Why men avoid doctors like the plague

Male Patient In Hospital. [Getty Images]

John Ndulu considers himself a ‘healthy’ man in his early 40s. He cannot recall the last time he saw a doctor, not because he has never fallen sick, but the very thought of getting a scary diagnosis has always put him off the doctor’s office.

“I fear the results of a diagnosis,” Ndulu says. “What if the doctor tells me I have a terminal condition? That will mean unbearable stress and perhaps a change in my normal routine.”