Mens' Hormones
The scoop on male hormones
If you think women are the only ones susceptible to hormone problems, think again.
Out-of-whack hormones can make you store too much fat, hamper your ability to fight stress, and cause you to eat when you're full. It can lead to metabolic syndrome and diabetes and can adversely affect your sleep and sex life.
In fact, male hormone imbalances an manifest themselves in a variety of ways:
Difficulty Passing Urine Impotence Prostate Inflammation Headaches / Migraines
Mood swings / Depression Inability to lose weight Fatigue Foggy thinking / Memory loss
Lack of interest in Sex Water retention / Bloating Low Blood Sugar Adult Acne
Reduced Muscular Strength Enlarged Prostate Erectile Dysfunction Lowered Libido
Burning Sensation Urinating Panic / Weeping Blood Sugar Imbalance Leg / Muscle Cramps
Feelings of being crazy Hysteria Allergies Swollen feet / ankle
Low Thyroid symptoms Low Sperm Count Incontinence Lack of Sex Drive
Prostate Cancer Breast Enlargement Rapid Weight loss Hair loss
Hypoglycemia Anger / Irritability Bone loss (Osteoporosis) Age and Liver spots
Dry aging skin Insomnia Diabetes
A few predominant male hormone deficiencies include:
Andropause (or) Androgen / Testosterone Deficiency
Androgens are male hormones. The best known is testosterone. It's not routine to measure these hormones. However, medical professionals may recommend tests for men with certain symptoms or medical problems. Examples include problems with sexual function or osteoporosis. Studies have shown that many men who have symptoms of low male hormone levels are not being treated. In a study of 1,486 men, about 5.5% had untreated androgen deficiency.
Andropause is a hormone imbalance due to the lack or absence of testosterone. Historically, by the age of 55 the amounts of testosterone secreted by the testes is significantly lower than it was at the age of 40 years. By the age of 80 most of the male hormone levels decrease to pre-puberty levels. In fact, Human Growth Hormone (from the Pituitary); and DHEA and Androstenedione (from the Adrenal Glands) all drop steadily over the decades as well.
Recent studies have demonstrated that low testosterone in men is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and an almost 50% increase in mortality over a seven year period.
Natural testosterone treatment usually requires a medical practitioner’s prescription. Men can be prescribed bioidentical testosterone creams (available from compounding pharmacies). Bioidentical testosterone has the same molecular structure and will increase free and total testosterone in the blood.
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) is a result of hormone imbalance. The incidence of BPH is dependant on the action of male hormones (androgens) within the prostate gland. These changes within the prostate gland reflect the many significant changes in both male (androgen), female (estrogen) and pituitary hormone levels in men.
The ultimate effect of these changes is that there is an increased concentration of testosterone within the prostate gland and an increased conversion of this testosterone to an even more potent form known as DiHydroTestosterone (DHT). The increase in levels of testosterone and DHT is largely due to a decreased rate of removal combined with an increase in the activity of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, which converts testosterone to DHT. Elevated levels of estrogen inhibits the elimination of DHT from the prostate gland in cases of BPH.
As men age, progesterone levels fall, testosterone becomes converted to DiHydroTestosterone (DHT) and estrogen levels rise and become dominant. The effect of this is weight gain, some breast enlargement, an enlarged prostate gland and sometimes prostate cancer. Testosterone actually protects against prostate cancer, whereas DHT does not protect against the carcinogenic effects of increased estrogen.
If you think women are the only ones susceptible to hormone problems, think again.
Out-of-whack hormones can make you store too much fat, hamper your ability to fight stress, and cause you to eat when you're full. It can lead to metabolic syndrome and diabetes and can adversely affect your sleep and sex life.
In fact, male hormone imbalances an manifest themselves in a variety of ways:
Difficulty Passing Urine Impotence Prostate Inflammation Headaches / Migraines
Mood swings / Depression Inability to lose weight Fatigue Foggy thinking / Memory loss
Lack of interest in Sex Water retention / Bloating Low Blood Sugar Adult Acne
Reduced Muscular Strength Enlarged Prostate Erectile Dysfunction Lowered Libido
Burning Sensation Urinating Panic / Weeping Blood Sugar Imbalance Leg / Muscle Cramps
Feelings of being crazy Hysteria Allergies Swollen feet / ankle
Low Thyroid symptoms Low Sperm Count Incontinence Lack of Sex Drive
Prostate Cancer Breast Enlargement Rapid Weight loss Hair loss
Hypoglycemia Anger / Irritability Bone loss (Osteoporosis) Age and Liver spots
Dry aging skin Insomnia Diabetes
A few predominant male hormone deficiencies include:
Andropause (or) Androgen / Testosterone Deficiency
Androgens are male hormones. The best known is testosterone. It's not routine to measure these hormones. However, medical professionals may recommend tests for men with certain symptoms or medical problems. Examples include problems with sexual function or osteoporosis. Studies have shown that many men who have symptoms of low male hormone levels are not being treated. In a study of 1,486 men, about 5.5% had untreated androgen deficiency.
Andropause is a hormone imbalance due to the lack or absence of testosterone. Historically, by the age of 55 the amounts of testosterone secreted by the testes is significantly lower than it was at the age of 40 years. By the age of 80 most of the male hormone levels decrease to pre-puberty levels. In fact, Human Growth Hormone (from the Pituitary); and DHEA and Androstenedione (from the Adrenal Glands) all drop steadily over the decades as well.
Recent studies have demonstrated that low testosterone in men is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and an almost 50% increase in mortality over a seven year period.
Natural testosterone treatment usually requires a medical practitioner’s prescription. Men can be prescribed bioidentical testosterone creams (available from compounding pharmacies). Bioidentical testosterone has the same molecular structure and will increase free and total testosterone in the blood.
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH)
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) is a result of hormone imbalance. The incidence of BPH is dependant on the action of male hormones (androgens) within the prostate gland. These changes within the prostate gland reflect the many significant changes in both male (androgen), female (estrogen) and pituitary hormone levels in men.
The ultimate effect of these changes is that there is an increased concentration of testosterone within the prostate gland and an increased conversion of this testosterone to an even more potent form known as DiHydroTestosterone (DHT). The increase in levels of testosterone and DHT is largely due to a decreased rate of removal combined with an increase in the activity of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, which converts testosterone to DHT. Elevated levels of estrogen inhibits the elimination of DHT from the prostate gland in cases of BPH.
As men age, progesterone levels fall, testosterone becomes converted to DiHydroTestosterone (DHT) and estrogen levels rise and become dominant. The effect of this is weight gain, some breast enlargement, an enlarged prostate gland and sometimes prostate cancer. Testosterone actually protects against prostate cancer, whereas DHT does not protect against the carcinogenic effects of increased estrogen.
