Do men go through menopause?
When a woman is moody, it’s hormones. When a man is moody, it’s work stress, or money problems, or just one of those days. Right? Maybe not. An increasing amount of evidence points to an aging-related hormonal change in men that corresponds to the hormonal change in women known as menopause. Some call it “male menopause,” which is not entirely accurate but still gets the point across: Much the way women’s estrogen levels drop after a certain age, men’s testosterone levels decrease with age. Testosterone is also known as androgen, and many doctors prefer the term “andropause” for this male condition. Andropause and menopause are quite different, of course. In this article, we’ll find out what “male menopause” really is and what men can do about it. Menopause is a uniquely female condition — it’s the end of menstruation and everything else that entails. Menopause involves a sudden and dramatic decrease in estrogen that marks the end of a woman’s ability to conceive a child. Men, on the
