The hormone testosterone, despite the fact that it is considered a male hormone, is produced in the body of both men and women. For men, this hormone is important for the activation of sexual function, as well as for the production of spermatozoa. In women, testosterone is involved in the development of follicles in the ovaries. Analysis of this hormone in women can show a deviation from the norm, which, in turn, speaks about certain diseases of organs and systems.
Testosterone is common and its rate in women
The total testosterone in women should normally be:
- in girls from 10 to 17 years - 0.45-3.75 ng / l;
- in women of mature age - 0,29-3,18 ng / l;
- in women in the follicular phase of the cycle - 0.44-3.18 ng / l;
- in women in the luteal phase - 0.47-2.49 ng / l;
- in the climacteric period - 0.29-1.73 ng / l.
If testosterone is common in women, what does this mean?
Increased testosterone in women indicates a hormonal imbalance , which can lead to a woman who can not endure pregnancy. That is why such a problem needs to be eliminated as quickly as possible. To do this, special drugs are prescribed, and the woman's nutrition system is revised, as some foods can increase the level of this hormone.
If the total testosterone in women is lowered
Lowering testosterone levels in women is not as formidable as its increase, but leads to certain negative changes in the female body. For example, there may be signs of decline in strength, physical weakness, decrease or disappear sexual attraction, decrease the amount of hair on the body (up to female alopecia). With low testosterone in women, bone density decreases, skin atrophies, depressions occur. To normalize testosterone, in such cases, doctors prescribe testosterone-containing drugs.