A clinician (Joy Kong, MD) reports widespread low testosterone in younger menâparticularly retired NFL players in their early 30sâfinding many with very low levels (e.g., ~150â200 ng/dL). The clip highlights functional impairment (fatigue, joint pain) and notes clinical hesitancy to start testosterone in younger men due to concerns about infertility and testicular atrophy.
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I started testing a lot of men in particular and women also for testosterone levels. And I found out that in the hundreds and hundreds that I've done, I've not yet one man under the age of 35 with a normal testosterone level. Wow. And that includes, I have a bunch right now about 10 NFL football players retired in their early 30s. They're coming in with scores like 150, 200 for their testosterone. And I said, what did you guys do when you're playing ball? And they said, the coaches said, take vitamin D and cr. Go on. Because they can't take anything yet. These guys are coming in their 30s, worn out, joints are bad, they feel terrible, and they have no testosterone yet. When we, you know, from what school you went to and everything we went to, we're not supposed to start testosterone in younger people because there is some infertility problems, shrinkage of some testicles that people worry about, and fertility is a big one.