Types

• Testosterone is the most important representative of the male sex hormones collectively called androgens. The male gonads (testes) produces testosterone, under the influence of a hormone released from the pituitary gland called luteinizing hormone and the adrenal gland produces testosterone in small amounts.
• In women, 50% comes from...

Description

When to get Tested

• In men, the test is done when infertility is suspected or when man has decreased sex drive or Erectile dysfunction
• When a young boy seems to be undergoing precocious puberty
• In Woman when there is irregular periods or Amenorrhoea, infertility and masculine features

Elevated Level

MALES :

• Testicular Tumours
• Adrenal tumours
• Use of Androgens
• Early puberty of unknown cause
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Women:

• PCOS
• Ovarian or adrenal Tumour
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Decreased Level

• Hypothalamic or pituitary disease
• Klienfelter’s syndrome
• Kallmann syndrome
• Prader -willi syndrome
• Infertility
• Chronc disease such as diabetes