EP193: Pink October: Men developing big boobs | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT - video Dailymotion

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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, enlightens readers about a condition called gynaecomastia that affects some men who are upset about their growing chest line.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Hello everyone, welcome to the third installation of putting Dr G on the spot in this beautiful

00:06 pink October celebrating or bringing awareness to breast conditions that affect men.

00:13 And perhaps the biggest breast condition that affects men are big breasts in men called

00:20 gynecomastia.

00:28 Gynecomastia or sometimes derogatorily known as man boobs are actually protrusion or abnormal

00:37 excessive growth in men's breasts.

00:39 Why does that happen?

00:41 Actually it can be physiological or it can be endocrinological.

00:47 Physiologically and as a child is born there may be excess amount of estrogen in the body

00:53 then a male infant will have excessively big breasts.

00:59 In pediatric or adolescence there is change of hormone between testosterone and estrogen

01:05 and that itself can result in an enlarged breast and actually can affect up to 70% of

01:12 adolescent boys.

01:14 However as men get older there will be a condition called senile gynecomastia.

01:21 Senile doesn't mean that you are in your 80s, perhaps it also happens in your 50s.

01:28 And this is probably because of several factors that includes putting on weight.

01:33 For somebody who put on a lot of weight with truncal obesity then your estrogen level will

01:39 go up, your testosterone level comes down then you get gynecomastia.

01:44 Other conditions such as medication, there are certain drugs such as androgens that people

01:51 use or medication you use for hair loss and also medication such as antifungal itself

02:00 might also cause gynecomastia.

02:03 However men who worry about gynecomastia might worry about getting breast cancer.

02:10 On the contrary because breast cancer itself actually does not increase in risk with gynecomastia

02:17 in some way because gynecomastia produce a lot of the actual adipose tissues around the

02:24 breast.

02:25 If men develop breast cancer arguably you are protected against breast cancer being

02:30 too invasive.

02:32 So for those men who are really really upset about their growing chest line they might

02:38 consider several options.

02:40 One option is taking medication for breast cancer called tamoxifen.

02:45 Another option even radiotherapy of the chest or liposuction of the chest.

02:50 Otherwise if it really get too big you might even consider having a bra on.

02:56 But one thing for sure that actually will keep the chest really flat and nice without

03:01 gynecomastia is weight loss.

03:04 For the following week we are focusing even more breast conditions that affect men is

03:09 called nostalgia.

03:11 Why does that happen?

03:12 You need to find out.

03:14 Stay tuned for Putting Dr G on the Spot next week.

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EP193: Pink October: Men developing big boobs | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

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