BLA 043: Endocrine Society Guidelines- Physiology and Types of Hypogonadism

In this three part series I will be going through the Endocrine Society Guidelines for managing patients with testosterone for hypogonadism. This is a pretty dense document, so this paper will be broken up into three different podcasts covering various aspects of the paper.

Podcast 1: Basic physiology of testosterone and the types of hypogonadism

Podcast 2: How to diagnose hypogonadism

Podcast 3: Treatment and monitoring

In this episode (episode 1/3) we cover:

00:48 - How the guideline was made

04:36 - The Types of Hypogonadism

07:02 - Primary vs Secondary Hypogonadism

11:50 - Organic vs Functional Hypogonadism

14:44 - The workup for determining tye type of hypogonadism

17:12 - Why does this matter?

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*Disclaimer*

This podcast is for entertainment, education, and informational purposes only. The topics  discussed should not solely be used to diagnose, treat , or prevent any condition.  The information presented here was created with an evidence based approach, but you please keep in mind that science is always changing and at the time of listening to this there may some new data that makes this information incomplete or inaccurate. Always seek the advice of your personal physician or qualified health care provider for questions regarding any medical condition.