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Public release date: 24 November 2008
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Testosterone resistant men can have sexual symptoms like manopause
Well, if you're a man and you are feeling irritated, tired and having low sex drive, then chances are that you could
experiment 'Manopause'. Yes, you heard it right. Just like women, men too could have 'male menopause'.
An earlier American study has found that as many as one in five males over the age of 65 could be experiencing symptoms
of this condition, which include low libido, irritability, tiredness, weight gain, sweating, aches and pains.
From the medical point of view, the male menopause is referred to as andropause - which means the decline in the sex
hormones (androgens) of men - namely testosterone. Testosterone plays a key role in health and wellbeing, as well as
sexual function. It regulates energy, increases the production of red blood cells and protects against osteoporosis
in adults
Apart of women, men fertility isn't affected when andropause occurs, and there is no dramatic decline in testosterone
but rather a natural, gradual reduction with age - about 0.5 per cent a year. However, some men become
testosterone-resistant in their late 50s, meaning that despite normal levels of the hormone, the body is no longer able
to respond to it in the same way.
The manopause symptoms are caused by this special condition when body becoming resistant to the effects of testosterone.
It's easily treated by giving more of the hormone, usually in the form of a gel or cream that can be rubbed into the
shoulders or abdomen daily.
According to Professor John McKinlay, of the New England Research Institute, there is no research to support the becoming
resistant syndrome. He advises that those experiencing symptoms should increase physical activity and go on a diet rather
than taking medication
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