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Causes of an increase and decrease in testosterone

Alexey Portnov, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

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Diseases and conditions in which the concentration of testosterone in the blood serum changes

Testosterone is elevated under the following conditions:

Uremia.
Myotonic dystrophy.
Liver failure.
Klinefelter's syndrome.
Cryptorchidism.
Primary and secondary hypogonadism.
Cullman's syndrome.
The use of barbiturates, clomiphene, estrogen, gonadotropin, oral contraceptives.
Idiopathic hirsutism.

Testosterone is lowered under the following conditions:

Men with a karyotype of XYY.
Syndrome of Stein-Leventhal.
The syndrome of feminizing testes.
Premature puberty of boys.
Virilizing luteum.
Tumors of the adrenal cortex.
Extragonadal tumors in men, arenoblastoma.
The use of androgens, dexamethasone, diethylstilbestrol, digoxin, ethanol, halothane, spironolactone, phenothiazines.
Free testosterone in the blood serum.

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