The male sex hormone par excellence is also important for bone, heart and mind health
When you think of testosterone, the thought immediately runs to male sexual potency.
This hormone also has many other functions, some of which are crucial to health. Testosterone, in fact, helps to strengthen bone tissue, but also to prevent diabetes and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Unfortunately, the picture regarding its decline is not at all positive. As pointed out by the experts of the Italian Society of Andrology (SIA) during their annual national congress held in Bari in late May 2019, more and more 40-year – olds have testosterone deficiency problems.
As just mentioned, the consequences in these cases concern not only the decrease in desire and the obvious repercussions on the couple's life but also the increased risk of cardiovascular pathologies and of diseases such as osteoporosis and diabetes.
Experts advise undergoing a visit with a specialist as soon as you notice specific symptoms, such as accentuated tiredness and an abnormal slowdown in the growth of the beard.
Professor Alessandro Palmieri, President of the Italian Andrology Society and academic at the Federico II University of Naples, recalls the absolute importance of turning to a specialist and of avoiding do-it-yourself solutions. In fact, only an expert andrologist is able to understand whether or not there is a need to use replacement therapy to restore adequate testosterone levels.
It is fundamental to underline that, with the passing of the years, its decline is however physiological. Starting from the 40s we are dealing with a decrease in the levels of this hormone equal to about 1% per year. After the 60s stanozolol (winstrol) en venta, evident symptoms are noted.
According to SIA data, in our country, the over 60 with testosterone deficiency are around 650,000. These subjects, in addition to suffering from obvious sexual dysfunctions, also have problems with obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis and, in the most serious situations, with cognitive decline.
The drop in testosterone must, therefore, worry not only for the performance under the sheets but also as regards the onset of pathologies of objective severity. Among all, it is good to pay particular attention to the cardiovascular ones which, as underlined during the days of the SIA National Congress, see the risk increased by about 2.5 times over time in people with testosterone deficiency.
