Menopause and Manopause

source: eDiets.com

Could Your Guy be Manopausal?

Difference Between Menopause and Manopause
When menopause begins, women lose the hormone estrogen – men lose testosterone. It would tip the scales in our favor if men could get hot flashes, but no such luck. However, scientists confirm that both men's and women’s bodies go through major changes, but that’s where the similarities end.

Menopause in Women: In women, levels of estrogen stay high through most of our adult lives until we hit 50 – then it nosedives over the course of five years. Lower estrogen levels cause noticeable psychological and physical changes: We stop getting our periods, we get hot flashes and get very moody.

Male Menopause: In men, doctors say it’s much more of a gradual process. The medical term for the hormone drop is called andropause. Men’s testosterone levels begin to drop as early as the age of 30, but it doesn’t plunge over a few short years, the way it does with women. Instead, men’s testosterone levels drop ever so slightly – about 1 percent a year – for the rest of their lives. Decades go by before men even start to notice the effects of declining testosterone, and for most guys, that's not until age 50.