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There is a lot of misinformation out in the internet in regards to low testerone. Do you have it? What are the causes and effects? What are the possible treatments? We have done much research in this field and have put together this site. We hope you find it of use.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Causes of Low Testerone

Low testerone is known by several terms. The more scientific way of calling it is "testerone deficiency". The medical term is hypogonadism. It is important to know the causes of this painful syndrome that could shorten one's lifespan. Sometimes it is simply in one's genetics. But low testerone can also be a result of some of life's unfortunate events.

Causes are divided into two types: primary and secondary. Primary causes are ones that originate from the testicles. Secondary come from the hypothalamus or pituitary gland.

Low testerone can be caused by a number of things. These include damage or disease to the pituitary gland, testicles or hypothalamus. Things that could do this include
chemotherapy, damage during surgery, glandular malformation, head trauma, infection (typically a mumps infection), hemochromatosis (too much iron in the blood), isolated LH deficiency (e.g., fertile eunuch syndrome), inflammatory disease, radiation testicular trauma and tumors of the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, or testicles. Men with hypertension, obesity or diabetes are more than twice as likely to have hypogonadism. Only 10% receive treatment for this medical syndrome.

Testerone production also declines as one ages. By the age of 80, production is only typically between 20-50% of peak production. It is estimated that 20% of men over the age of 60 would benefit from Testerone Replacement Therapy (TRT). This is sometimes referred to as "andropause". So even if one manages to avoid the unfortunate events listed above, one cannot avoid the effects of aging.

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