estrogen excess

Steroid users of teen age may find that their growth had been stunted by androgen and/or estrogen excess.

Hyperestrogenism, or estrogen excess, is a medical condition characterized by an excessive amount of estrogenic activity in the body.

There are two pictures of this disease, perimenopausal women with estrogen excess and in older women with endometrial atrophy.

Feminization (estrogen excess) is most readily noted in men, and includes breast enlargement, decreased libido and impotence.

Treatment may consist of surgery in the case of tumors, lower doses of estrogen in the case of exogenously-mediated estrogen excess, and estrogen-suppressing medications like gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues and progestogens.