Five Most Common Problems In Patients With Low Testosterone
Channel: BioBalance Healthcast
Date: 2018-01-07

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New patients rarely come to the BioBalance Health office with just low testosterone.
I find that if at the request of a patient, I only replace their low testosterone and ignore the other deficiencies and medical problems that accumulate with aging, I often have to explain that replacing testosterone is the foundation to health after 50, but individuals often collect other health problems that prevent them from being maximally productive as they age.  We find that there are several common problems that occur with aging and interfere with the complete success of testosterone therapy.

#1 Insulin Resistance (Pre-diabetes)

I consider testosterone pellet replacement the foundation of the treatment plan for Anti-Aging.  Treating he second most common problem that contributes to disability of aging is called Insulin Resistance (IR) or Pre-diabetes. Symptoms of this common problem are progressive fatigue that increases throughout the day and worsens with carbohydrate intake, and ever increasing weight gain in the abdomen. Patients with IR state that they feel more and more tired as the day progresses, and eating carbohydrates makes this fatigue worse.  It is almost impossible to lose weight with this condition unless both testosterone levels are normal and insulin resistance is treated.  Lab that supports this diagnosis is an elevated blood sugar, triglycerides, a slightly elevated HBA1C. 

If left untreated, Insulin resistance eventually leads to obesity, diabetes and heart disease.  We treat this condition with a low carbohydrate diet of 6 small meals a day, daily aerobic exercise, and the medication Metformin Extended Release or Victoza, both diabetic medications.  We are very successful at averting both the symptoms and the future diseases that usually follow this condition.  When our patients combine Testosterone pellets that increase muscle mass and lose fat, with treatment of IR, we find that they feel much more like their younger selves without a future of illness.  Most of my patients don’t have to take medication for this for the rest of their lives if they continue the dietary guidelines and exercise thereafter.