Men also experience “menopause” as experienced by women. Recent research found that male fertility begins to decline when he was entering the 30s. Researchers reveal the man who waited until age 40 years for married and have children, if high-risk pregnant wife had a miscarriage because of poor sperm quality.

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men also experienced fertility decline at around the age of 30s like women,” said dr. Mark Bowman, head of Sydney IVF clinic, as quoted from the Telegraph.

Research shows that from the age of 35 years, the proportion of damaged sperm increased.

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well, my husband is still 28 years young. So, not to worry at all ;D

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so this now fair for both sexes...lolz

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really? just learned from this now in here... are this menopause are for all men like women's case?

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Some call it "male menopause," which is not entirely accurate but still gets the point across: Much the way women's estrogen levels drop after a certain age, men's testosterone levels decrease with age. Testosterone is also known as androgen, and many doctors prefer the term "andropause" for this male condition.

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Menopause is a uniquely female condition -- it's the end of menstruation and everything else that entails. Menopause involves a sudden and dramatic decrease in estrogen that marks the end of a woman's ability to conceive a child. Men, on the other hand, do not lose the ability to father a child. Men in their 80s have fathered children. Sperm production doesn't stop, although sperm count in semen can decrease with age. Testosterone decreases very gradually, in the area of 1 percent per year starting around age 35.


Still, andropause is in many ways similar to menopause.

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While not all men are affected by the natural decrease in testosterone that comes with aging, lots are, including about 25 million men in the United States alone [source: Gearon]. The symptoms are remarkably similar to those experienced by women in menopause, including moodiness, fatigue, weight gain, depression, decreased sex drive, decreased muscle mass and bone loss.

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how should my husband know that he has already andropause /menopause? waht are the sypmtom/s? tnx..

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­The symptoms can be quite pronounced, but andropause is still somewhat difficult to diagnose. For one thing, it can be mistaken for conditions like erectile dysfunction (ED) or the midlife crisis. Midlife crisis is a psychological phenomenon, not a physical one. And erectile dysfunction occurs when communication between particular nerves, arteries and muscles breaks down, as opposed to the slow, natural decrease in testosterone that characterizes andropause.

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Some andropause symptoms can also mimic thyroid disorders, liver disease or kidney failure [source: MayoClinic].

So how do you know if symptoms are related to andropause or to some other condition? It all starts with a trip to the doctor.

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are there treatments now for this andropause?

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­While andropause is a somewhat hazy diagnosis, there is a test for it. When a middle-aged man shows up with symptoms like irritability, fatigue and decreased libido, a doctor who suspects andropause will perform a blood testosterone test. Andropause is basically low testosterone. There are other changes in male sexual systems that occur with aging, like prostate enlargement (not to be confused with prostate cancer), but andropause is mostly the result of a gradual decrease in testosterone over many years.

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if men is already menopause..is this mean he can't no longer produce a baby?

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