Hormonal disorders can occur in a person in middle age. In rare cases, malfunctions are observed in young people. It should be said that scientists cannot say for sure who is more likely to have hormonal disorders: in men or women. The causes of failures are varied. As a rule, hormonal failure in girls occurs as a result of a disease or as a result of an improper lifestyle.
A woman’s health largely depends on the coordinated work of her endocrine system. Four main hormones make up the hormonal background: testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, prolactin. In violation of the concentration of these components, malfunctions occur. Hormonal disorders very negatively affect the psyche of a woman. In addition, disruptions in the endocrine system provoke various serious diseases. These, in particular, include infertility, obesity, uterine fibroids, polycystic, cycle disorders.
Hormonal disorders in men are frequent. The main signs of a malfunction in the endocrine system are weight gain, weakened immunity, decreased muscle mass, sexual drive disorder, breast enlargement, and breast growth - gynecomastia. As in women, hormonal disruptions in men are accompanied by stressful, depressive states, depressed mood, and irritability and nervousness increase.
Treatment of disorders of the endocrine system, regardless of the patient’s gender, is carried out on the basis of the results of the tests and the reasons that provoked the deviation. In order to achieve greater efficiency, in addition to therapeutic measures, a healthy lifestyle, a proper balanced diet, and a regimen are recommended.
Hormonal disorders suggest an increased or decreased content of certain hormones in the body. In accordance with the results of the tests, substitution therapy can be prescribed.
As you know, the main male hormone is testosterone. Its concentration reaches a peak by twenty-five years. Upon reaching this age, the level of testosterone in the body begins to decline (by one and a half percent per year). In middle age, a man in one way or another, there is a lack of this hormone. Along with testosterone, other compounds are present in the body, some of which can perform some functions of testosterone, and some of the compounds have a significant effect on its activity.
So, follicle-stimulating hormone is produced in the pituitary gland. Thanks to this compound, the level of testosterone rises , spermatogenesis is regulated. Hormonal disorders, in particular insufficient production of sex hormones, provoke an increase in FSH.
LH is produced in the pituitary gland. The concentration of luteinizing hormone also increases with a lack of sex hormones. LH has a stimulating effect on testicular cells and enhances testosterone production.
In the anterior pituitary gland, prolactin is produced. This compound controls the production of sex hormones, regulates the release of sperm, responsible for their mobility. Elevated prolactin levels are noted during sleep, stress, and physical exertion.
Estradiol is the main female sex hormone, the most powerful of estrogen. The production of estrogen in men occurs in the adrenal cortex and testes. Most estradiol in men is produced as a result of the conversion of the testosterone molecule. This hormone inhibits the production of testosterone. An increased estrogen content in a man leads to malfunctions. In women, a reduced concentration of estradiol provokes tumors of the uterus, mammary glands, decreased libido, osteoporosis, and obesity.