The Hormone Nobody Tests in Women

When women talk about hormones, the conversation is estrogen and progesterone. Testosterone gets treated as a sexual health issue and little else. Colin Renaud, PA-C calls that a big misunderstanding, and this episode is about what it costs.Testosterone has a role in muscle, metabolism, bone health, mood, energy and overall vitality in women, and it is routinely left off the panel entirely. Colin walks through what actually gets tested versus what should be, the difference between total and free testosterone, what sex hormone binding globulin does, and why normal on a reference range is not the same as optimal.He is direct that a symptom picture should never be dismissed on one lab number, and that the conventional system is not built to catch this. The episode closes with a case study of a patient with HSDD, hypoactive sexual desire disorder.For educational purposes only. Not personal medical advice.