The dangers of excessive male hormones in women

Many people think that only men have testosterone, but in fact, women also have a certain amount of testosterone in their bodies. If female friends find that they have too high testosterone in their daily lives, it is recommended that everyone should pay attention to it in their daily lives, because too high testosterone in women can cause great harm to the body. So what are the harms of high testosterone levels in women?

1. Increase the risk of endometrial cancer.

Because high androgen affects women's ovulation period, long-term anovulation can cause continuous hyperplasia of the uterine wall and increase the risk of late development of endometrial cancer. The obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, etc. caused by high androgen mentioned above are also risk sources for endometrial cancer.

2. Affect menstruation and pregnancy.

High androgen levels affect the development of women's eggs, causing ovulation disorders and corpus luteum insufficiency, which in turn causes women to experience menstrual disorders, infrequent menstruation, and even amenorrhea and infertility. According to large-scale survey data, among patients with polycystic ovary, half of them have primary infertility, and one-quarter of them have secondary infertility. Even during pregnancy, they may suffer from miscarriage or fetal malformation due to affecting corpus luteum function. In the late pregnancy, studies have shown that high androgen levels can also cause preeclampsia, placental abruption, gestational diabetes, premature birth and other related adverse pregnancy outcomes.

3. Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Triglyceride is the first abnormal blood lipid index of hyperandrogenism. The body's triglyceride level increases and high-density protein decreases. This abnormal blood sugar metabolism can cause a lot of human fat tissue to accumulate in the blood vessel walls, damaging the vascular epidermis, and ultimately causing aortic atherosclerosis and hypertension, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease in the medium and long term.

4. Increase the risk of diabetes.

Obesity, especially central obesity, is closely related to hyperandrogenism. Obese patients have fat accumulation in the body, hypertrophy of adipose tissue, and reduced sensitivity to insulin glargine, which can also lead to increased 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.

5. Mental state problems.

Because of the above changes, patients with high androgen levels will be confused to a certain extent and their psychological burden will be increased, making them more prone to negative emotions such as depression and suicide than ordinary people.