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Does Low Testosterone Cause Thick Blood Due To Excess Fibrin?
hi there, I have extremely thick blood due to excess fibrin, I have had an ISAC panel done at Esoterix to confirm, now we have very low testosterone even though I am taking 20 mg of sublingual DHEA and testosterone with Chrysin, my first two ISAC panel blood tests clotted with an anti coagulant in them, Dr. David Berg Pathologist had never seen this before, they put me on a product called Bolouke for the fibrin, then I had further testing at Igenex looking for Lymes and and other Pathogens and nothing showed up. Also my AST is elevated. I know this condition is not Hereditary, ruled out at Isoterix. I think that maybe the extremely low Testosterone is causing the blood problem, could you please advise, thanks Don.
Fri, 8 Sep 2017
Dear Don,
There is no much literature on increased fibrinogen with low testosterone level, which leads to increased risk of thrombosis. I have not seen any such case so far. Bolouke is not recommended in any of the guidelines so far. There is a study stating that when supranormal doses of testosterone was given to normal subjects, there was reduction in fibrinogen levels by about 20% over 52 weeks. Hope testosterone therapy will do the trick for you.
Also please note that fibrinogen is a acute phase reactant and its levels can be elevated in constions such as Tissue damage/trauma, Infection, Cancer, Acute coronary syndrome, Stroke, and Inflammatory conditions.
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
With regards,
Dr. Girish Kamat
There is no much literature on increased fibrinogen with low testosterone level, which leads to increased risk of thrombosis. I have not seen any such case so far. Bolouke is not recommended in any of the guidelines so far. There is a study stating that when supranormal doses of testosterone was given to normal subjects, there was reduction in fibrinogen levels by about 20% over 52 weeks. Hope testosterone therapy will do the trick for you.
Also please note that fibrinogen is a acute phase reactant and its levels can be elevated in constions such as Tissue damage/trauma, Infection, Cancer, Acute coronary syndrome, Stroke, and Inflammatory conditions.
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
With regards,
Dr. Girish Kamat
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