menorrhagia is oral contraceptive, which has been shown to be associated with good cycle control and tolerable menstrual cycle (Fraser et al., 2011; Perry 2013). Oral contraceptive, such as Glaira and Natazia regimen designed to deliver estrogen and progesterone each 28-day treatment cycle to normalize menstrual period and lower overall blood loss (Fraser et al., 2011). “The use of hormonal therapy has been found to be effective in adolescents where a bleeding disorder is an underlying cause”…
Avocados Are Efficient Against Diseases, for Boosting the Metabolism and Balancing Hormonal Levels For many years avocados were considered to be fatty food and their avoidance was recommended. On the contrary, the fats in avocados are healthy since they are monounsaturated fats that protect the body from cancer and heart disease. Actually, cholesterol levels are lowered by monounsaturated fats. Luckily, we finally understand the benefits of these healthy fats and avocados are again popular.…
Changes expected in 7 weeks pregnancy Constipation may be your unwelcome good friend this full week. The bowel will get just a little sluggish through pregnancy and the hormone progesterone has a slowing effect. It can help so that you can drink plenty of liquids and ensure that your diet is saturated in fibre. You could feel a moment episode of pre-adulthood with a flare-up of pimples. This is simply because of the impact of hormones…
Progesterone, for example, is a female growth and bonding-hormone. As a bonding hormone, it can cause a child to have maternal instincts due to their mother-child relationship, which parts in shaping their personality. Males' growth hormone is testosterone;…
Since it’s invention in the early 1960s oral contraceptive has been instrumental in allowing women the choice whether or not to have children and reproduce. Margaret Sanger, a nurse and later women's’ advocate, was crucial in the development and later introduction to the United States market. This was not without controversy however, many religious and governmental bodies opposed the introduction of oral contraceptives because of concerns of safety, religious interpretation, and thoughts that…
Pasternack, 2014). Progestin-only contraceptives are another form of contraceptive that women may find suitable to use to prevent pregnancy and abortion. This includes progestin-only pills, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (an injection), and a progesterone-only implant (Barral & Gold, 2014). Side effects of these methods include vaginal bleeding, ovarian cysts, ectopic pregnancy, weight gain, reversible loss of bone marrow density, mood changes, metabolic changes, headaches, and acne (Barral…
It is interesting how the topics of social constructs such as sex, gender, and sexual expression are not usually questioned ‘out loud’ by people. And in the case they are indeed questioned, in silence, what is it that keeps us from verbalizing these questions? It seems from an ‘outside’ perspective that everyone, even laws and education, agrees with what is a normal behaviour for a man and for a woman and their positions in society. However, if we observe carefully the behaviour of people it…
free" they may be high in saturated fats".(Saladin 66). This will cause the body to be stimulated to internally produce more cholesterol. Cholesterol is needed by the body in many ways. It is used to synthesize other steroids in the body such as progesterone, testosterone, estrogens, and cortisol. It also synthesizes bile salts used to digest fat. Cholesterol also helps to build cell wall membranes and make vitamin D.…
Working interconnectedly these glands providing storage, pathways and releasing of various hormones throughout the body (Zoeller et al., 2014). In a patient with Turners Syndrome the production of several hormones such as growth hormone, estrogen, progesterone is very limited and/or not at all in some cases (Gonzalez, & Witchel, 2012). Depletions of these hormones result in the symptoms of short stature, infertility, limited expected sexual development during puberty (Gonzalez, & Witchel,…
INTRODUCTION Polycystic ovary syndrome is an endocrine system disorder caused by an imbalance of reproductive hormones, it impacts 4% to 8% of women of productive age. Every month the ovaries make an egg that is a part of a healthy menstrual cycle. But with PCOS, the egg may not grow because of the growth of the ovarian cysts that contain small collections of fluid called follicles that is found in each ovary which can be seen during an ultrasound. The symptoms of PCOS include irregular…