What is hypogonadism?

Hypogonadism is when the sex glands (testes in men, ovaries in women) produce little or no hormones.

How do members experience hypogonadism?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with hypogonadism*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for hypogonadism*

Who has hypogonadism on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 6
30s 27
40s 55
50s 56
60s 43
70+ 19

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 200
Female 4

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What is hypogonadism?

Hypogonadism is when the sex glands (testes in men, ovaries in women) produce little or no hormones.



Common symptoms reported by people with hypogonadism

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for hypogonadism

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Compare treatments taken by people with hypogonadism

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have hypogonadism through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with hypogonadism? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has hypogonadism on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 3 new patients joined this month
  • 57 say hypogonadism is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 6
30s 27
40s 55
50s 56
60s 43
70+ 19
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 11
20-29 years 15
30-39 years 18
40-49 years 16
50-59 years 10
60-69 years 2
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 200
Female 4

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 98
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from hypogonadism patients who have completed their condition history
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