"A man who meets people" is "irritable" "There is no appetite and libido." -. A man who is suffering from these symptoms in men in their 40s to 50s who perform their jobs in a powerful working place may be a "menopausal disorder." In recent years, it has become widely known that males have menopausal disorders as well as females, but there are research data that there are 6 million potential patients in Japan, but there are few people who are receiving treatment It is slight. Therefore, regarding the diagnosis / treatment method from the signs of the menopausal disorder caused by the decrease in secretion amount of the male hormone "testosterone" , continued from last time , honorary president of Japan Men 's Health Medical Association, 88 - year - old doctor, Etsu Kumamoto I asked Mr. Aki.
Stress triggered onset
Menopausal disorder that develops in age when sexual hormone (male hormone, female hormone) decreases. Women develop in 10 years before and after menopause from 45 to 55 years old due to the sharp decline of estrogen, one of female hormones. Meanwhile, since there is no physiological change in female menopause, men tend to have a tendency to worsen even though they are suffering from various symptoms, "If you do your best you will do something", you go through and get over it.
The cause of men 's menopausal disorder is the decrease in the amount of "testosterone" produced, one of the male hormones explained last time. Among male hormones collectively called "androgens", testosterone is the most secreted and has the strongest action compared to androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
Its production gradually declined with peaks in her twenties, and it decreased to half of its peak at around the age of 50. On average men develop menopausal disorders between 55 and 65 years of age. However, individual differences are intense, some people suffer from menopausal disorder, the amount of secreted testosterone sharply decreases even in the latter half of thirties. The cause is stress.
In men, 95% of testosterone is made of testicles (testicles), 5% by adrenal glands. It is a gonadotropin (gonadotropin) secreted from the endocrine organ called the anterior pituitary gland that controls the function of the testes. When the stress is strong, the amount of secreted conradotropin decreases, and accompanying it, the production amount of testosterone also decreases.
Men in their 40s and 50s increase their responsibilities at the company and at home, but stress increases, but stress tolerance decreases compared to young men. People who have worked as a balinese worker in the 20s and 30s also plus a strong age and a strong stress triggered, and many cases of young menopausal disorder develops in recent years.