Natural Hormone Therapy For Men Women and Children written by Michael E. Platt MD Tells How Men Suffer from Male Menopause and Other Health Issues Due to Hormone Problems
Andropause – The Male Menopause. An often over-looked fact is that men and women produce exactly the same hormones. As is the case in women, hormone levels become lower in men as they get older. Since hormones affect every system of the body, there are profound changes that occur as one ages. Interestingly, it is more important for men to receive bio-identical hormone replacement than it is for women. The consequences of altered hormone levels in men may lead to coronary artery disease, Alzheimer’s disease, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, depression, etc.
(PRWEB) March 30, 2005
Testosterone. Unquestionably, the most important hormone to be considered for replacement is testosterone. It is most often thought of as a sex hormone, and it is, but it has other functions that are probably more vital.
It is the main hormone for the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies done by the National Institute of Health have confirmed this. It is the number one hormone for heart tissue, affecting the coronary arteries themselves, the conduction system and most importantly, the heart muscle itself. There are more testosterone receptor sites in heart muscle than in any other muscle in the body. Two studies came out in 2003 demonstrating the use of testosterone in men with massive heart attacks. This is a situation that almost always results in the occurrence of congestive heart failure (CHF) – a weakening of the heart muscle resulting in the back up of fluid into the lungs and possibly the rest of the body. Those groups of men who received testosterone failed to develop CHF; the other group all went into failure.
The development of osteoporosis, although not as common in men as women, actually has more dire consequences. A fractured hip in a male, most commonly related to osteoporosis, has a 25% mortality rate in the first year of occurrence. Testosterone prevents and reverses osteoporosis.
An extremely common consequence of low testosterone levels in men is the onset of depression. They lose their interest in life, they lose their vigor; their joi de vie; their energy levels go down. Replacement of testosterone in these situations brings back energy, restores lost strength, replaces an interest in life and leads to the buildup of muscle.
Very often the libido returns. IÂ’ve had male patients in their 70Â’s that hadnÂ’t had sex in 25 years who are now having sex on a daily basis. Of course, their partnerÂ’s hormones had to be dealt with as well.
LetÂ’s take a closer look at what happens to menÂ’s hormones. Around the age of 50 menÂ’s production of progesterone drops to very low levels. Starting in their 20Â’s, menÂ’s level of testosterone starts dropping, becoming very low by the age of 60. While this is happening, the level of estradiol is rising. Men in their 50Â’s and beyond almost always have higher levels of estrogen than women have.
Keep in mind that estrogen causes six different cancers in women. It is the only known cause of uterine cancer (except for the drug tamoxifen). Embryologically, the uterus and the prostate both arise from the same tissue. If estrogen is basically the only cause of uterine cancer then is it possible that estrogen is the hormone that causes prostate cancer? Logically, it would appear to be so. Yet, in some cases, estrogen is used to treat prostate cancer!
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