Friday, August 22, 2008

Know the truth behind man boobs

By Caleb Lee


Gynecomastia or male breasts can make a person feel extremely awkward about his situation. The source of the word gynecomastia is Greek and it has the same meaning as women?s breasts. The main reason behind development of man-breasts is accumulation of excess fat in the chest. A man may develop both breasts or just one.

It is an extremely humiliating situation, and moreover the sufferers can experience severe mental trauma, which can lead to depression and complete loss mental stability. This is not a disease, but just a disorder due to irregular and junk food habits, hormonal misbalances, stress, and several other causes.

Hormonal imbalance is the most common cause of gynecomastia. When the body begins to produce more or less of certain hormones an imbalance is created that leads to the development of man-breasts. This disorder can affect a man irrespective of his age. Besides hormonal imbalance, obesity is another common cause behind it. Obesity may cause excess adipose tissue deposit in the chest area. This condition in particular is called pseudogynecomastia.

Sometimes the cause can also be the age of the individual. Some old aged individuals develop male gynecomastia. The real cause is that with the age, the collagen structure of the skin becomes weak and it tends to loosen up. Therefore, when the skin around the breast area sags giving a false impression of breast. Male gynecomastia is temporary in nature and the breasts disappear within few years. More than half of the total male gynecomastia cases are due to hormonal problems. The primary hormonal problems are the decrease in the production of testosterones, increased serum estrogen, chronic kidney ailments, chronic liver diseases, and androgen receptor defects. These problems can be corrected with proper treatments. When you can feel that your breasts are growing abnormally, it would be wise to visit a specialist.

Some medications such as food supplement for enhancing performance, anti-androgen medication for carcinoma of the prostate gland can cause the condition of male gynecomastia. Excessive smoking and specially smoking marijuana can lead to male breast. Sometimes, gynecomastia is indicative of other serious problems in the body such as testicular tumors and hyperthyroid. Certain types of adrenal tumors increase the estrogen levels within the body and secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a peptic hormone, which also increases the levels of estrogen in the body.

Similarly, chronic liver and kidney diseases lead to the increase in estrogen level in the body because they fail to flush out excess estrogen from the body. Overweight and obesity can also lead to increase in levels of estrogen in the body.

There are numerous methods of treatment for moobs. Surgeries can one of the most effective in eradicating the condition, but gynecomastia supplements can also work wonderfully. One of them, Ultimate Gynemax, is very effective for curing male gynecomastia.

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