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Condom use can sometimes cause anxiety, distraction, or decreased sensation that may interfere with keeping an erection, and this is usually not directly linked to low testosterone.

Hot flashes in men are caused by changes in hormone levels, especially a drop in testosterone, which disrupts the body’s normal way of keeping cool. This symptom should promot evaluation by a doctor.

Self-care strategies to help manage erectile dysfunction include lifestyle changes like regular exercise, healthy eating, stress reduction, and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol. These practices may improve blood flow and overall health, which can support better erectile function.

If you are having chest pain on the left side, check for other serious symptoms and seek help immediately if the pain is severe or accompanied by signs of a heart attack.

If your urethral opening is itchy, it’s important to monitor your symptoms and seek advice from a healthcare provider, as several causes such as irritation or an infection might be responsible.

Keep the area clean and avoid harsh chemicals or soaps, and if the itching continues or is accompanied by pain, discharge, or swelling, it’s best to see a healthcare professional.

If your chest hurts, first check how you feel overall and whether there are any other serious symptoms, such as rapid onset fatigue, lightheadedness or nausea, and then get help from a doctor or emergency services if needed.

The diverse causes of chest pain can present differently in women due to hormonal changes, smaller coronary arteries, and even how pain is perceived and expressed. These factors make chest pain in women sometimes appear different—often more subtle—than the classic symptoms seen in men.

Making healthy lifestyle choices and, when needed, testosterone replacement therapy are strategies that may help improve low motivation when it is linked to low testosterone.

Gentle stretches like quad, hamstring, and calf stretches can help ease knee pain by making the muscles around the knee stronger and more flexible. These exercises may lessen discomfort and improve knee movement.

Inner knee pain can be treated with non-surgical options like exercise, weight loss, and medications as well as more advanced treatments such as injections or surgery if needed.

You should be concerned about a swollen knee if you have signs of infection, severe pain, or difficulty moving the joint, or if the swelling comes on suddenly after an injury.

While right-sided chest pain is often less linked to heart problems, you should be concerned if the pain is severe, persistent, or comes with other worrisome symptoms like difficulty breathing, fever, or dizziness.

Some medications, including anti-androgens, certain cardiovascular and psychiatric drugs, and even rare cases with medications like methylphenidate, can lead to enlarged breasts in men by disrupting the balance between testosterone and estrogen. Lower levels or blocked effects of testosterone can allow estrogen to stimulate breast tissue growth.

Multiple painful lumps in the fat of your stomach may be due to Dercum's disease, a rare condition involving painful fatty deposits.

Hot flashes often happen at night because our body’s temperature control becomes more sensitive during sleep, and they can be managed with lifestyle adjustments and sometimes medications.

Chest pain when breathing can be due to conditions affecting your lungs or chest wall, such as inflammation of the lung lining (pleurisy) or musculoskeletal issues like costochondritis, and sometimes may be related to heart problems.

Lying on your left side may change the way your heart, lungs, and stomach are positioned, sometimes causing chest pain due to pressure, reflux, or other noncardiac issues.

Knee pain after running can come from factors like muscle imbalances, stress on the joint, and problems with how the knee moves during running. Simple changes in training, strengthening, and technique may help reduce the pain.

Coughing can strain the muscles and joints in your chest, causing pain on the left side, and it may be made worse by underlying lung issues like bronchiectasis or COPD.

When lying down, you might feel a lump in your lower abdomen due to benign factors such as fat deposits, scar tissue or a small hernia—often related to previous surgery or natural body physiology—that become more noticeable in a relaxed position.

During sit-ups, you may feel a lump in your stomach due to shifts in your abdominal tissues or fat, muscle strain or herniation, or even nerve entrapment such as ACNES, all of which can become more apparent during exercise.

A lump you feel in your stomach when lying down might be due to a hernia, like a Spigelian hernia, or a benign growth such as a lipoma that becomes more noticeable when you change position.

A lump in the middle of your stomach when lying down could be due to an abdominal wall hernia (such as a Spigelian hernia), a localized hematoma, or in rare cases, a vascular issue. It’s important to have it evaluated for a proper diagnosis.

A dull ache in your armpit can be caused by minor issues like muscle tension or nerve irritation and is often not serious, but if it keeps happening or worsens, you should check with a doctor.

Multiple lumps in your stomach fat are often due to lipomas, which are benign, non-cancerous growths of fat tissue. These are usually harmless, though any changes in size or discomfort should be evaluated by a doctor.

Inner knee pain when bending can happen because the tissues and nerves on the inside of the knee get stressed from repeated bending or due to wear and tear, such as in osteoarthritis or saphenous neuritis.

Inner knee pain during sleep is often linked to joint issues like osteoarthritis and poor sleep quality. The pain can worsen at night due to inflammation, joint pressure, and the body’s reduced distractions from discomfort.

Itching inside when you pee may be due to inflammation or irritation in the vaginal or urinary areas, often seen with infections like a yeast infection or a urinary tract infection.

Knee pain during squatting and climbing stairs often happens because these activities put extra pressure on the front of the knee (the patellofemoral area), which can irritate the joint and soft tissues.