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What is testosterone replacement therapy?
Endocrinologist Dr Simon Aylwin says that if men are found to have low testosterone then the first thing an endocrinologist would want to do is to test to confirm it and, secondly, if possible find out why.
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If men are found to have a low testosterone, then the first thing the Endocrinologist will want to do is to confirm it and the second thing they'll want to do is to find out, if they can, why. Sometimes there're really important medical conditions that cause a low testosterone and it's really important a low testosterone is properly investigated. For most individuals, for most adults with male sexual dysfunction and low testosterone, we don't find an important structural physical cause. But it's still a hormonal issue that's causing concern to that person. And then we are going to start talking about the different forms of testosterone replacement.
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