"Clive R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:My wife has a DHEA score of zero. Well actually it is up
to 0.3. It has been zero. She has been taking a supplement
for some time.
She is 37 yo and has had a difficult medical history. I
won't go too much into this here. However, she does manage
somewhat heroically to swim 1.5 km three times a week. She
is the mother of two young girls and gives them the energy
they need.
Doctors,nutritionists etc can't believe their eyes when
they see the blood test results, and it is very
disconcerting. there ain't no mistake here by the way,
she's had umpteen blood tests over recent times. Its fair
to say she wonders if the low DHEA means something
dreadful.
She has always had wonderful skin but I would say this has
deteriorated over the past year or so. In particular hands
are very dry. However this could be due to some of the
prescription drugs she takes...eg at the moment she is
using Ciproxin.
I've read both the pro-DHEA and the DHEA sceptic stuff at
a summary level. But at a simple level, does anyone know
of a zero DHEA score in a 37 year old. Is it as bad as it
sounds? Why don't the supplements seem to work? any other
interesting comments?
Perhaps DHEA taken orally isn't the best route. Don't get me
wrong, the oral route seems to work pretty well with dhea
Perhaps you could get an endocrinologist to prescribe a
compounded dhea gel. You would have to go to a special
pharmacy the does compounding. They would formulate the gel
in the shop. The prescription forms of dhea such as the
prasterone tablets or the gel should be covered by your
insurance What was her testosterone level?
I'll bet she has other hormonal problems.
I'd think that the low dhea levels could lead to
osteoporosis as in the bone it is converted into estrogen
and in other tissues into testosterone in females.
The textbook seems only concerned with excesses of dhea.
Has she taken any antifungal drugs? They can be quite
damaging in males so perhaps they do something similar
females.
Oh wait........dhea is made in the adrenals. Has she been
checked for adrenal dysfunction. What is the name of the
autoimmune disorder where the adrenals destroyed? President
John Kennedy had it. Addison's disease .....granted I think
that disease in terms of a lack of ACTH. Your wife need a
good endocrinologist not some bare bottomed baboon that
calls itself a M.D. or a dietician.
Given the way it sounds, I'll suggest that to be a smart
consumer of physicians you and your wife need some books. An
endocrinology textbook, a medical manual like the Merck
manual, a medical dictionary, an endocrinology dictionary,
laboratory diagnosis guide book, plus more specific books on
what ever she is diagnosed with.
Without details that is as good as I can do. And anyway I
not a physician so...........
William A. Noyes
Quoted message said:
thanks
CR
