YOU CAN SA ♪ >>VIC MICOLUCCI: JUNE IS MEN’S
HEALTH MONTH AND WE ARE HELPING
OUR MALE VIEWERS,
STAY HEALTHY. WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT MEN’S HEALTH MYTHS AND
WARNING SIGNS OF WHEN IT’S TIME
TO SEE A DOCTOR BUT THERE IS
ONE TOPIC THAT MOST OF US WOULD
RATHER NOT SPEAK ABOUT AND
THAT’S WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS
BELOW
THE BELT ROUGHLY 50% OF MEN
OVER THE AGE OF 50 EXPERIENCE
SOME KIND OF ISSUES THERE
YET ONLY 10% ARE ACTUALLY GOING
TO SEEK TREATMENT AND MANY OF
THEM WILL STOP TREATMENT
ALTOGETHER BECAUSE THEY FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING TO A
DOCTOR. SO
THIS MORNING. WE’RE TALKING TO
A DOCTOR FOR YOU TALKING HEALTH
WITH ME THIS MORNING IS DOCTOR
SCOTT ACKERMAN. YOU ARE AN ONCOLOGIST SO YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT CAN
BE CAUSED FROM TREATMENTS FROM
MEDICATIONS AND AND FROM SOME
DISEASES, CORRECT AND I SEE A
LOT
OF MEN WHO ARE GETTING OLDER
BECAUSE IN MY WORLD OF DOING
CANCER TREATMENT. MOST OF OUR
PATIENTS ARE A LOT OF PATIENTS
ARE OVER THE AGE OF 50 AND
N BEING OVER THE AGE OF 50
STARTED SORT EXPERIENCING SOME
RECTAL DYSFUNCTION ISSUES AS
YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER. SO CERTAINLY
IT’S NOT A TOPIC THAT MANY
PEOPLE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT.
>> I ASKED MY PRODUCER TO GET
OUT OF THIS SEGMENT I YOU KNOW
I LOVE TALKING TO YOU. IT’S
UNCOMFORTABLE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WANT TO HAVE THOSE ANSWERS RIGHT MEN AND WOMEN
WANT TO HAVE THOSE ANSWERS
BECAUSE YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE IN
RELATIONSHIPS AND IT’S ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS.
>> SO AS MEN
GET OLDER. THERE’S ALL SORTS OF
ISSUES THAT COULD CAUSE
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION THIS
PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES AND THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES SO THE
PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES THINGS
LIKE SOME NARROWING OF THE
ARTERIES, THE BLOOD VESSELS
NOT BEING AS PAYTON TO ME AS
OPEN AS THEY WERE WHEN YOU’RE
YOUNGER. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
ISSUES. I THINK WE’RE DEALING
WITH STRESS. LES SHIP ISSUES
DEPRESSION THINGS LIKE THAT ALL
THESE CONTRIBUTE TO ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION WHAT’S THE FIX.
THE FIX SO THE FIX IS THERE’S
ALL SORTS OF TREATMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL UNDERSTAND THE
RISK FACTORS RISK FACTORS,
GETTING OLDER MISSION THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME CHRONIC
HEART CONDITIONS OR
YOUR MEDICATIONS. IF YOU SMOKE
OR DRINK OR OBESE OR VIEW LESS
STRESS. THOSE WILL.
PUT YOU AT HIGHER RISK FOR
RECTAL DYSFUNCTION. SO IF YOU
CAN ELIMINATE THOSE RISK
FACTORS BY DOING SOME SORT OF
LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION THAT’S
THE 1ST HALF THAT’S THE FIRST
STEP TO HELP BECAUSE YOU KNOW
YOU DON’T WANT THESE
MEDICATIONS IF YOU CAN AVOID SO
JUST HAVING SOME LIFETIME
MEDICATIONS, KEEP YOUR BLOOD
PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL, NOT
BEING OBESE YOU’RE WATCHING
YOUR WEIGHT EXERCISING MAKING
SURE THEY ARE YOU KNOW YOUR
BLOOD IS FLOWING. WELL.
WATCHING YOUR SUGAR INTAKE HAS
DIABETES CONTRIBUTES TO
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. THOSE ARE
THE FIRST STEPS
BEYOND THAT IF IT’S A
PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUE THERE ARE
SOME MEDICATIONS THAT WE TAKE
YOU FOR THAT YOU SEE THE
COMMERCIALS ON TV FOR DIFFERENT
PILLS THAT HELP WITH RENT
DOESN’T FUNCTION. THEY WORK
VERY WELL. THERE’S ALSO
SOME OTHER MEDICATIONS IF
YOU’RE DEPRESSED MEDICATIONS
FOR DEPRESSION WILL HELP WITH
THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
TO HELP YOU DEAL WITH STRESS
AND AND THIS IS OPPRESSION CAN
ALSO HELP WITH ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION AND IT WASN’T
PHYSICAL TREATMENTS, THERE’S
SOME SURGERIES THAT COULD BE
PERFORMED TO HELP
AS WELL.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND FINALLY
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY IF I
START THIS TREATMENT AM I EVER
GOING TO ABLE TO COME OFF OF
IT.
>> YES SO
IF.
>> THE ISSUE IS THAT YOU WILL
BE SERVED ISSUE IS THAT YOUR
DIABETES IS NOT CONTROL IF YOU
GET THAT IN CONTROL.
THAT’S GOOD. THEN YOU YOU
SHOULD HAVE A WRECKED OUT
BETTER RIGHT TO FUNCTION IF
YOU’RE DEPRESSED HE WENT
THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL
COUNSELING YOU GET THROUGH THAT
THAT SHOULD
HELP YOU IF IT’S SOMETHING
THAT’S THAT’S THAT THAT THAT
THAT’S PHYSICAL AND YOU NEED TO
TAKE SOME MEDICATIONS WERE
LIKE PILLS. YOU KNOW THOSE
PILLS OF IAG RUNCIE ALLISON
THAN THE SORT OF PILLS. PEOPLE
DON’T NEED THOSE PILLS ALL THE
TIME. BECAUSE THINGS WAX AND
WANE OR LIVES SO PATIENTS THAT
THAT USES PILLS NOW AND THEN
BECAUSE
THEY HAD PROSECUTOR TREATMENT
OR WHATEVER THAT ARE THERE ARE
OTHER CANCERS. AND WE’VE SEEN
THEM AND THEY DON’T NEED TO
TAKE THEM ALL THE TIME. BUT
THEY DO HELP MEN OFTEN WHEN NOT
NOT DOING
SO WELL.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT
DOCTOR SCOTT ACKERMAN THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR COMING ON
REPRESENTING THE ACKERMAN
CANCER CENTER WE APPRECIATE
TALKING HEALTH WITH YOU ALL
THE TIME EVEN IF IT’S THE
TOPICS THAT PEOPLE DON’T
NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TO THEIR