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Hypogonadism
Andrology & Sexual Medicine · Endocrine & Metabolic
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects an estimated 1 in 200 men, with rates rising notably with age and obesity
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Primary hypogonadism results from a problem directly affecting the testes
- 2such as genetic conditions like Klinefelter syndrome
- 3undescended testes
- 4testicular injury or infection
- 5or damage from chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Secondary hypogonadism results from problems affecting the pituitary gland or hypothalamus
- 6including pituitary tumours
- 7certain medications
- 8obesity
- 9chronic illness
- 10or excessive stress that disrupts the hormonal signals needed to stimulate normal testicular function. Aging is associated with a gradual
- 11natural decline in testosterone production that can
- 12in some men
- 13become clinically significant.
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