Causes of high androgen levels in women

Androgen plays a very important role for us, but if a woman's androgen level is too high, it will cause various troubles. Therefore, once a woman finds that she has symptoms of excessive androgen, she must pay attention and find ways to lower her androgen level. Below we will introduce to you the reasons why female androgen levels are too high.

Many friends would be surprised about the existence of male hormones in women's bodies. In fact, sex hormones exist in everyone's body, and sex hormones are composed of estrogen and androgen. Androgen exists in women's bodies and is the secretion of female sexual desire, which promotes healthy pregnancy in women. However, it is often found that female androgen levels are too high, which seriously affects female pregnancy and causes infertility.

Reasons for high testosterone levels in women:

1. 60% of testosterone is bound to beta globulin in the blood, called testosterone-estradiol binding globulin (TEBG), about 38% (mainly androstenedione) is bound to albumin, and free testosterone accounts for only 2%, but it is active. If TEBG binds to estradiol more and binds to testosterone less, the free testosterone in the blood will increase.

Second, due to excessive secretion of the ovary or adrenal cortex.

Third, it may also be caused by abnormal peripheral conversion.

4. Hyperinsulinemia caused by insulin resistance can stimulate the ovary to secrete a large amount of androgen.

Fifth, the enzyme system is disordered during the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, such as aromatase deficiency, androstenedione cannot be converted into estrone, and testosterone cannot be converted into estradiol, resulting in excessive accumulation of androstenedione, especially testosterone.

In the above article, we introduced the importance of androgen to us. However, if a woman’s androgen level is too high, it can easily lead to acne and excessive body hair. In the above article, we analyzed in detail the reasons why female androgen levels are too high.