How Vascular Disease Can Impact Sex... and What to do About It

 If you have been diagnosed with a form of vascular disease such as Heart Disease, plaque build-up that has the potential to restrict blood flow in the coronary arteries, or Peripheral Artery Disease, which impacts the leg arteries then it is likely you have plaque build-up in other vessels in the body, even those that feed the prostate. In this episode, hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips are joined by board-certified Vascular andInterventional Radiologist Dr. Charles Nutting, who specializes in prostate artery embolization (PAE) , an outpatient procedure that involves the release of microscopic, plastic beads into the arteries that feed the prostate gland. Wediscuss who might be a candidate, the risks involved, how to talk to your doctor about sexual dysfunction, what might be causing it, and available treatment options. A patient, Douglas also shares his personal story, experiencing sexual dysfunction as the first sign of systemic vascular problems and how his disease evolved. Kym is also LIVE from the Vascular Institute in Sacramento, California where she observed Dr. Inder Singh saving the leg of a The Way To My Heart patient who was on deck for a below-the-knee amputation. Dr. Singh shares how he was able to restore additional blood flow to heal the wounds on the patient's foot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.