High follicle stimulating hormone

For women to have normal fertility, they need to produce high-quality eggs. The main function of follicle-stimulating hormone is to promote the maturation of ovarian follicles and thus produce eggs. If the follicle-stimulating hormone level is too high, it will affect the production of female eggs and even cause female infertility. Therefore, when this happens, it is very important to understand the situation so that you can deal with it better.

symptom

1. High levels of follicle-stimulating hormone have the greatest impact on women's ovaries, and are especially detrimental to patients' fertility. It is likely to cause infertility in women, and even if they can successfully become pregnant, miscarriage is likely to occur. If a woman has an unexplained miscarriage, she should undergo timely testing to find out whether she has high levels of follicle-stimulating hormone.

2. High levels of follicle-stimulating hormone will affect women's menstruation, the most common of which is menstrual disorders. Since follicle-stimulating hormone promotes the development of follicles, when its level is high, the development, maturation and discharge of eggs will be accelerated, which will make the menstrual interval of women too short.

3. High levels of follicle-stimulating hormone may cause premature ovarian failure in women, leading to symptoms such as knee pain and dry eyes.

Clinical significance

Decreased follicle-stimulating hormone is seen in estrogen and progesterone treatment, secondary sexual dysfunction, hypopituitarism, Sheehan syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, and advanced adenohypophysitis.

Elevated follicle-stimulating hormone is seen in testicular seminoma, Klinefelter's syndrome, Turner syndrome, primary amenorrhea, congenital ovarian dysgenesis, after treatment with adrenocortical hormones, primary reproductive insufficiency, ovarian obesity, early hyperpituitarism, giant cell degenerative lung cancer, etc.

Normal reference range

Men: 1 to 7 U/L.

Women: Follicular phase: 1-9U/L, ovulation phase: 6-260U/L, luteal phase: 1-9U/L, menopause: 30-118U/L.

Precautions

Taking birth control pills, estrogen, or during pregnancy may affect the determination of serum follicle-stimulating hormone, so care should be taken during testing. And because the physiological changes of follicle-stimulating hormone in serum are large, when judging and interpreting a certain pathological phenomenon, the measurement should be repeated many times to avoid misjudgment.