Could This Sex Hormone Determine How Sick You Get With COVID?

re: Could This Sex Hormone Determine How Sick You Get With COVID?

ddc777 — 6/9/2021 6:28:52 AM

Does the low testosterone issue of more severe disease also apply to women? Many are not taking hormones after menopause. Many women have low testosterone after tramas such as ovarian cancer and removal of ovaries tumor or even the lack of good doctors that are providing adequate bioidentical replacements. My question is regarding myself as since last October I am only having hormones that are secreted from my adrenals that may also be compromised due to three rounds of chemo. I'm taking a lot of alternative medicine to help my macrophages and immune system but nothing regarding hormones which concerns me even prior to this article. Attempted using pregnenolone as a precursor to all hormones but had rapid heartbeat from that and as a synthetic I wasn't so sure of the safety of it.

re: Could This Sex Hormone Determine How Sick You Get With COVID?

ChocChip16 — 6/6/2021 11:31:48 AM

Perhaps estrogen and testosterone. But the free version of it?

re: Could This Sex Hormone Determine How Sick You Get With COVID?

DebbyW — 6/5/2021 8:12:42 AM

Maybe reduced testosterone is an indication of other health issues. It might be a good test to do to be warned of the possible severity.

re: Could This Sex Hormone Determine How Sick You Get With COVID?

scuppi — 6/5/2021 6:58:54 AM

The better question is: what are the estrogen levels of the sicker people? Estrogen is a catabolic hormone, and no one describes what it does in the body better than Dr. Peat. So, my guess is that it isn't the amount of testosterone, but the amount of estrogen that determines the extent of the illness. Estrogen is involved in many of the body's processes, and today's society is estrogen dominant, so it would not surprise me if it played a major role. but, mainstream medicine still thinks of estrogen as a darling hormone.