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For
Testosterone Deficient Men
The National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
suggests that screening for
testosterone deficiency in
patients reporting erectile
dysfunction should be a part of
the initial exam. For some
patients with an established
diagnosis of testicular failure
(hypogonadism). ART or androgen
replacement therapy may sometimes
be effective in improving
erectile function.
Symptoms
associated with male hypogonadism
include the following: impotence,
and decreased sexual desire,
fatigue, and loss of energy, mood
depression and regression of
secondary sexual characteristics
(such as testicle size, firmness
and size of erections and facial
and body hair growth.
Men who have problems with sexual
function may even have
appropriate total testosterone levels
for their age group, but the free or
circulating T may be low.
Free T is an important
marker for the effectiveness of
testosterone's action.
For Mature
Men
Even
amongst men of different age
groups, testosterone levels vary.
As women have been found to live
longer and age more gracefully
with hormone replacement therapy
(HRT), men too are learning that
the quality of their lives, their
risk of heart disease and other
age related changes such as
osteoporosis, loss of libido and
erectile dysfunction are
dependent on the adequacy or
deficiency of testosterone.
Hormone deficient men improve
with many forms of androgen
replacement therapy (ART). Patches and
shots are no longer the only way
to replace testosterone in both
men and women.
These forms are
inconvenient and result in
fluctuating free T (FT) levels which create
imbalances in the ratio of T metabolites such
as Estrogen or Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) .
In Europe DHT gels are used to treat erectile dysfunction. (ED).
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