What causes high androgen levels in women?

In daily life, it is a common symptom for many women to have excessive androgen levels in their bodies. Generally speaking, excessive androgen levels in women's bodies can easily affect their health and normal fertility, which is very harmful to the body. There are many reasons for excessive androgen levels in women. Generally speaking, obesity can easily lead to excessive androgen levels in the body.

First: Polycystic ovary syndrome. This is more common. Just like male pattern baldness, individuals have a genetic predisposition to polycystic ovary syndrome, improper diet, lifestyle, etc. can trigger polycystic ovary syndrome. Other ovarian abnormalities, such as hyperplasia and even cancer, can lead to excessive secretion of male hormones.

Second: adrenal hyperplasia or other abnormalities, such as polyps and tumors. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Third: Insulin resistance. Diabetics. Male diabetics will cause a decrease in male hormones, but female diabetics may cause a decrease in male hormones but may also cause an increase in male hormones. It is worth noting that both high and low insulin may lead to excessive male hormones in women. Acanthosis nigricans can also cause insulin resistance. Some people also develop insulin resistance due to genetic mutations in insulin receptors. Insulin resistance is often associated with the polycystic ovary syndrome mentioned in the first item.

Fourth: abnormalities in the pituitary gland or hypothalamus, such as tumors and hypothalamic amenorrhea. The pituitary gland or hypothalamus is a very delicate tissue, and abnormalities in one or two cells will cause disorders in the hormone function of the whole body!

Sixth: Poor liver function, decreased detoxification ability, insulin imbalance, affecting the normal functioning of hormones.

Seventh: Poor digestive circulation ability of internal organs, poor metabolism, gastrointestinal flora imbalance, inflammation in the body's circulation, affecting the normal operation of hormones.

Eighth: The body is overly sensitive to male hormones. Women are already extremely sensitive to male hormones, and some women are even more sensitive to male hormones. Normal male and female hormone levels will also bring negative effects to her. Who should be blamed for this? Only genetic inheritance can be blamed. Just like some men, because the skin hair follicles are sensitive to male hormones, very low male hormones also cause him to have abundant body hair. There are also studies showing that some acquired factors may also make the body sensitive to male hormones.

Ninth: Thyroid disorders, such as hyperthyroidism. If the brain is the commander-in-chief, hormones are soldiers, and testicles or ovaries are troops, then the thyroid is the political commissar, playing a regulatory role that connects the upper and lower levels. If something goes wrong with the political commissar, the entire campaign may be a complete failure!

11. Long-term stress and anxiety. Long-term stress and anxiety will increase the secretion of cortisol (stress hormone), reduce the male hormone in men, and reduce the female hormone in women. If the female hormone in women is low, coupled with the increase of 5a reductase mentioned in the tenth point, the effect of male hormone will prevail, causing irregular menstruation and reduced sexual desire.

12. Food or medicine. Some foods or medicines can cause allergies or inflammation in the body, and interfere with the secretion of certain hormones. The dozens or hundreds of hormones in the body restrict and affect each other. If one hormone is affected, the entire hormone system will be affected. This is like a sophisticated Swiss mechanical watch. As long as one gear has a small fault, the entire watch will not run normally.

Thirteenth: Hyperprolactinemia. It causes an increase in free androgen and a decrease in estrogen. There are other reasons that cause a significant decrease in estrogen but normal or little decrease in androgen, such as premature ovarian failure, menopause, and type 1 diabetes.