Does a man’s sexual function decrease after the age of 40?

Healthy adult men of all skin colors and races around the world should secrete 67 mg of testosterone daily, which is essential for men's life. However, age, nutrition, drugs, and mainly "sex hormone axis" imbalance can all cause a significant decrease in testosterone secretion. After the age of 30, the level of male hormones decreases by about 10% every decade, and the excretion of a 44-year-old man is 65.7% of what it was when he was young. So, does the sexual function of boys decline after the age of 40?

Generally speaking, there are four major types of symptoms that may occur during male menopause: the first is a decrease in physical fitness and human energy; the second is vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flashes and easy sweating; the third is psychiatric symptoms, such as being very prone to losing temper, memory loss, depression, reduced concentration, depression, etc.; the fourth type of symptoms is poor sexual function, such as insufficient erection hardness, sperm density, and reduced ejaculation amplitude.

Among middle-aged and elderly men over 40 years old in various countries around the world, more than 40% suffer from partial androgen deficiency (medically known as late-onset sex hormone hypofunction, commonly known as LOH), and 56% of people aged 60-69 years old suffer from the disease. “The first three types of symptoms above are not specific symptoms, but if men over 40 years old have this symptom, that is to say, the worse the sexual function is, it can basically be determined that it is LOH.

decreased energy

Men generally feel that losing energy is equivalent to losing their masculinity. A survey by the British Association for the Study of Aging's Aging Health Foundation found that 90% of men believe that aging is the most unsatisfactory part of aging. Experts recommend: When your energy begins to decrease, you should continue to do some muscle training, such as lifting dumbbells, and ensure a scientific diet.

Poor energy and insomnia: As age increases, men in menopause will experience reduced energy and are prone to mental fatigue and sleepiness; reduced IQ and spatial mobility; prone to insomnia and even sleep disorders; reduced muscle tone and muscle mass, and often feel sore and weak in their legs, etc.

Men in menopause will experience reduced memory, thinking ability and concentration; they are prone to depression, and often suffer from emotional indifference, low mood, negativity and pessimism, and a loss of enthusiasm for food, clothing, housing and transportation; they may even experience nervousness, anxiety, irritability, suspicion, etc.

Due to the aging of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, blood vessel problems such as poor elasticity, stiffness, and arteriosclerosis have gradually appeared, resulting in disordered blood vessel regulation and prone to facial flushing, sweating, palpitations, headaches and other symptoms.

The reduction in androgen levels leads to low sexual desire, reduced sexual activity, reduced genital erection strength, reduced frequency and quality of erections at night, and testicular atrophy.