What you should know about Gynecosmastia
Man boobs refers to a condition called gynecomastia as known in medicine. Gynecomstia is normally characterized by execess development of mammary glands in men, which normally happen in women. The condition causes a social and psychological effect that leads to fear, shame and embarrassment amongst men. Men suffering from this condition tend to shy away from participating in any activities which can be done by a normal man such us a situation which may require him to remove his shirts or even wearing light cloths during summers when the weather is hot. Therefore, man boobs is normally considered as negative and many men would rather not to have it. By reading this article, I will be able to take you through what causes this condition, who can be affected and how you can get rid of it.
The condition is caused by hormone imbalance in men, which causes an increase in testrone hormone production, which accelerate breast tissues formation. Testosterone hormone imbalance also results to an increase in oestrogen production, which leads to development of this condition. Normally, the hormonal imbalances are caused by natural factors, which cannot be avoided. Nevertheless, other artificial factors such as side effected caused by prescription medicine such as digoxin, spironolactone and furosemide just to mention few can be avoided. Other causes are overweight and obesity, which causes large fat deposit around the chest. Naturally, male chest are made of pectoralis minor and major muscles. Obesity causes too much fat to accumulate around the chest area causing the chest to enlarge. Obesity is mainly caused by failing to do exercise and eating food with too much fat. Therefore, men should engage in physical exercise and they should avoid eating food with lot of fats.
Another cause is the age. When men grow old, their skin becomes less elastic. Hence, their skin will be having sagging appearance. Old men skin cannot maintain the shape of the chest, since there are excess skin us the chest bones contracts. As a result, there will be excess skin sagging in old men making them to have boobs.
Another thing, which you should know, is who can get this condition. A bout sixty percent of the teenagers boys in United States and thirty percent of adult are estimated to be suffering from this condition. The main cause is overweight due to their poor feeding habit and failing to do exercise regularly. As a result, there are many campaigns, which major goal is to educate people on different ways, which they can be use to prevent development of this condition.
However, if you are already affected by this condition, here are several tips, which you can use to get rid of your condition. One effective method, which you can use, is doing exercise regularly. This will help a person to shed of excess fat, which has accumulated in your body including the chest. However, there are those men who will never lose boobs even after shedding their weight. If you are such a person, you should visit your physician. The doctor will be able to recommend you several treatment options such as surgery and medication amongst other. Despite negativity associated with men boobs, there is possibility that you can be able to lose or avoid them.
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