15th April 2024

Late-onset hypogonadism

Late onset hypogonadism is a biochemical and clinical syndrome which has an association with increasing age, which is characterised by symptoms of low testosterone and low serum testosterone levels. There are 9 key symptoms which have been shown to be related to total or free testosterone levels (3 psychological, 3 physical and 3 sexual).

The sexual symptoms include reduced frequency of morning erections, erectile dysfunction, reduced frequency of sexual thoughts, the physical symptoms include reduced ability to engage in vigorous activity, inability to walk further than 1km and reduced ability to bend knee or stool. The psychological symptoms involve depression, fatigue and loss of energy.