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Testosterone Deficiency
Effects of low testosterone on men's bodies
What is testosterone?
Testosterone is a hormone responsible for normal growth and development of the male sex and reproduction organs, including the penis, the testicles, scrotum, the prostate and seminal vesicles. Testosterone promotes the development of the secondary male sex characteristics such as bone mass, fat distribution, muscle, hair patterns and voice modulation (a deep voice). It also maintains energy levels, sexual desire, fertility and mood.
Testosterone production increases dramatically with onset of puberty. As we get older testosterone production declines. About 50 million men in the United States will be experiencing some sort of hormone deficiency, 600,000 will be receiving treatment. Testosterone can cause male pattern baldness
Testosterone, alcohol and your liver
Healthy normal men, consuming reasonable amounts of alcoholic drink, experience a 20% drop in their serum levels of testosterone. In chronic alcoholics with extensive liver damage those levels can be reduced by as much as 50% and they can become feminized (loose facial and pubic hair, become impotent, and fat deposits behind the nipples will give the appearance of breasts).
Testosterone and disease
Testosterone deficiency may be a result of diseases such as Klienfelters syndrome, Anorchia (vanishing testes syndrome) or damage from surgery, chemotherapy, anabolic steroid use or radiation, to the hypothalamus or pituitary gland (in the brain), or testicles. The result is that production and release of testosterone is inhibited.
Erectile dysfunction and testosterone
Erectile dysfunction can be a result of insufficient testosterone.
Underdevelopment of the penis and testes at puberty can also be a sign testosterone deficiency.
Effects of low testosterone on men's bodies
What is testosterone?
Testosterone is a hormone responsible for normal growth and development of the male sex and reproduction organs, including the penis, the testicles, scrotum, the prostate and seminal vesicles. Testosterone promotes the development of the secondary male sex characteristics such as bone mass, fat distribution, muscle, hair patterns and voice modulation (a deep voice). It also maintains energy levels, sexual desire, fertility and mood.
Testosterone production increases dramatically with onset of puberty. As we get older testosterone production declines. About 50 million men in the United States will be experiencing some sort of hormone deficiency, 600,000 will be receiving treatment. Testosterone can cause male pattern baldness
Testosterone, alcohol and your liver
Healthy normal men, consuming reasonable amounts of alcoholic drink, experience a 20% drop in their serum levels of testosterone. In chronic alcoholics with extensive liver damage those levels can be reduced by as much as 50% and they can become feminized (loose facial and pubic hair, become impotent, and fat deposits behind the nipples will give the appearance of breasts).
Testosterone and disease
Testosterone deficiency may be a result of diseases such as Klienfelters syndrome, Anorchia (vanishing testes syndrome) or damage from surgery, chemotherapy, anabolic steroid use or radiation, to the hypothalamus or pituitary gland (in the brain), or testicles. The result is that production and release of testosterone is inhibited.
Erectile dysfunction and testosterone
Erectile dysfunction can be a result of insufficient testosterone.
Underdevelopment of the penis and testes at puberty can also be a sign testosterone deficiency.
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