male menopause

male menopause

n.

See andropause.

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.

male menopause

A popular term for the male equivalent of menopause, which occurs with increased age and is attributed to blunting of hypothalamic-pituitary feedback loop, sensitivity to androgenic hormones, decreased Leydig cell mass, decreased serum testosterone, decreased testicular function, decreased mental and physical components of sexual arousal, decreased ejaculatory force, decreased semen volume and viscosity, decreased urethral and prostatic contractions, and increased sexual refractory periods.
 
Clinical findings
Hot flushes, insomnia, irritability, diminished libido, impotence, fatigue, depression, poor ability to concentrate, increased body fat, and decreased bone and muscle mass, energy and fertility.

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.