What is the cause of high follicular estrogen

Women release mature eggs every month. The formation of eggs is related to hormones. The eggs are initially follicles. After the follicles are slowly formed and combined with hormones, they promote the development and growth of mature follicles. Finally, together with luteinizing hormone, they promote the secretion of estrogen to attract the arrival of sperm. The process from a small follicle to a mature egg is very complicated and takes more than a month in the human body. High follicular estrogen will cause changes in the current normal value. The normal bodies of men and women are different. If the normal value exceeds the prescribed range, it will lead to immature follicles. In this way, people will easily experience infertility or difficulty in getting pregnant when preparing for pregnancy normally, which will cause a lot of trouble to the body.

Definition Information

Follicle-stimulating hormone A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates sperm production and egg maturation. Together with luteinizing hormone, it is collectively called gonadotropin, which has the function of promoting the development and maturation of follicles, and together with luteinizing hormone, it promotes the secretion of estrogen.

Normal value

Male: 1.42-15.2 U/L;

Women: follicular phase 1.37~9.9U/L; ovulation phase 6.17~17.2U/L; luteal phase 1.09~9.2U/L; menopause 19.3~100.6U/L.

Clinical significance

Increased: seen in primary amenorrhea, early primary sexual dysfunction, anterior pituitary hyperfunction, testicular seminoma, Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, etc., and ingestion of drugs such as clomiphene and levodopa;

Decreased: seen in estrogen or progesterone treatment of secondary hypogonadism, Sheehan syndrome (also known as Sheehan syndrome), late stage hypopituitarism, and intake of oral contraceptives, sex hormones and other drugs;

Special note: Turner syndrome is a genetic disease in which the sex chromosome is only one X chromosome (normal males should have two sex chromosomes, XY, and normal females should have two sex chromosomes, XX). Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disease in which the sex chromosome is XXY. This patient has both some male and some female characteristics.

Related symptoms

Pain during sexual intercourse, menopause, heavy menstruation, vulvar pain, postpartum hemorrhage, female infertility, pelvic mass, leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea.