PCOS Messages for May, 2002: Re: What else causes wacky LH/FSH ratio?

Re: What else causes wacky LH/FSH ratio?

From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 16 May 2002 09:00:39 -0500 (CDT)

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Don't know what CAH is, but there might be other causes for a wacky LH/FSH ratio, I do think that PCOS is the most common cause. I think I read that pitutory tumors can cause an imbalance but with high FSH rather than high LH.

My ratio was around 1.5 before treatment, since glucophage treatment my FSH has gone up (mine started at 3.9), my estrodiol(sp?) down which are both good things, but my LH went down too so I have less than a 1:1 ratio. (I'm 38 so it could just be an age thing). As I was researching I did find one article that said high estridol will lower FSH which makes the LH:FSH ratio more exagerated.

But the lab values aren't optimal values, so you need to research. Here's a link to a very good site: http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html

If your fasting insulin is high (10 or more) or if you have elevated testosterone, or DHEA these are other signs that the problem is PCOS rather than something else.

Anne

At Wed, 15 May 2002, Sarah wrote: >
>Well, my ratio is LH, FSH=4 right now.. so about 1:5. I know this
>ratio generally indicates PCOS, but I was wondering if it could be
>anything else? CAH, i've heard, also causes an abnormal ratio.. but im
>not sure of the details of this.
>
>Basically, I am looking for some conformation that this abnormal ratio
>is indeed indicative of PCOS, or if I could have something else.
>
>Thanks for your info though. That must be reassuring have your levels
>come back down to a more normal range. Are you receiving treatment, or
>did this just happen naturally?
>
>--
>Sarah
>
>>My ratio has gone from high to lower but not a normal 1:1 so I was just
>>searching on this.
>>
>>If you go to http://www.google.com and enter "LH FSH ratio" you will get
>>a good number of results.
>>
>>Most of the references were to PCOS but not all. I was looking for
>>explanations for a low ratio, not a high. Don't know what you're
>>looking for.
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>Anne
>

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