Low Testosterone LH/Low Growth Hormone and now maybe high prolactin help????

January 4, 2008

I have had low testosterone for a good few years now.

Originally I had boardline low testosterone levels of 10.2nmol/ and a

nomral LH level. I had a Insulin Tollerance Test four years ago as

well and that was perfectly normal and was 44 (UK reference) MU/L.

I also had an MRI which was normal, prolactin levels were also normal

and adrenal and thyroid hormones that were repeatedly very good/normal.

So boarderline low testosterone looked to be the only issue.

My health has gone dramatically downhill over the course of four years.

I had a new Insulin Tollerance Test a few months ago and it showed that

I now have low growth hormone with a UK level of 9mu/l (works out to

around 3 of the US range). So we had a before and after test and can

see that Growth Hormone has gone from 44mu/l to 9mu/l somehow in the

last four years.

I also came off testosterone for three months to see what my baseline

testosterone level was and it now showed a level of 5.6nmol/l and my LH

still normal. So my testosterone has gone from 10.6 to 5.6 and my

growth hormone from 44 to 9.

I has seemed that these values have plummeted in a way that has

mirrored my continuingly worse health.

A few months ago I started geting these sharp pains behind my left eye,

just imtermitently- not like a headache. They have continued every

week since, just now and again I get a sharp pain behind the eye.

My eyes have subsequently started to swell up and my left eye in

particular has swollen quite badley to the point where the eyelid

cannot be seen and it is affecting my vision a little.

Three weeks ago I had a prolactin test and it came back a little bit

high. 378 Uk reference range (0-350). I had another test a week ago

and that has come back also a little high 387 (0-350).

What are the odds that the dropping of the baseline testosterone and

growth hormone levels and the now growth hormone deficiency (doctors

are trying to get me on GH therapy) is down to a prolactinoma or

pituitary tumor?

I thought that prolactin was usually through the roof before it ever

caused significant issues?

Is this just a red herring or is this the cause of everything?

could a problem have been missed on the original MRI?

Obviously no one can say, but I would be very interested to hear

peoples thoughts on this?

What does that level come to on the US range?

Would that prolactin level be an issue at all?

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