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Title: Progesterone Hormone


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Progesterone Hormone
  • By Lauren Fuller

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Progesterone is.
  • Progesterone is a female hormone. It prepares the
    uterus to receive and sustain the fertilized egg.
    It is involved in the female menstrual cycle,
    pregnancy, and embryogenesis. This is a steroid
    hormone created from cholesterol-based
    pregnenolone.

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About the progesterone hormone
  • This hormone belongs to a class of hormones
    called progestogens. It is informally known as
    a chemical messenger. It is produced in the
    ovaries and adrenal gland. This hormone is
    transported by fat cells into the blood stream.
    Imbalance in this hormone affects mood and
    appetite. It instructs different cell receptors
    to how the body should be functioning.

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Low progesterone
  • In menopause, several hormones are thrown off
    balance. Often in perimenopause, there is too
    little natural progesterone in a woman's body. it
    can result in symptoms such as anxiety, breast
    tenderness, headaches, sleeplessness, weight gain
    (caused by improper levels of progesterone which
    prevent your thyroid from functioning properly)
    and more. One cause of progesterone imbalance is
    estrogen dominance by outside factors such as
    environmental hormones found in the foods you
    eat. Other causes of diminished progesterone
    include insulin resistance, chronic stress, poor
    nutrition, and insufficient exercise. Chronic
    stress is also a big contributor to progesterone
    levels.

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High progesterone
  • Too much natural progesterone is also an issue,
    causing breast tenderness, depression, fatigue,
    low sex drive, vaginal dryness, and more. Causes
    include low estrogen levels found in menopause.

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The solution
  • A proper diet and stress management are necessary
    components of normal progesterone levels. Diets
    with high sugar intake can lessen progesterone.
    As stated above, high stress levels can lead to
    reduced progesterone as cortisol demand
    increases. A natural progesterone cream or pill
    may be prescribed if your body is too low on the
    hormone. On the other hand, if there is an excess
    of progesterone in your body, a combination of
    proper nutrition and fitness plan may be
    prescribed.

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Progesterone hormone

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Levels of progesterone
  • In women, progesterone levels are relatively low
    during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual
    cycle, rise after ovulation, and are elevated
    during the luteal phase. In women, the
    progesterone levels change frequently depending
    on the menopausal stage, ovulation and pregnancy.
    Young women and premenopausal women have the
    lowest progesterone levels.

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Progesterone during pregnancy
  • Pregnant and ovulating women have the highest
    levels. During pregnancy, the placenta also
    produces high levels of progesterone, starting
    near the end of the first trimester and
    continuing until the baby is born. Levels of
    progesterone in a pregnant woman are about 10
    times higher than they are in a woman who is not
    pregnant.

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during pregnancy
  • During the reproductive years, the pituitary
    gland in the brain generates hormones that cause
    a new egg to mature and be released from its
    ovarian follicle each month. As the follicle
    develops, it produces the sex hormones estrogen
    and progesterone, which thicken the lining of the
    uterus. Progesterone levels rise in the second
    half of the menstrual cycle, and following the
    release of the egg (ovulation), the ovarian
    tissue that replaces the folliclem continues to
    produce estrogen and progesterone.

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Changes during menstrual cycle

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The Progesterone Hormone
  • THE END
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