Myasthenia Gravis Support Group
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...
Good Day -
Don't know how many tubes of blood I have given for tests since this MG thing has raised it's head this year, but had an unusual test result a month or so ago.
My FSH level was very high - "Normal FSH levels in adult males are typically between 1.5 to 12.4 mIU/mL". Mine reading is: 32.52 mlU/mL. Last week had another blood draw to verify the high reading and the results were about the same, but elevated a bit.
Any one out there have similar readings?
I have been invited to join a Study by Endocrinologists in the Houston area to gather information about this.
Thoughts:
https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)46881-0/pdf
summary
Three men who volunteered as normal subjects were found to have abnormally high
levels of serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) despite having normal seminal
fluid analyses and fertility. Two of the men had a history of previous orchitis, and one
had an atrophic testis. Serum luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels were
normal. These cases appear to represent compensated primary testicular disease, with
normal sperm counts and fertility maintained at the expense of chronically elevated
FSH levels. These results imply that in certain situations, the measurement of serum
FSH levels may be a more sensitive index of testicular disease than the performance of
seminal fluid analyses.
My own high FSH was due to low testosterone levels.
Russ
Interesting.