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When a man experiences abnormal fatigue, decreasing libido and starts to gain weight around the middle, often the cause is a deficiency in the male sexual hormone testosterone. The testosterone level in an estimated 20 percent of German men being treated by their general practitioner is too low. These include weight gain, particularly at the waistline, and chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, elevated blood lipids and obesity. The reason excess weight plays such a role is fatty tissue contains an enzyme that transforms testosterone into oestrogen, the female hormone, said Jens Jacobeit, a physician in a Hamburg clinic that specialises in endocrinology. The stress hormone cortisone suppresses testosterone production, said Jacobeit. But the diagnosis can still raise questions because the symptoms vary and there is no symptom that without a doubt points to a testosterone deficiency, said Schneider. read more

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