Menopause in men does not exist?

Are there menopause for the man

03/17/2015

Menopause turns women upside down. Some of the symptoms associated with this are hot flushes, irritability, nervousness, sleep disorders or dizziness. Also at „strengthen“ Gender comes in advanced age to hormone changes. So is there menopause even in men??

No rash testosterone therapies in seniors
According to a report by the news agency AFP, experts have advised against premature testosterone therapies in older men. The speaker of the German Society of Endocrinology (DGE), Helmut Schatz, emphasized on Monday in Stuttgart, that in Germany only three to five percent of men between 60 and 79 years of a true testosterone deficiency, which explains a loss of libido and other symptoms affected are. This group, which includes men who are severely overweight (obese) or have high blood lipid levels or high blood sugar, can be helped by hormone therapy. According to Schatz, there are none „menopause“ with the man.

Man's testosterone level is decreasing every year
Other experts, however, speak of male menopause, which are referred to medically as andropause. During this time, sufferers often complain of sexual aversion, loss of performance, skin changes as well as depression and erectile dysfunction. As it says in the AFP report, the testosterone level of the man drops from about the age of 40 annually by one to two percent, which usually has no noticeable effect. Male seniors over the age of 60 are more likely to suffer from depression, weight gain, fatigue, nervousness and loss of libido and, more rarely, a kind of hot flush. „These symptoms can have a variety of causes, and the drop in the testosterone level may be one reason“, explained DGE Vice President Sven Diederich. However, most men would have no treatment-requiring lack of the sex hormone.

Authority demands warnings
Therefore, the experts warned against prescribing testosterone without criticism and without determination of hormone levels, if only some signs of a testosterone deficiency talk. According to Schatz, there is controversy and further research into whether and what risks testosterone therapy has in older men. According to the DGE, the FDA in the US requires manufacturers to include warnings in the leaflets. (Ad)

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