Gynecomastia

[mercyriver]

I am just wondering if low testoterone can cause Gynecomastia and male breast tenderness?

My husband is now having bi-lateral tenderness.

We are still waiting on the insurance company and Dr's office to agree on what to do for further testing.

The abdominal pain, the fatuige, the cough and now the tenderness have gotten to be enough of a concern and bothersome enough for my husband to call his Dr today and mention it to him.

His hcg levels were only at 5 the last week of November. I am kind of hoping this could be a result of low testosterone not rising hcg levels.

Becki

[Michael112]

Yes low T can cause gynomastia due to estrogen dominance, fatigue and elevated hcg are also signs and symptoms.

He should have a thorough endocrine blood test including prolactin, DHT, Estradiol, Total and free T, along with some others.

He should be treated with Testosterone and possibly Nolvadex or arimidex as soon as possible. Gynomastia in its later stagers causes female breast tissue to develop wich requires surgery to remove.

[mercyriver]

Michael,

But if his lymph nodes are also enlarged this would most likely be cancer, not testosterone right?

Any ideas on how high the Beta hcg can rise due to low testostrone?

Becki

[Michael112]

Someone on this board had it at like 15 I think.

If his pre-operative hcg was normal then its unlikely his hcg would rise if there was spread.

Seeing as though he has gyno due to low T I would say it is very likely the slightly high HCG is due to low T, why hasnt he been treated yet?
T levels should be checked 10-14 days after surgery.

[Michael112]

If he was to need chemo or radiotherapy, make sure he starts testosterone injections 1st. Going under chemo or even RT with low T levels would be very careless as low T causes low growth hormone therefore it makes it hard for the body to recover from any damage done to it.
Although increasing growth hormone, naturaly would accelerate spread, so it is something to bring up with the oncologist.