limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits. Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint: The child needs to have limits put on his behavior. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible: a withdrawal limit of $200; no minimum age limit. Games The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance. Abbr. lim Mathematics
FSH levels. When a woman's FSH levels are higher than 25, this indicates that a woman is very close to menopause, according to Epigee.org. During peri-menopause, the period of time that precedes menopause, FSH levels continue to rise because a woman's body is still making the effort to ovulate.
High FSH is absolutely normal in postmenopausal women. High FSH in premenopausal women, however, may be caused by problems such as a pituitary gland disorder or chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Let's find out what, if anything, can be done to lower FSH levels when they've become too high.Print.ut with a condition such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which affects an estimated 5 million American women, FSH levels may be low -- with a ratio of LH to FSH of 2-to-1 or 3-to-1 [source: The National Women's Health Information Center; American Association for Clinical Chemistry ].