Gay male testosterone drop.Millions of men experience a potentially harmful drop in their testosterone testosterone (tĕstŏs`tərōn), principal androgen, or male sex hormone. One of the group of compounds known as anabolic steroids, testosterone is secreted by the testes (see testis) but is also synthesized in small quantities in the levels as they get older, but for many gay men it may not be a matter of middle age. Sometimes called andropause andropause /an·dro·pause/ (an´dro-pawz) a variable complex of symptoms, including decreased Leydig cell numbers and androgen production, occurring in men after middle age, purported to be analogous to menopause in women. , the loss of testosterone can cause memory loss, depression, and decreased sex drive, and it usually affects men age 50 or older. But gay men may start experiencing it as early as age 35, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Abraham Kryger, a California-based physician and author of Listen to Your Hormones: A Doctor's Guide to Sex, Love, and Long Life. "Gay and bisexual men have higher levels of free testosterone in their bodies, which easily converts to dihydrotestosterone dihydrotestosterone /di·hy·dro·tes·tos·te·rone/ (DHT) (-tes-tos´te-ron) an androgenic hormone formed in peripheral tissue by the action of 5 on testosterone; thought to be the androgen responsible for development of male primary sex , a hormone that is associated with the male aging process," Kryger said of the phenomenon. There are a number of effective treatments, and he added that limiting nicotine and alcohol consumption could help ward off the problem. |
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