What are the symptoms of high testosterone in women?

If a woman has too high a testosterone level, it can easily lead to an increased risk of diabetes. It may also induce endometrial cancer, increase the psychological burden, and cause depression. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to regulation and reduce the testosterone level.

1. Increased risk of diabetes

Obesity, especially abdominal obesity, is closely related to hyperandrogenemia. Obese patients have fat accumulation, fat cell hypertrophy, and decreased insulin sensitivity, which can also lead to elevated blood insulin levels and increase the risk of diabetes. It has been reported that the incidence of impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes in patients with hyperandrogenism is 5-10 times higher than that of normal people.

2. Increase the risk of endometrial cancer

Since high androgen interferes with women's ovulation, long-term anovulation can lead to continuous proliferation of the endometrium and increase the risk of later development of endometrial cancer. The obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, etc. caused by high androgen mentioned earlier are also risk factors for endometrial cancer.

3. Psychological problems

Due to the above-mentioned changes, patients with hyperandrogenism will be troubled to a certain extent and their psychological burden will be increased, making them more prone to negative emotions such as depression and suicide than normal people.

4 What should women pay attention to when their testosterone levels are too high

At present, the treatment of patients with hyperandrogenism mostly adopts individualized treatment plans. While finding out the primary cause and treating it symptomatically, we should also pay attention to strengthening physical exercise and cultivating good eating habits. For women who want to have children, they need to closely monitor their androgen levels and blood sugar levels under the guidance of a doctor. Even if they don’t want to have children, they still need to pay attention to their hyperandrogenism problem and, under the guidance of a professional doctor, try to reduce the occurrence of the above-mentioned long-term complications as much as possible. In short, hyperandrogenism may be a problem throughout the patient's life, and we need to be vigilant and continue to pay attention to it.