Low Testosterone and Anemia in Men with Type 2 Diabetes
Anemia is frequently found in patients with diabetes, in whom it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Low testosterone levels are also common in men with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that low testosterone levels are also associated with anemia in men with type 2 diabetes, over the effects of chronic kidney disease.
View Full Article
Tags: anemia, binding, diabetes, globulin, hypogonadism, libido, low, morbidity, motality, performance, sex hormone, sleep, testosterone
Ask the Doctor, Hormone Replacement, Testosterone Replacement Therapy | admin December 8, 2011 |
Comments (0)
It has been shown that chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia patients have abnormal sleep patterns
with a deficiency in stage 4 sleep (1). Stage 4 sleep is closely related to the pulsatile secretion of growth
hormone and 80% of the total daily secretion of growth hormone is during this stage. It has also been
shown that chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia patients are unable to mount a normal growth hormone
response to exercise as compared to healthy individuals (2). View Full Article