cancer: Digital rectal exams or a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test should be administered yearly starting at age 50. Men who are at high risk for prostate cancer -- those who have had a father or brother develop prostate cancer before the age of 65, and black men, whose rates of prostate cancer are high -- should begin testing at age 40. Because prostate cancer grows so slowly in older men, doctors recommend that annual testing stop after age 75.
Sexually transmitted infections: Men should discuss the need to be tested for gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia or other sexually transmitted diseases with their doctors.
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