Heart failure boosts the aging process and risk of early andropausal syndrome (AS), finds study.
According to the research presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2013, AS, also referred to as male "menopause", was four times more common in men with heart failure.
Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition in which the heart fails to work adequately as a pump that can deliver oxygen rich blood to the body.
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As men get older they are more likely to suffer from andropausal syndrome (AS), also called "menopause", androgen deficiency in the aging male (ADAM), or late-onset hypogonadism.
Men with AS have decreased levels of anabolic hormones, including testosterone, and it has been suggested that these hormone deficiencies are what cause the clinical symptoms.
![Andropause / Male Menopause]( "Andropause / Male Menopause")
Andropause or male menopause causing low libido in a man is due to decreasing level of male hormones, like testosterone. Symptoms of andropause are depression, irritability.
The symptoms of AS according to the Aging Male Symptom Rating Scale can be divided into three categories: sexual (erectile dysfunction, problems with libido, decrease in beard growth, feelings of 'having passed the zenith of life'), psychological (feeling discouraged, depressed, irritable, anxious, nervous), and somato-vegetative (joint and muscle complaints, sweating, need for more sleep, sleep disturbances, weakness, exhaustion).
Heart failure increases with age. Deficiencies of anabolic hormones are common in men with systolic heart failure, leading to reduced exercise capacity, depression and poor prognosis.
But until now the impact of heart failure on the prevalence of AS and the severity of andropausal symptoms has not been studied.
Professor Ewa A. Jankowska (Wroclaw, Poland) said: "AS leads to poor quality of life. We wanted to discover whether heart failure increases AS and whether additional androgen therapies could improve quality of life in heart failure patients."
The researchers found that AS affected almost one-third of men with heart failure, regardless of their age group.
In men aged 40-59 years, heart failure led to a four-fold increase in the prevalence of AS (28 percent vs. 7 percent, p less than 0.001) and an increase in the severity of sexual and somato-vegetative andropausal symptoms (p less than 0.001).
Men aged 60-80 years with and without heart failure had a similar prevalence of AS and severity of andropausal symptoms.
Among men with systolic heart failure, the prevalence of AS was similar in both age groups (40-59 and 60-80 years).
The authors concluded that heart failure accelerates the natural process of aging and favours early onset of AS.
Source: ANI
Andropause / Male Menopause
Andropause or male menopause causing low libido in a man is due to decreasing level of male hormones, like testosterone. Symptoms of andropause are depression, irritability.
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The symptoms of AS according to the Aging Male Symptom Rating Scale can be divided into three categories: sexual (erectile dysfunction, problems with libido, decrease in beard growth, feelings of 'having passed the zenith of life'), psychological (feeling discouraged, depressed, irritable, anxious, nervous), and somato-vegetative (joint and muscle complaints, sweating, need for more sleep, sleep disturbances, weakness, exhaustion).
Heart failure increases with age. Deficiencies of anabolic hormones are common in men with systolic heart failure, leading to reduced exercise capacity, depression and poor prognosis.
But until now the impact of heart failure on the prevalence of AS and the severity of andropausal symptoms has not been studied.
Professor Ewa A. Jankowska (Wroclaw, Poland) said: "AS leads to poor quality of life. We wanted to discover whether heart failure increases AS and whether additional androgen therapies could improve quality of life in heart failure patients."
The researchers found that AS affected almost one-third of men with heart failure, regardless of their age group.
In men aged 40-59 years, heart failure led to a four-fold increase in the prevalence of AS (28 percent vs. 7 percent, p less than 0.001) and an increase in the severity of sexual and somato-vegetative andropausal symptoms (p less than 0.001).
Men aged 60-80 years with and without heart failure had a similar prevalence of AS and severity of andropausal symptoms.
Among men with systolic heart failure, the prevalence of AS was similar in both age groups (40-59 and 60-80 years).
The authors concluded that heart failure accelerates the natural process of aging and favours early onset of AS.
Source: ANI
Testosterone Treatment can Safely Cure Male Menopause
Doctors have said that male menopause, which is being re-branded testosterone deficiency syndrome, and affects one in five men over 50, can be cured.
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