Hormone Replacement Therapy

Do I have low Testosterone:

Because testosterone affects so many organs and tissues, low levels are associated with many signs and symptoms throughout the body.

Symptoms you may experience but cannot be adequately measured include:

  • Irritability or unexplained negative mood
  • Loss of motivation
  • Anxiety or increased pessimism
  • Increased fatigue, low energy or diminished sense of well-being
  • Difficulty concentrating, lack of focus, forgetfulness and loss of memory
  • Feeling that you have lost your edge or passed your peak
  • Insomnia or poor sleep
  • Joint pain
  • Lacking desire (low libido) or pleasure in sex
  • Decreased ability to perform sexually
  • Erections that are less strong
None of these signs or symptoms are specific to testosterone deficiency and many are hard to differentiate from normal aging. Our role is to evaluate any signs or symptoms of low testosterone, and then to see how they correlate with your hormone levels.

Testosterone

Testosterone is a hormone, a molecular messenger that travels through your bloodstream to act on many organs and tissues in your body, including your brain, muscles, fat, bones and sexual organs.

Testosterone and the brain

Your thinking abilities and general sense of well-being, including your mood, energy level and sense of vitality, and sexual drive or libido are all affected by testosterone.​

Testosterone and muscle

Testosterone creates muscle cells and causes them to grow in size and strength.

Testosterone and fat

Testosterone has been shown to reduce body fat, particularly in the midsection and chest. The result is an improvement in lean body mass.

Testosterone and bones

Testosterone helps prevent the normal bone destruction of aging and actually improves bone density. This reduces the risk of osteoporosis and fractures.

Testosterone and the heart

Testosterone can influence cardiovascular risk factors indirectly through its effect on the amount of fat in your body, and there is evidence it benefits the heart directly. It may help open the coronary arteries, and possibly improve cardiac function in people with heart disease and heart failure.

Testosterone and sex

Low testosterone can reduce your ability to have satisfying sex. Lack of sex drive and erectile dysfunction are sexual problems that can result from low testosterone. If low testosterone is the cause, treating it can help.