Patient's question:
What is a detailed examination of a male sexual dysfunction laboratory, what are the symptoms, and what are the potential disturbances?Doctor's answer:
Measured plasma testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, as well as thyroid hormones and blood glucose. If plasma luteinizing hormone is elevated and testosterone rises, the inflammation is in the testes; if both plasma luteinizing hormone and testosterone are decreased and prolactin is elevated, the inflammation is in the hypothalamus; if plasma testosterone and thyroid hormones (T3, T4) are both elevated, it is related to hyperthyroidism. When genital tract inflammation is suspected, a prostatic fluid smear examination can be performed.