Psychological Distress For Those Affected By Gynecomastia

The term gynecomastia is composed of two Greek words "gynae" for women and "mastos" breasts and explain unusual changes in the mammary gland and surrounding tissue in the male breast. These male breast disease may occur at various stages of life and also vary in strength. His chest should be distinguished from lipomastia or mastodynia. In vulgar language, the term "Bitchtits" is used primarily in bodybuilders.

It is also spoken between real and fake gynecomastia. In true gynecomastia is a natural development of the human mammary gland tissue, whereas false gynecomastia, which is also called pseudogynecomastia is due to the incorporation of fat in the breast, as often occurs in overweight.

Furthermore, the fat in the breast between the normal physical changes, such as may occur in neonates, at puberty and the age and pathological, ie pathological gynecomastia, distinguished.

Pathological breast fat is not a disease itself, but rather the physical changes, which may be due to various causes. In most cases the original breast enlargement occurs in disorders of the hormonal balance, for example, hormone therapy to treat the disease or as a side effect to certain medications, among those concerned.

So based on real gynecomastia in very many cases the lack of male sex hormones or excess female hormone, estrogen level is high, the side effects mentioned above certain drugs, liver and kidney disease and excessive alcohol consumption.