Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Menopause


Menopause - a physiological syndrome, age-related changes in hormonal and general metabolism, and, above all, the age-extinction gonadal function.
     In recent years there has been an increase in the duration of sexual activity by an average of 10 - 12 years for men and 7 - 8 years for women. This leads to a lengthening of the so-called involutional period of sexuality in men. As a turning point in man's life, it requires special attention. However, this period of life studied in much less detail than the period of puberty and mature sexuality.
     For many years, actively discussed the question of the legality of the term male menopause. Indeed, for women menopause clearly linked with the cessation of ovulation and therefore the loss of reproductive capacity. As men, we described a large number of cases, preservation of fertility to a ripe old age. Nevertheless, it is impossible to deny the existence of a certain adjustment of the male body in this age. Pathological symptoms of the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular and other systems it possible to identify the concept of the pathological male menopause.