What is "andropause"?

What is "andropause"?

Philip Werthman, FACS (Director, Center for Male Reproductive Medicine) gives expert video advice on: What is "andropause"?; Do all men experience andropause?; How is andropause treated? and more...

Andropause is the name we give to what is commonly known as male menopause, or the male biological clock. As men get older, their level of testosterone decreases. Their level of sperm decreases - which leads to <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/male-infertility-2">male infertility</a>. It probably reaches a peek in the teens and early twenties and then in the late twenties or early thirties, there is a gradual decline in the level of testosterone and testicular function. So as men experience this decrease in testosterone, they start undergoing some changes such as decreased desire, decreased drive, decreased lean body mass, decreased energy, decreased ability to focus, lack of mental concentration that go on with normal ageing.