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A member asked:

I am 22 years old and have normal testosterone levels, but high dhea-s. what does it mean? thanks in advance.

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Androgen female: Testosterone and dheas are both male hormones and present in small amounts in normal women testosterone t is produced by ovary and dheas by adrenal if elevated they suggest that gland is the abnormal since dheas is weaker than t it has milder symptoms of androgen excess.

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Answered 4/18/2016

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