Signs Women Have High Testosterone Hormones

Normally women have the hormone testosterone (male hormone) is less than the hormones progesterone (female hormones). For women with excess testosterone, some of the properties and behavior of any man will come to him, one of which properties will love the challenge and danger.

The high level of testosterone in women will usually cause symptoms of psychological, physical and physiological, such as mood disorders and abnormal growth of muscle tissue.

Hormones are one of the biological factors that differentiate men and women, including testosterone, the hormone regulate secondary male characteristics. Women also actually have the hormone testosterone, but the level will be higher in men than women.

Signs of women who have high testosterone levels as quoted from the LIVESTRONG, Sunday (09/19/2010) are:

Skeptical (not easy to believe)
The high levels of testosterone can make a woman more skeptical than women with low testosterone levels. The hormone testosterone can actually serve as a counterweight to oxytocin, a hormone involved in human social bonds and bonds of trust in others.

Looking for social status
Women with higher testosterone levels can indicate social status-seeking behavior. It has been published in
Scientific American.

Virilization
High levels of androgens in women, especially testosterone, can develop a condition known as virilization. A woman with excessive virilization will develop masculine characteristics, such as the amount of hair and fur on the face and body, and baldness on the skin Kapala.

Virilization may reduce a woman's voice or cause acne problems and can enhance female sexual arousal. Virilization will also shrink the uterus and breast, and make the menstrual periods become abnormal.

Clitoromegaly
Women with high testosterone levels may have a longer clitoris condition and large abnormal, called clitoromegaly or macroclitoris. According to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, exposure to excessive androgens may enhance the growth of the clitoris.

Got a boy
High levels of testosterone can make a woman more likely to have boys. According to the Sunday Times, a scientist of Dr. Valerie Grant once did a study and the results showed that the level of testosterone in the follicles (which produce eggs), tends to produce a fetus with male gender.