Progesterone

This includes, the Emergency Contraceptive, or Plan B, that you can take up to three days after having unprotected intercourse. Each of these contraceptive methods contain either or both synthetic versions of the female hormones, progesterone and estrogen. Both progesterone and estrogen are produced in the ovaries, and levels tend to fall and rise during a woman’s cycle. Every month, after the rise and fall of a woman’s natural hormone levels, an egg is released from the ovaries and awaits…

include human growth hormone, melatonin, DHEA, androstenedione (testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. The levels of insulin also rises as we age, this causes diabetes in older people. There is also an increase in the stress hormone cortisol which causes the muscles to wither. Human growth hormone which is necessary for the growth of tissues slows down as we age. Testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone have other important purpose. They give us sex drive; helps build muscle, health skin…

As of the date of this journal, there is no known drug that will control the seizures entirely. Progesterone has been proven to play a critical role in perimenstrual catamenial seizures because it has significant anticonvulsant properties (Reddy, Lonsdale). Prescriptions similar to progesterone with the anticonvulsant characteristics are the only medicine that can be used to make living with this easier. Some of these anticonvulsants are Acetazolamide…

Endometriosis is a condition where the endometrial tissue outside the uterus causes pelvic pain and the tissue that lines the uterus grows outside of it. Females are associated with this conditioned because of the inner lining of the uterus is being affected. “Endometriosis is mostly common with women in their 30’s and 40’s; it affects about 5 million American women”, claimed the Women’s Health, U.S Department of Health and Human Services. It can be theorized that endometriosis is a genetic…

systems are distinct from one another in that the male reproductive system includes mostly external organs, produces testosterone, and produce sperm during puberty, while the female reproductive system includes mostly internal organs, produces progesterone and estrogen, and produces a set number of eggs in the womb during embryonic development. The reproductive systems, however, share one common similarity in which both systems have gonads that produce gametes and other sex organs. The first…

Menstrually related Migraine (MM) and Pregnancy A normal female goes through a number of hormone related changes during her lifetime: menarche, pregnancy, contraceptive use, menopause, and sex hormones. A review of literature has shown that migraine is twice as prevalent in women as men. Changing levels of female sex hormones (estrogen) have shown to trigger a form of migraine known as menstrual migraine. Signs and symptoms: • Pure menstrual migraine without aura is probably a distinct type of…

Cancer). Hormones have been show to play a large role in the risk and development of cancer. The use of hormone therapy has the potential to increase a person’s cancer risk level. Hormone therapy in women can include receiving doses of estrogen and progesterone. In the past many individuals used hormone therapy to reduce the…

As with the male counterpart, the ovaries are derived from the genital ridge later descending to their final position in the pelvis. In adults, the ovaries have an ovoid shape and are usually 3-5cm long. They are a layered structure with an outer layer germinal epithelium, tunica albuginea, cortex and medulla that is innermost (fig. 1). Although now challenged by recent discoveries (1), the germinal epithelium; a continuation of the peritoneum, is inaptly named due the mistaken belief that germ…

THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Naturally the ultimate goal for all living organisms on earth is the preservation and continuity of their kind. This is achieved through reproduction. Reproduction or procreation is the biological process through which organisms give rise to new individuals referred to as offspring (Silverstein, Silverstein, & Silverstein, 2010). It is in two forms namely; asexual and sexual. Sexual reproduction is the most common, advanced and more…

1. What are the hormones detected in the early stages of pregnancy that we measure for a pregnancy test. How long do they stay elevated? Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or a beta subunit (β-hCG) of hCG are the hormones which are detected in early stages of pregnancy. β-hCG production can begin as early as the day of implantation and can be detected in as early as 7-10 days after conception. “The level of hCG increases until it peaks at about 60-70 days of gestation and then declines until…