Female menopause is very common and has been
known about for a very long time, but it has
been only recently discovered within the
last ten years that men also go through
very similar symptoms that are almost
identical to a woman's as testosterone
levels diminish and hormonal imbalance
occurs.
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A
MEDICAL DEBATE
The medical community has been debating the
existence of male menopause for a
considerable period of time. The questions
is does it really exist?, If so, what
effects does it have on men? What are the
symptoms? Is it treatable? And what can a
man do to prevent or postpone its arrival?
And finally what is the similarity to a
female menopause?
Can this just
be a figment of imagination? Can the
symptoms just be a dramatization of known
facts about women's menopause? Or can this
just be a non existent entity? Can this just
be a feminists activity to emasculate men?
Only until
recently, the entire subject of the male
menopause was filled with confusion and
controversy. While women were accused of
going through middle-aged crisis and
menopause-related aberrations, their male
counterparts got away with propagating the
myth of the 'ageless male' and boasted of
virility all the way to their graves.
SO
WHO DOES IT EFFECT
It
would seem reasonable to assume that as a
man ages, the body changes and medical
evidence clearly proves that a man's
sexuality changes with the advancing aging
process. The instant, anytime, 'as many
times as you want' erections that are more
the rule rather than the exception at age
18, do not last forever. With advancing age,
the urge slows down, erections take time to
come on, anytime is not a good time and the
penis requires more direct stimulation in
order to get aroused. And besides, the
erections may not be as rigid and firm, and
ejaculations become more feeble. The over
all recovery period gets prolonged.
The
masturbation process has been blamed and so
has the viewpoint that a middle aged man has
had enough sex so as to not be so
preoccupied with it any longer? Could it be
that his wife has aged a bit and she is no
longer as physically attractive or
interested as before? Or is it because of
the physical and mental pressures of the
job, or the demands of parenthood,
pre-occupation with the lives of grown-up
children or aging parents?
IS
MIDDLE AGE CRISIS THE SAME AS MALE MENOPAUSE
Yes say doctor's, there is something known
as a mid-life crisis. This is often a time
in life when stability has been achieved and
the struggles that were once a large part of
life are now at an end. This new awareness
that a life change has taken place can
sometimes trigger a crisis. For some men,
new found stability may signify an end to
vitality or youth. Many men find that after
spending a lifetime working towards the
goals of family and peers, the end result is
unfulfilling. This is also often a time of
change. Major shifts in career, marriage and
parenting often occurs during this time
period.. And, along with the physical signs
of aging comes realization of impending old
age and retirement. This time of life will
only become a crisis if the changes become
too difficult to cope with.
So, mid -life
crisis, thus, is essentially a problem of
psycho-social adjustments, diet, life style
modification and activity level's and
attitude towards self and others. It need
not necessarily have a bearing on a man's
sex life. It is then not synonymous with the
male menopause although there is frequently
a superimposition of male menopausal factors
in middle-aged men going through crises and
this makes the picture some what hazy.
Sometimes referred to as the baby boomer
curse which even adds more confusion to
understanding the actual problem.
WHAT
IS MALE MENOPAUSE
Male
menopause, is a distinct physiological
phenomenon that is in many way's very
similar to, yet in some ways quite different
from the female menopause.
Menopause is a
condition most often associated with women,
It occurs in a women when she ceases to
menstruate and can no longer become
pregnant. Men experience a different type of
'menopause' of life change. It usually
occurs between the ages of 45 and 60. Unlike
women, men can continue to father children,
but the production of the male sex hormone
(testosterone) diminishes gradually after
age 40.
Testosterone
is the hormone that stimulates sexual
development in the male infant, bone and
muscle growth in adult males, and is
responsible for sexual drive. It has been
found that even in healthy men, by the age
the 50's, the amount of testosterone
secreted into the bloodstream is
significantly lower than it is just ten -
fifteen years earlier. In fact, by age 80,
most male hormone levels decrease to
pre-puberty levels.
In the year
1944, what we now describe as the male
menopause was reported in a key article by
two American doctors, Dr. Carl Heller and
Dr. Gordon Myers. They compared the symptoms
with those of the female menopause, and did
a blind controlled trial study showing the
effectiveness of testosterone treatment.
Unfortunately,
like many pioneering efforts, this went
unnoticed. Men were unwilling to accept that
they could attain 'menopause' and such
research was often hurriedly brushed under
the carpet. Men with genuine symptoms were
told that 'this is just a mid-life crisis'
Besides, testosterone therapy had come into
disrepute because of its abuse by athletes
and the concept of testosterone replacement
therapy for male menopausal symptoms was not
received very well. Further, there was much
hype about the side effects of testosterone,
especially prostate cancer.
It was only
after HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) with
estrogens produced tangible symptomatic
improvement and 'aging reversal' in
post-menopausal women that men sat up and,
not wanting to get left behind their
womenfolk, began to take notice!
WHAT
ARE THE SYMPTOMS
The
symptoms of male menopause are not as
overwhelming as the ones women experience
and male menopause does not affect all men.
Approximately 40% of men between 40 and 60
years of age will experience some degree of
lethargy, depression, increased
irritability, mood swings, hot flashes,
insomnia, decreased libido, weakness, loss
of both lean body mass and bone mass (making
them susceptible to hip fractures) and
difficulty in attaining and sustaining
erections.
For these
individuals, such unanticipated physical and
psychological changes can be a major cause
for concern or even crisis. Without and
understanding partner, these problems may
result in a powerful combination of
anxieties and doubts, which can lead to
total impotence and sexual frustration.
A recent aging
study showed that 51% of normal, healthy
males aged 40 to 70 experience some degree
of impotence - defined as a persistent
problem attaining and maintaining an
erection rigid enough for sexual
intercourse. This problem cannot be
attributed to the aging process alone,
however, because well over 40% of males
remain sexually active at 70 years of age
and beyond.
Although
all the causes of male menopause have not
been fully researched, some factors that are
known to contribute to this condition are
hormone deficiencies, excessive alcohol
consumption, smoking, hypertension,
prescription and non prescription
medications, poor diet, lack of exercise,
poor circulation, and psychological
problems. A general decline in potency at
mid-life can be expected in a significant
proportion of the male population.
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