>> NOVEMBER IS ALSO CALLED MOST MEMBERS SOMETIMES EVEN REFERRED TO AS NO SHAVE
NOVEMBER. IT’S AN
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO
RAISE AWARENESS FOR MEN’S
HEALTH ISSUES, PARTICULARLY
PROSTATE CANCER. WHILE MANY
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT PROSTATE
SCREENINGS, MEN ARE AT RISK
FOR A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS.
SO JOINING ME NOW IS DOCTOR
AMBERLEY WATER FROM MAYO
CLINIC. SHE’S TALKING TO ME
ABOUT THE MOST COMMON THINGS
THAT AFFECT MEN THROUGH THE
YEAR. SO GOOD MORNING. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME. ABSOLUTELY. SO
I’M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT’S THE
BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION ABOUT
MEN’S HEALTH. WELL, THERE’S A
LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN
DIVE INTO IN REGARDS TO THAT.
I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE
BIGGEST ONES AS FAR AS
MISCONCEPTION IS THAT YOU
REALLY ONLY NEED TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH WHEN YOU
REACH THE LATTER PORTION OF
YOUR LIFE SPAN. SO.
>> MAYBE 50 PLUS. AND THAT
JUST REALLY IS THE CASE. I DO
FEEL LIKE THINGS HAVE CHANGED
QUITE A BIT. THERE WITH THE
CHANGE IN PHYSICIANS AND
PATIENTS INTERACT. NOW, IT’S
NOT SO MUCH A THE DOCTOR TELLS
YOU WHAT TO DO AND THEN YOU DO
IT. IT’S A JOINT DISCUSSION
AND THAT’S EVEN MORE
APPLICABLE FOR OUR, YOU KNOW,
YOUNGER MEN YOUNGER THAN 50.
>> AND WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE
FOR MEN AND THEIR EARLY 20’S
30’S TO THEY NEED TO SEE A
UROLOGIST.
>> WELL, IT NOT NECESSARILY
UROLOGIST, BUT WE DEFINITELY
NEED ESTABLISH HEALTH CARE
WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.
IT’S NEVER A BAD BUT THE BIG
ONES TO KIND OF WATCHING TOO,
AND I WOULD TIGHTEN, TOO
SPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER MONTHLY EXAMS OF
THE TESTICLES. JUST LIKE WE
TALKED TO OUR LADIES ABOUT
DOING MONTHLY EXAMS OF THE
BREAST. GOOD TIME TO DO IT
WOULD BE IN THE SHOWER HERE
AND THERE ANYWAYS. YOU’RE
BASICALLY FEELING FOR ANY
LOANS OR ABNORMALITIES, HARD
SPOT IN THE TESTICLES
THEMSELVES. TESTICULAR CANCER
DOES TEND TO 20 YEAR-OLDS 30
YEAR-OLDS. THAT’S THE PRIME
TIME. TYPICALLY TALKING ABOUT
IT. SO THAT’S GOOD ONE.
ANOTHER ONE TO PAY ATTENTION
TO URINARY URGENCY, FREQUENCY,
ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES,
MAYBE SOME BLOOD IN YOUR
URINE. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE
REASONS TO SEE A UROLOGIST,
BUT EVEN JUST TO ESTABLISH A
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO
START THINGS EARLY, SHOULD
THERE BE AN ISSUE?
>> AND AS MEN GET INTO THEIR
30’S AND 40’S AND EXPAND,
EXPECT TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW,
THEIR FAMILY, SHOULD THEY
START TRYING TO INCORPORATE
HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE CHANGES OR
SHOULD REALLY START AS SOON AS
YOUR AS EARLY IN YOUR TEENS OR
20’S? WELL,
>> LET’S BE NO OFFENSE TO THE
GUYS. THAT’S WHY IT’S KIND OF
GOING ABOUT ME DOING THIS. THE
ONLY PEOPLE IN MY NOVEMBER YOU
KNOW, I I THINK WITH GUYS
BEING ON TOP OF THINGS,
PARTICULARLY SOMETHING LIKE
THEIR HEALTH IS NOT. AND THERE
FIRST THAT’S WHY I WOULD
REALLY FOCUS ON FOR YOUNGER
FOLKS THE TO TESTICULAR EXAM,
SOMETHING EXAMS ALONG THOSE
LINES, OTHER THINGS TO PAY
ATTENTION TO AS YOU’RE
ALLUDING TO WITH A STARTING
FAMILIES. IF YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT REPRODUCING HAVING
CHILDREN PAYING ATTENTION TO
YOUR DIET, AVOIDING THINGS
LIKE HOT TUBS, OTHER THINGS
ALONG THOSE LINES. THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT YOU CAN HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH
METEOROLOGIST ABOUT. I WOULD
SAY THAT IF YOU’VE GOT ABOUT A
MONTH OR SO AND OR EXCUSE ME
ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND YOU’VE DONE
ENOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW,
RECOMMENDED AND YOU’RE STILL
HAVING TROUBLE CONCEIVING,
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD REASON TO
COME IN AND SEE A UROLOGIST OR
YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO
GET THAT STARTED IN REGARDS TO
OTHER THINGS, SUCH AS ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION SO THINGS GET
OVERLOOKED. BUT THE BIG THING
THAT I WOULD SAY IN REGARDS TO
THAT IS THERE BEEN MORE AND
MORE CITIES THAT HAVE ALLUDED
TO. TYPICALLY, IF YOU START
HAVING SOME MARITAL
DYSFUNCTION, IT’S OFTENTIMES
REVOLVING AROUND A MICRO
VASCULAR ISSUES. AND SO IF
YOU’RE GETTING CAUGHT, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE TINY VESSELS
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REQ
FUNCTION THERE PROBABLY
AFFECTING OTHER AREAS. SO IN
THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, HEART
COULD BE CEREBRAL VASCULAR,
BRAIN, OTHER THINGS. IF IT’S
OCCURRING THERE, IT’S LIKELY
OCCURRING ELSEWHERE. AND THOSE
ARE GOOD REASONS TO GO AHEAD
AND START PAYING ATTENTION TO
DO. I NEED TO GET SOMETHING
FURTHER EVALUATED.
>> WOW, THAT IS I THERE WAS SO
MUCH INFORMATION THAT I FEEL
LIKE I’VE NEVER EVEN TO EVEN
THINK ABOUT THAT. I I NEED TO
GO UNTIL MY FIANCE AND COUSINS
BECAUSE THERE’S JUST SO MUCH
THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT. I
KNOW THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
JUST TOLD US IS GOING HELP SO