Men's power reduction also! How do 40s and 50s overcome "men's menopause" What is "testosterone" that is also related to healthy longevity? (Part 2)

Be aware of depression and mistaken symptoms

The menopausal disorder of the middle age male is medically called "aged male hypogonadism syndrome (LOH syndrome)". Since testosterone acts on various organ functions and involves vasodilatation, fat metabolism, bone / muscle growth, brain activity, and so on, testosterone secretion is reduced, so that hot flashes similar to female menopausal symptoms, Physical symptoms such as night sweat, tinnitus, frequent urination, muscle weakness, weight gain, decline in concentration and memory ability, mental / psychological symptoms such as insomnia, annoyance, depression, anxiety, sexual function · erectile dysfunction, decreased sexual desire etc. Sexual function related symptoms appear.

As stress triggers the onset, in the menopausal disorder of the 40 to 50 years, there are many cases where mental and psychological symptoms are strong and often resembles symptoms of depression, many people visit psychosomatic medicine or psychiatry It seems. Some antidepressants administered as therapeutic agents have the action of increasing hormone secretion called prolactin that suppresses testosterone, so care must be taken because there is a risk of depression symptoms worsening.

Even men who did not experience menopausal impairment in their 40s and 50s, they will suffer from the symptoms caused by testosterone lowering in their 60s. Even if it says "LOH syndrome" in a bite, the symptoms vary with age.

Therefore, those with physical symptoms such as poor physical condition such as fatigue feeling, muscle weakness, pain such as shoulder, waist, back, etc. appear more strongly than mental and psychological symptoms at 60 to 80 years old, "Age-old disorder" is defined as "progressive age disorder" and "age-old disorder", those that are 80 years of age or older, "Locomotive syndrome (exerciser syndrome)" which makes walking and standing sitting difficult, etc. and weak syndrome due to reduced immunity are also advanced I think that it should be divided and considered. The maturity disorder and senile stage disorder not only simply decrease the testosterone value but also the cell disorder due to aging, so symptoms and treatment become very complicated.

"Early morning" is a barometer of vascular health

There is the disappearance of "Early morning erection (rising in the morning)" as an important sign of decreasing the amount of testosterone secretion. We alternate "non-REM sleep" and "REM sleep" alternately, but in the REM sleep period the penis repeats the erection. I call the erection that I awake at the timing of this REM sleep is called "erection".

"Erecture at night sleep" can be said to be a "physiological phenomenon" of a male's brain, seen from the time the boy is in the womb, regardless of sexual excitement. Erection time during sleep is almost correlated with testosterone value (numerical value showing testosterone secretion amount), and in twenties it is half of the total sleeping time, in the 50s and 50s, even in quarters and 60s health If it is 1/5 is happening.