Causes and symptoms of gynecomastia or male breasts

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Causes and symptoms of gynecomastia or male
breasts
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What is gynecomastia in males?

• Gynecomastia is enlarged breast tissue in men. It
  is an enlargement the male breast gland because
  of a hormonal imbalance,

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• but the appearance of enlargement may be
  described as pseudogynecomastia, a symptom
  causing an excess of fat which is deposited on
  the chest. It is a common and a temporary
  condition in boys going through puberty.

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What causes gynecomastia, or male breast
enlargement?

• Gynecomastia is triggered due to decrease in the
  amount of the testosterone hormone in comparison
  to estrogen hormone.

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• This decrease can be a condition that blocks the
  effect of or reduces testosterone hormone or a
  condition that increases your estrogen level.

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• It is observed that, more than half of male
  infants are born with enlarged breasts due to the
  effects of their mothers estrogen.

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• Usually the swollen breast tissue goes away after
  a couple of weeks after birth.

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• Gynecomastia causing hormonal changes during
  puberty is relatively common.

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• This usually disappears on its own by 6 months or
  a year. In some cases, gynecomastia is developed
  during puberty continuing beyond 2 years and is
  referred to as persistent pubertal gynecomastia.

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• Commonly known risk factors causing gynecomastia
  are Adolescence, Older age, Use of anabolic
  steroids or androgens to improve athletic
  performance.

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• This article is originally appeared on-
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  uses-and-symptoms-of-gynecomastia-or.html