male menopause

male menopause

Etymology: L, mas, male, men, month; Gk, pauein, to cease

a late middle-age psychogenic condition affecting some men, who experience anxiety over diminished potency, increased fatigue, thinning and graying hair, and other signs of aging. Also called male climacterium.

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male menopause

Andropause, male climacteric Endocrinology A popular term for the ♂ equivalent of menopause which is attributed to blunting of hypothalamic-pituitary feedback loop, sensitivity to androgenic hormones, ↓ Leydig cell mass, ↓ serum testosterone, ↓ testicular function, ↓ in mental and physical components of arousal, ↓ ejaculatory force, ↓ semen volume and viscosity, ↓ urethral and prostatic contractions, ↑ sexual refractory periods, which occur with ↑ age; other features of MM include↑ body fat, ↓ bone and muscle mass, energy, virility, fertility Clinical Hot flashes, weakness, exhaustion, insomnia, irritability, impotence. See Midlife crisis. Cf Menopause. Cf Androgen replacement therapy.