The Symptoms Of Male Menopause

Perhaps due to reluctance of aged males in accepting their declining virility, male menopause is still an unsolved mystery to most of us. Everything about the phenomenon seems to be unexplained yet thereby causing people to cast misconceptions about the condition. Male menopause sometimes is also referred to as ‘andropause’, as these changes in male’s sexual performance occur due to lowering levels of androgen.

To certain extent, every man will face the symptoms of menopause. However, if a male understands the basic causes and reasons behind the symptoms of menopause, measures can be adopted to stop, avoid, reduce or eradicate symptoms in a man. Symptoms of male menopause can be easily observed with some attentiveness.

Common Symptoms Of Male Menopause

Some of the moist common symptoms of male menopause are:

• * Lowering Sex Drive – The most common symptom of male menopause is declining interest of a man in sex. Not only there is a decline in his sexual interest, but the man would refrain from have sexual intercourse also. Sexual frequency declines dramatically from 3-4 times in a week his twenties to once in a week during his fifties. An associated symptom is that the sexual activity feels less pleasurable for the person suffering from male menopause.
• * Fatigue – Energy levels of the man decline drastically, and he usually feels tired in performing various day-to-day activities. He generally avoids tiresome physical activities.
• * Lack Of Concentration – Though forgetfulness can be linked to anyone, notable changes in a man’s ability to memorize is observed in male menopause. It usually becomes difficult for the man to focus on anything.
• * Feeling Of Depression And Anxiety – Happenings or activities of others that once were handled with ease by the man now become tougher to tackle, this is seen as one of the key symptoms of male menopause. A man tends to stay in irritable moods for all day long, and show his anger on very subtle affairs.
• * Obesity – Loss of muscle mass in a man generally result in weight gain in the guise of body fat. With age a man tends to become fatter i.e grow a belly, which is one of the many symptoms of male menopause. Obesity also triggers a number of other health problems for the man.
• * Difficulties In Sleep – One of the major symptoms of male menopause is the man’s inability to attain deep sleep. Improper sleep triggers a number of serious health problems for the man. Such restlessness during sleeping causes irritation and anger for the entire day.
• * Osteoporosis – Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by declining bone mass in the man’s body. Bone loss usually happens in the man’s body during later ages, and it is one of the notable symptoms of male menopause. Women generally lose their bone mass in their thirties, while bone loss in men occurs during later stages of life.
• * Lowering Self-Confidence – Male menopause causes lack of self-confidence in man. Indecisiveness, confusion, inability to solve day-to-day problems, self-rejection, are some of the key symptoms of male menopause.

Though some of these are common to other diseases also, knowledge of these symptoms will surely help the man in countering male menopause in an effective way.