What are the early warning indicators of male hormone health risks?

At this stage, the core warning indicators that are generally recognized by clinical and front-line men's health fields and are the most reference are not the single symptoms of hair loss and decreased sexual desire reported online, but the synchronous decline in energy and physical strength that lasts for more than 3 months without clear incentives, accompanied by a decrease in emotional stability. This signal is much more accurate than a single symptom.

In the past five or six years of doing men's health science, I have come across too many similar cases. The one that impressed me the most was a 37-year-old project leader of a state-owned enterprise. The year before last, he worked for three months to catch up with a provincial key project. He even celebrated his birthday in the office. Almost half a year after the project ended, I couldn't relax. I used to play football twice a week and climb a hill in the suburbs with my friends without losing breath. At that time, I climbed 5 hours after get off work. I would take a break for half a minute in the middle of the building, and I would always lose my temper with my wife and children over trivial matters. At first, the whole family thought it was because they were exhausted, so they took two weeks of annual leave to go to the beach, but their condition did not improve when they came back. Later, during the physical examination, the serum total testosterone was checked, and it was 32% lower than the lower limit of the reference range for the same age group. It was already in the early stage of late-onset hypogonadism.

Of course, there are mixed opinions about male hormone abnormalities on the Internet, and there are indeed differences in the judgment of some related symptoms among academic circles. For example, many people directly equate androgenic alopecia with low testosterone. In fact, androgenic alopecia is more related to heredity and dihydrotestosterone levels caused by 5α reductase activity. Many men with very strong testosterone secretion will also experience androgenic alopecia. In turn, many people with insufficient testosterone have thick hair. It is completely untenable to judge hormone levels based on hair loss alone. Some people directly equate decreased erectile function with abnormal testosterone. In fact, according to clinical data, about 70% of erectile problems are initially caused by vascular conditions and psychological stress, and less than 20% are directly related to hormone secretion. If you blindly supplement testosterone as soon as a problem occurs, it will inhibit the secretion function of your own gonads, disrupt the entire endocrine rhythm, and the gain outweighs the gain.

In fact, the male hormone secretion system is very similar to the laptop battery you usually use. Occasionally, when you are busy with projects, it will automatically shut down after being drained. It can be restored to full state after plugging in and charging overnight. If you clearly do not open any large software or turn on high brightness, but the red alarm will go off within two hours of being fully charged, and it still freezes and crashes, then there must be a problem with the health of the battery. The same thing applies to your body. If you haven't stayed up late or worked overtime, been on a diet or kept fit, and haven't suffered from any serious illness, but you still feel tired for no reason, can't get excited about things you were interested in before, always wake up when you fall asleep, and your waistline has increased by several centimeters, then there is a high probability that your hormone secretion is fluctuating.

There is no need to panic as soon as symptoms appear. Many scholars now believe that there is no need to hold on to the testosterone value whenever there is discomfort. After all, the testosterone level of adult men will naturally decline at a rate of about 1% per year. As long as the symptoms do not affect normal work and life, adjusting your work and rest first and doing aerobic and strength training for 40 minutes three times a week will most likely bring it back to normal levels. After a month or two of adjustment and still no improvement, just go to the men's department or endocrinology department of a regular hospital to draw fasting blood to check the relevant indicators. Don't buy Internet celebrity supplements and eat them randomly, which may cause problems.