Causes of Male Menopause
The symptoms of male menopause include a decrease in libido and sexual potency, nervousness, fatigue, memory loss, depression and hot flashes. Also known as andropause, it is not yet accepted as a clinical diagnosis by the World Health Organization.
Those who do not accept it as an actual condition may agree to recognize it as a state or a disorder. Those who view it as a medical state may refer to male menopause as SLOH or ADAM. SLOH stands for "symptomatic late onset hypogonadism". ADAM stands for "androgen deficiency of the aging male".
Members of the medical community who view male menopause as a disorder rather than a state claim that it is a biological change that is experienced by all men, to some degree or another. Unlike female menopause, which marks the complete cessation of reproductive ability, andropause is a decline in the level of testosterone production.
A man experiencing menopause may experience bouts of impotence, but he does in fact remain fertile. It is estimated that about 30% of all men experience andropause, and that the effects start as early as the age of 35, gradually increasing as a man approaches later middle-life.