FSH or Follicle stimulating hormone is considered very important hormone to regulate sexual reproduction in men as well as in women.  Besides involving in sexual reproduction, this hormone also plays an important role in the beginning or puberty as well as menopause. FSH tests are carried to know the causes of infertility, and they can also help to diagnose the puberty and menopause onset. This hormone is used as injectable medication to treat infertility.

This hormone belongs to a compounds class that our body generates and which is called gonadotropins. These gonadotropins are a kind of protein that some sections of pituitary gland produce that also involves in endocrine hormones production. In females, these tests indicate the level of follicles in the ovary for maturation so that they can ovulate. According to some doctors, FSH is like a gas pedal that is pushed by the anterior pituitary gland. In men this hormone is considered effective in the production of sperms.

The levels of FSH are low during childhood, as children do not need sperm or eggs. But the levels of FSH begin to increase as the body gets ready for sexual reproduction. At the time of ovulation, the levels of FSH are the highest in women and these levels keep rising at the time of menopause.

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