ANDROPAUSE AND ITS IMPACTS ON MEN'S HEALTH: : AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Andropause or Androgenic Disorder of Male Aging (ADD) affects the male population between 60 and 70 years old, and which sometimes starts after 50 years old, as a consequence of the decline of the testosterone hormone. to the health of men who are going through their aging process. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, the present work was developed with the objective of identifying in the literature the implications of andropause in men's health. METHODOLOGY: This is an integrative literature review of a descriptive-exploratory nature, searches were carried out in November 2021, based on a bibliographic survey in the scientific databases of virtual libraries (LILACS), (ScieElo) Google Academic and (MEDLINE), under the application of the descriptors selected by (DeCS), through the Boolean operator and. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: It was shown in the literature that andropause symptoms can be manifested differently from person to person, among the most common symptoms were irritability, decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, depression, sleep disorders and premature ejaculation. However, there are ways of hormone replacement treatment to treat the impacts that andropause can have on men's health. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: This work achieved the proposed objective, as it showed the symptoms that andropause can cause in the male population. Therefore, there is hormone replacement as a treatment method, however there are still taboos that make it difficult for men to take care of their own. health.