Serum hormones and seminal parameters in males with thyroid disturbance

Andrologia. 1987 Jan-Feb;19(1):37-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1987.tb01854.x.

Abstract

Semen characteristics and serum levels of the hormones T3, T4, fT4, TSH, FSH, LH, Prolactin and Testosterone have been measured in five men with thyroid disorders (two patients had primary hypothyroidism, two had Graves disease and one had subacute thyroiditis). Alteration in thyroid status negatively affects semen quality, more markedly in hypothyroidism than in hyperthyroidism. Treatment of patients improves the quality of semen.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antithyroid Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
  • Gonadotropins, Pituitary / blood*
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / blood
  • Hyperthyroidism / complications
  • Hypothyroidism / blood
  • Hypothyroidism / complications
  • Infertility, Male / blood
  • Infertility, Male / etiology*
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Male
  • Prolactin / blood
  • Semen*
  • Testosterone / blood*
  • Thyroid Diseases / blood
  • Thyroid Diseases / complications*
  • Thyroid Diseases / drug therapy
  • Thyroid Hormones / blood*
  • Thyrotropin / blood*

Substances

  • Antithyroid Agents
  • Gonadotropins, Pituitary
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Testosterone
  • Prolactin
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone
  • Thyrotropin