Low testosterone

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• Causes

  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Obesity
  • Liver failure
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Pituitary disease
  • Pituitary surgery
  • Haemochromatosis
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • Kallman syndrome
  • Opioid
  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
  • Primary testicular failure
  • Old age

• Effects

  • Loss of libido
  • Impotence
  • Muscle weakness
  • Osteoporosis
  • Gigantism

• Parents

  • Hypogonadism
  • Sex hormone imbalance

• Children

  • Mumps

• Treatments

  • Testosterone replacement

• Description

  • "Fasting total testosterone <200 ng/dL on at least 2 separate occasions "