Speaker 1: Health, happiness, and hope.
Speaker 2: It's Wellness Wednesday on the Rick's Smiley Morning Show. All right, y'all.
Speaker 2: Rick's Smiley Morning Show every Wednesday. It is Wellness Wednesday.
Speaker 2: We got the one and only Dr. MJ Collier in
Speaker 2: the building, and he's here to help us stay healthy.
Speaker 1: Dr.
Speaker 2: Collier, good morning. Happy to have you. Thank you. Good morning,
Speaker 2: Ricky Smiley. Thank you so much for having me. It
Speaker 2: is a pleasure as always. Good morning, Rock T, Special K,
Speaker 2: Gary with the T, Alfredus and the Brat. And Ricky,
Speaker 2: thank you for the opportunity to bring health care information
Speaker 2: to the listeners of the Ricky Smiley Morning Show. So, Ricky,
Speaker 2: you know, we are focusing always on the health of
Speaker 2: African-American people. and try to give some emphasis to that
Speaker 2: of African-American men, always disproportionately affected by various disease states.
Speaker 2: And so there is a process called Healthy People. It
Speaker 2: started in 2010, I think. And the next guidelines are
Speaker 2: Healthy People 2030. And the objective of Healthy People 2030
Speaker 2: basically is to do things to optimize people's health, particularly
Speaker 2: people of color because of the disparities in health care.
Speaker 2: So one of the things that this is going to
Speaker 2: be focusing on this time, between now and 2030, are
Speaker 2: the social determinants of health. Because we know, we always
Speaker 2: talk about genetic predispositions and why African Americans and other
Speaker 2: people of color are disproportionately affected by disease states. Well,
Speaker 2: now there's an entire science based on the social determinants
Speaker 2: of health. And this basically means the conditions in the
Speaker 2: environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, And
Speaker 2: at the age that affects a wide range of health
Speaker 2: function and quality of life outcomes and risk. Basically, in
Speaker 2: the Atlanta area, there's health disparities in various zip codes
Speaker 2: depending upon whether you live above the I-20 perimeter or
Speaker 2: below the I-20. So, you know, health disparities. Access, things
Speaker 2: like food, deserts, all of these are things that over
Speaker 2: time can affect a person's health. And oftentimes it's not
Speaker 2: necessarily people that are undereducated. You can have a good education,
Speaker 2: but if you live in a certain difficult, your lifespan
Speaker 2: will be shorter because of that one choice that you
Speaker 2: made that you wanted to live on the south side
Speaker 2: of town or whatever. So they're going to be addressing
Speaker 2: those social determinants of health, Healthy People 2030, and that's
Speaker 2: something that we're going to be talking about as more
Speaker 2: information comes available. And so, Ricky, one of the things
Speaker 2: that's going to happen this weekend, Saturday, August 29th, the
Speaker 2: Sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated will host the
Speaker 2: Champion Impact Moment. This is in Atlanta. It's a citywide
Speaker 2: day of service and celebration in Atlanta. It's going to
Speaker 2: be at the Georgia International Convention Center. And this free
Speaker 2: event starts at 9 a.m. and goes to 12. And
Speaker 2: it's focusing on health, education, and family support. Myself and
Speaker 2: brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Paternity Incorporated, Rophi Lambda Chapter,
Speaker 2: will be presenting a forum focusing on men's health. And
Speaker 2: we have a segment, Ricky, called, you know, Alpha the
Speaker 2: Ice Cold. We have a forum called Cold Conversations. And
Speaker 2: this is going to be about men's physical and mental health.
Speaker 2: Letting men know that taking care of themselves, that it's
Speaker 2: going to be, you know, it's safe to do so.
Speaker 2: And that it's not, you're not weak if you decide
Speaker 2: you want to, you know, get counseling and things like that.
Speaker 2: So there you have it, Ricky. Let's go to the phones.
Speaker 2: You're on with Dr. Collier. Good morning.
Speaker 1: I have a stabbing pain between my shoulder and my joints.
Speaker 1: And it seems like it's internal, so I wanted to know,
Speaker 1: is that something that I should seek medical attention for
Speaker 1: or simply just take some meds or if you can
Speaker 1: tell me what it is?
Speaker 2: Okay, oftentimes from what you're describing, it can be gas.
Speaker 2: And so an anti-acid such as a Pepsit can give
Speaker 2: you relief. Try something like Mylanta or Maalox. If that
Speaker 2: does not, just take a standard anti-inflammatory such as Motrin, Advil,
Speaker 2: or Aleve to see if you can get some relief.
Speaker 2: If you have a history of injury, stretching, heavy lifting,
Speaker 2: you felt a pop or a pull, it might need
Speaker 2: to be further evaluated. Or if you don't get relief
Speaker 2: from those simple things, then definitely pain is always an
Speaker 2: indication that something is not right. Pain tells you I
Speaker 2: need to be evaluated. And, you know, don't minimize that.
Speaker 2: You go into the physician's office and that's the first
Speaker 2: thing you talk about, that I'm having this pain. How
Speaker 2: long has it been going on? Can you relate it
Speaker 2: to an activity or an injury that could have happened
Speaker 2: or not? And oftentimes if it's spontaneous, it definitely needs
Speaker 2: to be evaluated and possibly some imaging such as a
Speaker 2: CT scan or an MRI. All right, gentlemen, Dr. Collier,
Speaker 2: good morning. I recently started taking blood pressure medicine like
Speaker 2: last year, and it's starting to affect my performance in bed.
Speaker 2: So I want to know what can I do to
Speaker 2: reverse that. Okay. Treating hypertension, particularly in men of color,
Speaker 2: African-American men, it requires some great understanding of medications that
Speaker 2: can negatively impact your ability to get and maintain an
Speaker 2: erection or, you know, the choices that can be made
Speaker 2: to treat that blood pressure. Dr. Collier not only never
Speaker 2: puts anybody on those types of medications, always sometimes try
Speaker 2: to give you some medications that can enhance that. that function.
Speaker 2: The class of drugs that I like to use are
Speaker 2: called angiotensin receptor blockers or ARBs. What they do is
Speaker 2: block the effect of a hormone that makes your blood
Speaker 2: pressure go up under stress. When that hormone isn't present,
Speaker 2: the medications literally don't do anything. So they have zero
Speaker 2: side effects unless you're allergic to the product proper, which
Speaker 2: about 2% of people can be. So those help tremendously.
Speaker 2: And then vasodilators such as verapamil or amlodipine cause the
Speaker 2: blood vessels to increase in size because the mechanism of
Speaker 2: erection is one of blood flow. You get more blood
Speaker 2: flow going into that area, so you have a better response, longer,
Speaker 2: harder erections. So those are the two classes of drugs
Speaker 2: that I oftentimes will put patients on. It is unusual
Speaker 2: to not get good control with those. But then also
Speaker 2: look at other disease states like diabetes that can negatively
Speaker 2: impact that. And then it also could be a function
Speaker 2: of aging and low testosterone. Because if you were on
Speaker 2: the medication for over a year and not having a
Speaker 2: problem with it, there's really no reason for you to
Speaker 2: start having a problem with it now. And, Big Dog,
Speaker 2: when you get back right, stir it like coffee. Stir
Speaker 2: it like coffee. Stir that coffee. Life on the beach. Dr. Carly,
Speaker 2: let them know how you can be reached. Okay, Ricky Smiley, tonight, tonight, tonight,
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