What are the early warning indicators of male hormone health risks

The currently clinically recognized core warning indicator of male hormone health risks is a combination of free testosterone levels + physical and psychological abnormalities without clear triggers for 1-3 consecutive months, rather than the total testosterone value that is often marked in physical examination reports alone.

Many people don’t know that 98% of total testosterone is tightly bound by sex hormone-binding globulin and albumin and cannot exert physiological effects. Only about 2% of free testosterone can actually be used by the body. It is easy to misjudge by just looking at the total testosterone value. Last week, a 32-year-old Internet operator came to me with a physical examination report from his workplace. His total testosterone was just below the reference limit. He said that he had lost his hair recently and had no energy. He didn’t even want to go to weekend basketball, which he had been playing for ten years. After searching online for a long time, he thought that his androgen levels were high. I was exhausted, so I checked free testosterone and binding globulin and found that the free testosterone level was completely within the normal range. I stayed up until 2 or 3 o'clock every day for 3 months and had five or six cold beers a week. I went back and adjusted my work and rest for two weeks, and most of my condition was back to normal.

Compared to the cold numbers on the test report, many people can actually feel the abnormal signals sent by their bodies earlier. I was in contact with a 40-year-old business salesperson before, and his waistline increased from 2 feet 4 to 2 feet 9 in half a year. He obviously didn't eat anything high in oil and sugar. His visceral fat increased very quickly. He couldn't wake up at all. Even the morning erections that had lasted for more than ten years almost disappeared. He was always inexplicably irritable and quarreled with his family. Shi Quan attributed it to high work pressure, and it took him almost a year to get checked. The result was that his free testosterone was only 30% of the normal level. He had been diagnosed with late-onset hypogonadism, and needed to be adjusted with low-dose hormone supplementation. If he had noticed these signs and intervened in time six months earlier, he would not have come to this step at all.

There are actually differences in the judgment standards of early warning in the industry. Some European and American guidelines recommend that free testosterone be lower than 10pmol/L as the risk threshold. Domestic institutions also set the threshold at 8.8pmol/L. There are also some scholars who think that the value cannot be hard-coded. Some people have lower basic testosterone levels than ordinary people, even if the value is If you are stuck at the critical value, as long as there are no symptoms of discomfort, no additional intervention is needed; conversely, even if the value is still within the reference range, there are people who experience unexplained loss of sexual desire, rapid decline in muscle mass, inexplicable bone pain, persistent depression or irritability for three consecutive months. They should be alert to the possibility of hormonal disorders. There is no need to wait for the value to fall below the critical line before adjusting.

If you really suspect that you have related problems, don't just buy the "testosterone supplements" that are touted online and take them indiscriminately. Adjust your work and rest for 3 days first, don't drink alcohol and stay up late. Check the six items of sex hormones plus free testosterone on an empty stomach. See a specialist for comprehensive judgment based on symptoms, which is much more reliable than guessing and taking supplements on your own.