&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What the 8 Causes Low Sex Drive in Men (Low in Libido)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is Low Libido?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Libido is your sexual instinct or your sex drive. Low libido means&amp;nbsp;low sex drive. It&amp;rsquo;s considered normal to&amp;nbsp;lose interest in sex occasionally.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Libido and sex drive varies throughout life due to several different factors.&amp;nbsp;It is also&amp;nbsp;normal for sexual interest not to match your partner sometimes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;It would be a problem, however if symptoms of low libido lasted for a prolonged period of time. It may also indicate&amp;nbsp;an underlying medical condition.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Below are 8 Possible Causes of Low Sex Drive in Men&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Low Testosterone&amp;nbsp;in Men&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Testosterone&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;primary&amp;nbsp;male&amp;nbsp;sex&amp;nbsp;hormone. In men, it&amp;rsquo;s mostly produced in the&amp;nbsp;testicles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;In men, testosterone plays an important role in the development of male reproductive organs such as the testes and the prostate. It is also crucial&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as muscle and bone mass and the growth of body hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;It is normal for&amp;nbsp;testosterone levels&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;vary&amp;nbsp;on a daily basis according to the time of the day.&amp;nbsp;For adult men to be considered to have low testosterone levels or Hypogonadism, it is defined as Testosterone levels below 11nmol/L&amp;nbsp;according to Society&amp;nbsp;For&amp;nbsp;Men&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;Health (Singapore).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;The level of sexual desire is directly linked to the level of testosterone. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.my/male-hypogonadism&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Male hypogonadism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;is one of the conditions in which the body doesn&#39;t produce enough sex hormone testosterone. One of the common symptoms of male hypogonadism is low libido.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;As we age our testosterone will start decreasing is a normal part of ageing. However, a drastic drop in testosterone can lead to decreased libido.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Medications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Certain medications prescribed by your doctors may lower testosterone and this will lead to low libido.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;For example,&amp;nbsp;medication to lower blood pressure like beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors may affect erection or delay ejaculation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Other medications that can lower testosterone levels include:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;chemotherapy,&amp;nbsp;radiotherapy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;hormones&amp;nbsp;used to treat prostate cancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;corticosteroids&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;opioid pain relievers, such as&amp;nbsp;morphine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;antifungal&amp;nbsp;medicine&amp;nbsp;ketoconazole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;cimetidine&amp;nbsp;which is used for heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;anabolic steroids, which may be used by athletes to increase muscle mass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;antidepressants&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re experiencing the&amp;nbsp;symptoms&amp;nbsp;of low testosterone,&amp;nbsp;consult your&amp;nbsp;doctor. They may advise you to switch medications.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Depression&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Those affected by&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.sg/depression&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;depression&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;generally&amp;nbsp;experience a reduced or complete lack of interest in activities they once found pleasurable, including&amp;nbsp;sex.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;On top of that, low libido is also a&amp;nbsp;side effect&amp;nbsp;of some antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), like&amp;nbsp;fluoxetine&amp;nbsp;(Prozac) and&amp;nbsp;sertraline&amp;nbsp;(Zoloft)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Chronic Illness&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;When inflicted with a chronic medical condition, one may lose interest&amp;nbsp;in sex hence sex drive is affected. At the same time, certain conditions&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;also&amp;nbsp;known to lower sex drive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Other chronic illnesses that can take a toll on your libido include:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline; color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.my/diabetes-related-mens-sexual-health-urological-conditions&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;type 2 diabetes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;obesity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;high blood pressure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;high cholesterol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;chronic lung,&amp;nbsp;heart,&amp;nbsp;kidney, and&amp;nbsp;liver&amp;nbsp;failure&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;If your&amp;nbsp;chronic illness&amp;nbsp;is affecting your sex drive, talk&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;your partner about ways to be intimate during this time. You may also consider seeing a counsellor about your issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Sleep Problems&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;One study&amp;nbsp;published&amp;nbsp;in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that nonobese men with&amp;nbsp;obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)&amp;nbsp;experienced&amp;nbsp;lower testosterone levels.&amp;nbsp;This also led to lower sex drive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;In another&amp;nbsp;study,&amp;nbsp;done in&amp;nbsp;young, healthy men, testosterone levels were decreased by 10 to 15 per cent after a sleep restriction&amp;nbsp;of only&amp;nbsp;five hours per night&amp;nbsp;for one&amp;nbsp;week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;The researchers found that the effects of restricting sleep on testosterone levels were especially evident between 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm the next day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Ageing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Men reach their peak levels of testosterone at about&amp;nbsp;20 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;As men age, the production of testosterone slows down.&amp;nbsp;It declines around 1 per cent per year after 30. A decline in testosterone lowers sex drive and libido. Ageing men with &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline; color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.my/andropause&quot;&gt;andropause&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; may experience low libido too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t need to fret though, there are medications and treatments available to help men with low testosterone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Stress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Stress is something very common nowadays. Stress can come from work, home, family, or various other situations. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.sg/how-to-cope-with-work-related-stress&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stress&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;has been shown to affect sex drive. Stress may also&amp;nbsp;cause poorer&amp;nbsp;erectile function.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;One study published in&amp;nbsp;Scientific Research and Essays&amp;nbsp;suggested that stress has a direct effect on libido in both men and women.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Another study&amp;nbsp;published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine&amp;nbsp;done on American army veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), found that&amp;nbsp;stress&amp;nbsp;increased the risk of sexual dysfunction by more than threefold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Stress management techniques, such as&amp;nbsp;breathing exercises,&amp;nbsp;meditation, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.sg/mental-health&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline; color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;talking to a therapist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, may help.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;In one&amp;nbsp;study, for example, men who were newly diagnosed with &lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.my/erectile-dysfunction&quot;&gt;Erectile Dysfunction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; showed significant improvement in erectile function scores after participating in an 8-week stress management program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. Growth Hormone Deficiency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Human Growth Hormone Deficiency may lead to lack of libido and inhibited sexual function in both men &amp;amp; women too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;For most people, elevations in Human Growth Hormone levels cause a noticeable difference and increase in sex drive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Treatment for Human Growth Hormone Deficiency is available with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com.my/human-growth-hormone-hgh-injection&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #003366;&quot;&gt;Human Growth Hormone injection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in our clinic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;It is not normal and should not be brushed aside as just a normal process of ageing. There may be underlying&amp;nbsp;conditions that can be treated and managed appropriately.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;If you or your partner is experiencing a low sex drive, consult our doctor at our clinic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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