What are the symptoms of male hormonal health?

In fact, the most intuitive manifestation of the health of male hormones (the entire endocrine system with androgens as the core) is that the entire person's physical and mental state is in a stable and comfortable normal state, and there are no long-term problems of abnormal fatigue or functional decline. Numerically speaking, as long as the six hormone-related indicators fall within the reference range of a regular hospital, it is considered healthy. There is no need for stereotyped standards such as "large muscles, fast beard growth, and thick body hair" uploaded on the benchmarking website.

I have been working on men's health for almost 6 years, and I have met many people who are anxious about stereotypes. Last month, a 27-year-old middle school teacher came to me and said that he had little body hair and only shaved his beard every two or three days, which must be due to insufficient androgen. After checking, all indicators were above the median line. He also said that he usually stood in class all day long and was not very tired. He slept well and the relationship between the couple was harmonious. He was just worried because of the comparison posts he posted online.

Nowadays, judgments about hormonal health actually have different tendencies. Most fitness groups regard muscle growth rate and absolute strength performance as core references. They believe that being able to press heavy weights and losing muscles slowly after stopping training means that the hormone status is good. Doctors in clinical endocrinology department pay more attention to the overall metabolic and functional status, such as whether there is long-term Unexplained depression, loss of libido, loss of bone density, and even sudden growth of abdominal obesity that is difficult to reduce are typical signs of hormone disorders. Both judgment methods are actually reasonable, but the applicable scenarios are different. If ordinary people do not do systematic strength training, there is no need to impose the standards of the fitness circle on themselves.

You can probably get a feel for it at home. If you can get through a day's work without relying on strong tea or coffee for two or three weeks in a row, and you can take a walk or play with your children for half an hour after work without slumping on the sofa without wanting to move. You won't get irritated and angry at every turn, or get angry at the smallest things, and you sleep well and rarely toss and turn until midnight. Then your hormonal status is basically very healthy, and there is no need to think about supplements.

Oh, by the way, there are still many people who regard morning erections as a hard indicator and panic when they don't have it once or twice. In fact, there is really no need. Drinking too much the day before, staying up until two or three o'clock, and the recent pressure to rush the project may temporarily affect this state. If there is no movement for two or three months in a row, it is not too late to go to the hospital for a check-up. Don't scare yourself. Long-term anxiety is the "natural enemy" of androgens, and it is easy to suppress normal hormone levels.

To be honest, hormones are like the power supply system in your home. When the voltage is stable, all electrical appliances can run normally. It does not mean that the higher the voltage, the better. If the voltage is too high, it is easy to burn the electrical appliances. Just like I once met a young man who blindly took exogenous testosterone in order to gain muscle. In the end, his endocrine system directly "strike", and the native testosterone secretion dropped below the normal line. Instead, it takes more than half a year to adjust. Stability is always much more important than "high value".