Low testosterone levels to blame for low libido, fatigue and weight gain

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While most frequently associated with women's health, age-related hormone changes, often dubbed menopause, can occur in men as well, causing symptoms of fatigue, mood swings, decreased desire for sex, hair loss, lack of concentration and weight gain. Experts estimate that more than 5 million men are affected, yet worry the number may be considerably higher since symptoms are frequently ignored.

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[1rarebird]

Note that with male breast cancer, testosterone hormone replacement therapy is not a good idea, as this article points out. And to add injury to insult, men who are placed on Tamoxifen to treat their ER+ breast cancer can expect hot flashes in addition to many of the other symptoms attributed to low testosterone levels. --bird