How To Diagnose Low Testosterone Level?

Testosterone therapy needs right diagnosis if right results are expected. Here are some important points that will help your doctor to lead toward selecting the right products.

Your Doctor Should Know Your Medical History

Low testosterone level can be detected with following symptoms that become apparent with age.

  • Reduced muscle mass
  • Poor sex drive
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Low sperm count
  • Small organs
  • Small prostate
  • Less body and pubic hair
  • Voice with high pitch

Tell The Doctor

Tell your doctor about

  • Any serious health issue that you are having at present or had in past
  • Any kind of medicines that you are taking at present and allergy to any drug that you may have
  • Family history about any kind of sexual problems
  • Any incidents in life that left a strong impact over your behavior or health
  • Your doctor would be in a position to guess what is the right issue behind testosterone deficiency and how could it be treated

Physical Tests

Your doctor may examine following things to determine the testosterone hormone deficiency

  • Hair distribution on your body
  • Breast size, to see if there is any enlargement
  • Testes size
  • Scrotum abnormalities
  • Organ size

How To Measure The Level Of Hormones Released Inside Body?

Blood test is used to determine the level of testosterone present in a body. The time of test is important for exact determination of the hormone. Morning hours are considered the best time for testosterone test.

Bone density test, genetic test, compound tomography, MRI, are other tests that your doctor may ask for.

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