Hormone Replacement

We are all familiar with the symptoms of the menopause in women. However, the same can occur in men with advancing age. If a man's body produces less testosterone (male hormone), this can manifest as tiredness, an increase in body weight, loss of sexual libido (sexual drive) and loss of erections (erectile dysfunction). It is often easy to attribute these symptoms to 'general tiredness' by both patients and clinicians. However, simple laboratory testing will identify those who have testosterone deficiency.

Once this has been identified as the most likely cause of your symptoms, then hormone replacement is usually quite simple. Hormone replacement commonly includes the use of either body gels applied on a daily basis or an injection which can last several months. It is essential prior to the use of hormone replacement that you are carefully assessed to ensure that there is no contraindication for you to receive this treatment.