Does DHEA prevent illness?
DHEA levels often drop temporarily during illness. It appears that this drop may be a normal response to illness. However, this fact has been a source of confusion, as many have suggested that the low DHEA levels seen in various illnesses are a cause of the particular illness. In fact, it is more likely that the opposite is true: that the illness develops first, and then the decrease in DHEA levels occurs in response to the illness.
