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Experts say boys may have enlarged breasts when attaining puberty but that it often subsides once puberty is over. If the breast now don’t become subsides, then, it is probably a clear communication to gynecomastia.
Unexplained breast enlargements in men, known medically as gynecomastia, may be an indication of damage to the liver or testicles. Medical experts in a series of interviews said gynecomastia can also be attributed to an imbalance in body hormones – testosterone and estrogen, urging men to always pay attention to their breasts to notice when it starts becoming bigger than normal.
Gynecomastia can often be due to an imbalance of testosterone and estrogen hormones. Unsuspecting men, thinking it is them adding weight risk a life threatening incident. Gynecomastia is frequently caused by certain medications or diseases. These are medications which have the components of what can make males’ breasts swell and get bigger.
Emphatically, enlarged breasts can be dangerous when the cause is gynecomastia. Experts say boys may have enlarged breasts when attaining puberty but that it often subsides once puberty is over. If the breast now don’t become subsides, then, it is probably a clear communication to gynecomastia.
While noting that the hormone that dominates determines the difference between a man and a woman in terms of breast size, Dr. Agodirin, an experts in breasts cancer said testosterone is the most prevalent hormone that gives males such a trait.
The general surgeon further explained that pathologic gynecomastia can also be related to such hormonal changes. As such, enlarged breasts may be an indication that the organ that produces testosterone in men, which is the testicle, may have a problem. The problem may be from a younger age due to worm infestation and this can also affect the testis, such that it cannot produce enough hormones.
For example, the liver is the organ that metabolises and removes excess hormones from the body. In some situations, if the liver has a problem and can’t clear out the estrogen, then it can give up such function and the hormone becomes higher than normal in the body. This will make the person to start having enlargement of the breast.
It may be that the testis itself had an accident such that made it loses normal viability, or it might have been removed. Sometimes, in some males that have prostate cancer, the testis is removed because the hormones of the testis actually pick the cancer. So it is sometimes removed to starve the cancer cells. So, of course, once an individual remove the testis, the source of testosterone, which is the main hormone, declines, causing the person’s breast to grow big.
Some drugs can also cause it. Drugs used to treat some types of ulcers can also make the breast to grow. Drugs for testicular and liver problems can also cause it.
Gynecomastia is not cancerous and it usually doesn’t change to cancer. What happens is that almost all the changes that can occur in the female breast can also occur in the male breast. It is not really life-threatening but if the cause is linked to a damaged liver or tumour in the testicle, this can be dangerous. On its own, it is not dangerous but it is the underlying cause that poses danger to life.
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Enoch Oyedibu
I am a writer and investigative journalist who specialises in literary criticism and underrepresented narratives. Among other publications, I have been featured in Business Day Nigeria, TheICIR, Platform Times and Daily Nigerian. Right now, I work as a full-time staff writer for Unconventional Magazine.
