Health: Andropause and Hair Loss

Andropause and Hair Loss

Written by Cathy Taylor

Andropause and hair loss often go hand in hand. Imagine clumps of hair falling off your head, or observing strands of once healthy hair collecting in repparttar

shower drain. Maybe you run your hand through your hair and feel it thinning. It can feel daunting and quite scary. Typically, hair loss is a result of an imbalance of male testosterone hormone in repparttar 113746

body. Instead of infusing repparttar 113747

hair with healthy testosterone, enzymes break it down to a simpler form known as dihydrotestosterone.

An excess of this hormone has repparttar 113748 effect of decreasing repparttar 113749 size of hair follicles which eventually break down and make your hair fall off sporadically. The medical condition that is best associated with hair loss in Andropause sufferers is hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism is a by-product of decreasing levels of Human Growth Hormone, which is responsible for regulating our aging process.

Andropause sufferers’ hormones have a profound effect on repparttar 113750 rate and consistency of hair loss. Dihydrotestosterone (considered by medical circles repparttar 113751 strongest, most potent form of testosterone) is responsible for building and growing body hair in men (at normal levels - an excess causes hair degeneration.) This includes body hair, pubic hair, head hair, armpit hair – any hair. DHT is directly produced in repparttar 113752 skin, made to work by supporting enzymes that break it down for distribution throughout repparttar 113753 body.

DHT levels are present more in certain areas of repparttar 113754 body than in others – explaining why we may have a full crop of hair on our heads and little bushes of hair on our chests and backs. Realize, women also have DHT in their bodies but produce less of it. That explains why women don’t have body hair. Case in point: an excess of DHT is prevalent in Andropause sufferers, explaining repparttar 113755 reason for hair loss. The enzyme used to break down testosterone to dihydrotestosterone is ¨over activated¨ - working too hard and too fast. This is repparttar 113756 primary cause for this Andropausal condition.

Andropause and Erectile Dysfunction

Written by Cathy Taylor

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signature symptoms of Andropause is erectile dysfunction (ED). An embarrassing, nerve-wrecking experience, ED is when a male cannot perform for his female partner. In layman’s terms, it is repparttar 113745

inability to have an erect penis during sexual activity.

It is repparttar 113746 primary issue amongst men in regards to their sex lives. Let’s become acquainted with how a full erection works and why this condition exists.

Men under repparttar 113747 influence of Andropause have erectile dysfunction no matter what’s on their mind. Thinking of a nude Playboy centerfold model would likely induce pleasant and sexual thoughts into a man. Sexual thoughts, however detailed or brief they may be, are produced in repparttar 113748 brain. After all, repparttar 113749 brain is responsible for thinking.

These sexual thoughts directly spark nerve signals down through repparttar 113750 spinal cord and into repparttar 113751 muscles of repparttar 113752 penis. These nerves send a flow of blood running through repparttar 113753 arteries in repparttar 113754 penis while it is in a relaxed state, building pressure. A man without

Andropause can have a constant, steady flow of blood flowing to his penis arteries in a good amount. The more blood that flows down there, repparttar 113755 harder and longer your erection will be! When sexual thoughts creep out of your mind and you’re focused on another activity, your penis returns to its relaxed state.

We can guess Andropause sufferers are going to have to do something else rather than think about that nude Playboy model to obtain an erection!

Erectile dysfunction can attribute to psychological causes. Psychological causes can include having fear of our female partners (especially when it is a specific person with whom we feel shy with), depression, lack of self esteem, and cluelessness as to what to do with certain parts of repparttar 113756 female anatomy. Our bodies are exposed ¨to repparttar 113757 air¨ and we often times feel ashamed of what we look like to our partners.

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