Free Testosterone Test: How Are Testosterone Levels Checked?

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​Doctors often recommend getting a free testosterone test to determine the cause of hormonal imbalance—and for the sake of monitoring men’s health. Should you simply follow their advice and consider taking this test? Measuring one’s general testosterone levels(or total testosterone) is not enough, and this doesn’t apply only to middle-aged men. After all, it’s not just the older men who have blood containing free, albumin-bound, and sex-hormone-binding globulin-bound testosterone.