Re: Diagnosis of Idiopathic as the cause

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

Stress can cause hypogonadism, so can steroids like prednisone - even

a nasty viral infection. At some point you have to stop worrying

about finding the cause and start focusing on treatment. Most hypo

cases are idiopathic....

Regards,

K4

> My doctor gave me a diagnosis of idiopathic as the cause of my

> hypogonadism. This means they don't know the cause. I have had

> every test, HIV, Hepatitis AB & C, Pituatary, cortisol levels etc.

> All came back normal or negative. Any ideas about what he should

> test for?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jeff

[Guest guest]

My Endo did an excellent job of ruling out all of the bad things

that " could " be causing my hypogonadism. While he was not very good

at " treating " me, he did an excellent job for me on ruling stuff ouot.

I'm sure you have had a PSA and perhaps a test for carcinoembryonic

antigen or perhaps some of the other tests to rule out cancer. I'm

also assuming your prolactin has been checked and perhaps a pituitary

MRI has been performed.

My Endo tested me for all kinds of things. When my DHEA-S came back

exceedingly high, we ran a abdominal CT scan to rule out adrenal

cancer. I would look at your DHEA-S to see where it is. If it's

high, perhaps a quick scan would be in order.

Now, after all of that, perhaps you are idiopathic. If so, go with

it and move on to treatment. I'm glad I did.

y

> My doctor gave me a diagnosis of idiopathic as the cause of my

> hypogonadism. This means they don't know the cause. I have had

> every test, HIV, Hepatitis AB & C, Pituatary, cortisol levels etc.

> All came back normal or negative. Any ideas about what he should

> test for?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jeff

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

What were your Ferritin iron levels? If you haven't checked them you should.

www.ironoverload.org

www.americanhs.org

www.irondisorders.org

In a message dated 4/2/2004 11:49:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jgrey@... writes:

My doctor gave me a diagnosis of idiopathic as the cause of my

hypogonadism. This means they don't know the cause. I have had

every test, HIV, Hepatitis AB & C, Pituatary, cortisol levels etc.

All came back normal or negative. Any ideas about what he should

test for?

Thanks,

Jeff