FSH is an analysis that focuses on the follicle-stimulating hormone, a hormone that regulates both growth and sexual maturity as well as reproductive processes in the body, and is excreted from the endothelial pituitary gland. These are usually analyzed Hormone with other tests such as estrogen, yellow body, testosterone, progesterone, semen and prolactin hormone.
The FSH aims to assess fertility, as well as genital function (ovaries or testicles), as well as to assess early or late puberty in children, especially in women when they have difficulty in pregnancy or have a problem with irregular or absent menstrual cycle . This analysis is also required of men when there is a decrease in the number of sperm and others.
The results of the FSH analysis are obtained after a blood sample is drawn from the arm and sometimes a random urine sample is taken. When the results of the analysis are obtained, the cause of the infertility can be determined by diagnosing cases associated with a defect in the ovaries or testicles. Diagnosis of some disorders that may affect the pituitary gland.
The results of the FSH and LH analysis help differentiate between primary ovarian failure (ovarian failure itself) and secondary ovarian failure (ovarian failure due to pituitary or sub-thalamus disorders). Results indicating high levels of both Failure to develop ovaries, chromosomal abnormalities, or steroid production by ovaries, usually due to exposure to harmful radiation, exposure to chemotherapy, or autoimmune disease.
If there is a decrease in the levels of FSH and LH, this means secondary ovarian failure, which increases the risk of ovarian cancer. In men, results indicating high levels of FSH mean defects In the growth of testis due to lack of genetics or abnormalities in the chromosomes, while in children, results indicate high levels of (FSH) to reach early, which is most common in females compared with males, due to a problem in the central nervous system as a result of injuries In the brain or trauma, or inflammation of the nervous system Zi such as meningitis and encephalitis.