What could a raised testosterone level in a female indicate?
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Too much testosterone in a female could suggest PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome):
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/pcosinf...
http://www.gynob.com/pcos.htm
Symptoms of PCOS:
Typcial symptoms: menstrual problems, acne, excessive hair growth, loss of hair, infertility, and weight gain. You may experience all of these symptoms or just one or two. All women with PCOS are different in this respect.
http://www.womens-health.co.uk/pcos1.asp...
Other possible causes of raised testosterone in women:
- drug related hirsutism e.g. phenytoin
- abnormalities of gonadal or sexual development
- familial - idiopathic - hirsutism
- androgen-producing ovarian tumour
- Cushing's syndrome
- androgen-producing adrenal tumour
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia manifest in an adult
http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.
Try not to worry. Stress, from stress hormone effect, can raise testosterone levels.
Best wishes.
too much of one hormone would mean too little of another. It may have to do with sleep because cortisol and DHEA are produced at night, and testosterone relates to those 2 hormones
well...it means there is an endocrine problem...
from the pituitary,thyroid,or ovary...these all need to be checked to see where the problem started..good luck..
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