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Winter is drawing closer, and the colder starts to the day make it harder to get out of bed; but for men who don't find it hard in the morning may have something to worry about, according to Nikkan Gendai (10/31).
Conditions once regarded as synonymous with male aging, such as reduced sex drive, fatigue and the inability to wake up with a "morning glory" erection have been labeled as an illness by the Japanese Urological Association.
These afflictions are known collectively as late onset hypogonadism, or LOH Syndrome.
"Nearly all the men who come to us for help with fertility problems average in their 40s or over," Dr. Toshio Hara, head of the Hara Medical Clinic gynecology service, tells Yukan Fuji.
"When I test them on whether they may have LOH syndrome, nearly all of them come up positive."
LOH syndrome is caused by declining levels of the male hormone testosterone within the body.
Diagnosis is carried out by finding the level of testosterone in a man and comparing it with the average level of men in their 20s.
Treating the afflicted is a gradual process.
"This ailment isn't quite male menopause, but is probably only one step away from that," Hara tells the lowbrow afternoon tabloid.
"If a man starts undergoing treatment at 40, he can probably weaken the affects of male menopause and depression that often come later."
Testosterone triggers sex drive and arousal, so declining levels of the hormone are going to decrease the likelihood of an early morning erection.
And testosterone can also be used to try and fight male infertility.
Treatment of LOH Syndrome, Yukan Fuji notes, is usually through therapy in the form of injections of the hormone androgen, though those in their 50s being treated for enlarged prostates can't go through the procedure. (By Ryann Connell)
November 4, 2007
