What is causing my lower back pain and weak legs?

Lower back pain and weak legs are common symptoms in life. Sometimes it is because of poor physical strength as we age, long-term insomnia, bad emotions, palpitations or long-term indigestion, which can also cause this kind of pain symptom.

1. Poor physical strength and chronic insomnia: As they age, men in menopause will experience a decline in physical strength and will easily feel tired and weak; their intellectual and spatial skill activities will decrease; they will be prone to insomnia and even have sleeping disorders; their muscle strength and muscle mass will decrease, and they will often feel sore waist and weak legs.

2. Bad temper and prone to pessimism: Men in menopause will experience a decline in memory, thinking ability and concentration; they are prone to depression, and often have emotional indifference, low mood, pessimism and disappointment, and lose enthusiasm for life; they may even become mentally nervous, irritable, suspicious, etc.

3. Excessive sweating and frequent palpitations: Due to cardiovascular aging, vascular problems such as poor vascular elasticity, hardening, and arteriosclerosis appear one after another, leading to vascular dysfunction, and symptoms such as facial flushing, sweating, palpitations, and headaches are likely to occur.

4. Indigestion and abdominal distension: Male menopausal patients will experience the same symptoms as female menopausal patients, such as loss of appetite, indigestion, abdominal distension after eating, bitter taste in the mouth, acid reflux, constipation or diarrhea.

5. Decreased sexual ability: The decrease in androgen levels leads to decreased libido, reduced sexual activity, decreased penile erection hardness, decreased frequency and quality of nocturnal erections, and testicular atrophy.

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6. Methods for treating menopause

If male friends feel that they have the typical symptoms of male menopause, it is best to go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive health check. Once it is confirmed to be male menopause, the right medicine can be prescribed.

7. In terms of drug treatment, you can take Chinese medicine for nourishing the kidney and replenishing qi under the guidance of a doctor, or you can take some tonics such as ginseng; in terms of food adjustment, you can eat some foods that can supplement and enhance the function of the gonads, such as lamb, leek, yam, carrot, chrysanthemum, sesame, walnuts and other fresh vegetables and some fresh apples, kiwis, dates and other fruits. You should reduce your intake of foods that are high in sugar or too salty.

8. At the same time, you should pay attention to strengthening physical exercise, improving your physical fitness, ensuring adequate sleep, quitting smoking, drinking, changing bad habits, and at the same time, strive to relieve various pressures and maintain an optimistic and peaceful attitude.