Gynaecomastia - Symptom, Causes, Treatment of Gynaecomastia
Gynaecomastia is the extension and
frequently
tenderness of one or both breasts in males.
Gynaecomastia may
appear
in infant babies (as a
ensue
of maternal hormones which have crossed the placenta) and during puberty, when it
frequently
causes embarrassment and anxiety.
Gynaecomastia in adult males is
normally
due to hormonal disturbances which
produce
in
immoderate
amounts of the female hormone oestrogen in the drculation. All men
raise
minor
amounts of oestrogen, but when they are healthy its effects are
antagonised
by the male hormone testosterone.
Reasons of gynaecomastia include liver disorders, several drugs including some utilised to treat peptic ulcer disease and several anti-cancer drugs, cannabis use, oestrogen-secreting tumours of the testis or adrenal glands, or a
comparative exorbitance of oestrogen resulting from ageing. Gynaecomastia
mostly
reduce
later on treatment of the underlying cause. If the enlargement persists, the
spare
breast tissue may be
withdraw
for cosmetic causes.
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