Millenium Health Tips

The andropause is the decay over time of physiological functions, ranging from cognitive to physical ones. After a certain age (50 years), begin to feel diminished concentration and memory, lose muscle strength, and there is an increase of fat and changes the distribution of the same in the body. Alteration in the sleep rhythm, mood swings, depression of varying severity, one loses interest in things, emotional changes and mood, deforms unannounced.

Symptoms and Diagnosis

Experts have a series of questionnaires and through measures which detect if there is:

• Loss of muscle mass Osteoporosis

• Difficulties

• Attention and Concentration Changes in mood

• Sexual disturbances

• Loss of genital hair,

• Nervousness and irritability

• Depression

• Fatigue

• Decreased memory

• Decreased libido

• Sleep disturbances

• Loss of confidence and indecision

• Tingling in extremities

• Constipation Headache

• Heats Desire to mourn, itching, sweating, cold hands and feet

Hormonal changes also affect of course the sexual sphere: it reduces the number of nighttime erections is a need for more physical stimulation to achieve erection, ejaculation is delayed, the seminal volume and force of the ejaculate are lower, and the sexual appetite is diminished.

Factors Influencing

There are many other factors that will influence to mood swings, irritability, insomnia, depression, decreased body mass (because of decreased physical activity) and therefore decreased strength and stamina, bone pain with a predominance of hip and spine, decreased sexual desire and a gradual decline of penile erectile capacity, short of impotence. These consequences, which are produced from the “midlife crises” are also influenced by a range of biopsychosocial factors socio-environmental. At this age there are factors that afectanel good health, labor activity and ends or is difficult to get work. Examples are postjubilación depression, social activity also taper economic pressures increase, the family undergoes changes (the children leave home or marry), and there have u na neglect good nutrition balanced, as required from this phase. The sedentary lifestyle and other factors are contributing to the crisis of 50 and more years old. Also the presence of chronic degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular (hypertension and disorders of the circulation), enzymes, the same aging process (atherosclerosis), diabetes mellitus, therapeutic drug use permanently or for long periods, thyroid dysfunction, smoking and chronic alcoholism.

Treatment and Recommendations

Therapeutic solutions provide testosterone replacement that is lost, though still controversial. Hormone therapy gets reverse the symptoms and has beneficial effects on heart function, increasing the sense of wellbeing and quality of life of man.

• Do not give up sexuality.

• Find new ways to relieve stress.

• Exercise regularly

• Talk about it with partner, openly and without fear.

• Find a friend who I support or other support group

• Eat a nutritious diet, low in fat and high in fiber.

• Ensure adequate sleep

• Limit alcohol and caffeine that will produce more change.

• Erectile dysfunction is a very common condition that can have a psychological or organic origin. The most common causes are diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, use of certain drugs and aging.

• It is important to maintain a stable sexual activity, since it has been shown to have a beneficial effect on the actual erection.

• Although erectile capacity changes with age, no man is too old to see a problem of erectile dysfunction.

• The hormonal changes affect not only human sexuality but have effects on their quality of life, making its physical capacity, intellectual performance and mood.