Weight Loss Hormonal Disorders
Also in men the hypothalamus and the pituitary produce various hormones. Both glands are located in the brains. A disturbance in hormone balance in men may also be a cause of reduced fertility. The pituitary is a small gland in the brains that, like women, under the control of the hypothalamus produces hormones FSH and LH.
The FSH stimulates the testes in men. A disruption of this hormone can cause a reduced sperm quality. In addition, an overproduction of the hormone prolactin, or an abnormal thyroid activity, hormone balance and disrupt this affect fertility. Hormonal causes of male fertility problems but are rare.
symptoms
Depending on the severity type hormonal disturbances in the male hormone may also give more non-specific symptoms such as impotence, eye problems, or sudden weight loss – gain, fatigue or depression. However this fault is usually only discovered when examinations are also due to an abnormal blood test is performed.