Happy Woman's Day - Hormones that make a Women Happy

There are many important hormones that affect nearly every process, in the life of a women. These processes include Metabolism, Growth and Development, Emotions and Mood, Fertility and sexual function. Sleep, Blood pressure.

These Hormones are crucial for women's health not only because they regulate everything from puberty and menstruation to pregnancy and menopause but also influencing various bodily functions like mood, metabolism, and bone density.?It keeps helps maintain sex drive and promotes cognitive health.

Hormones are chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs ,skin , muscle and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it. Hormones are essential for health. All the glands and tissues that synthesize and secrete the hormones constitute the Endocrine system.

?Female sex hormones are involved in reproductive functions in females such as menstrual cycle, development of secondary sexual characteristics, pregnancy, parturition, and lactation.There are several hormones that are naturally produced and secreted by the glands of the endocrine system. The Ovaries secrete the hormones Estrogen, Progesterone to influence a woman’s?reproductive health and are termed female hormones. Other hormones that are involved in the functioning of the female reproductive system are Leutenizing Hormone (LH), Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Prolactin, Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), Oxytocin and Vasopressin.

Hormones

Estrogen:?it is a steroid hormone associated with the female reproductive organs and is responsible for developing female sexual characteristics. ?Estrogen is often referred to?as estronen, estradiol, and estriol. It enables the following organs to function:

Ovaries:?Estrogen helps stimulate the growth of the egg follicle.

Uterus:?Estrogen enhances and maintains the mucous membrane that lines the uterus. It also regulates the flow and thickness of uterine mucus secretions.

Breasts:?The body uses estrogen in the formation of breast tissue. This hormone also helps stop the flow of milk after weaning.

Progesterone: Progesterone is known as the pregnancy hormone in females, and most of its function relates to maintaining pregnancy specifically by preparing the endometrium, decreasing myometrial contractions for implantation, promoting gestation, and inhibition of lactation during pregnancy

Prolactin:? is responsible for lactation, breast development, and many other actions needed to maintain homeostasis..?It?promotes the growth of mammary alveoli, which are the components of the mammary gland, where the actual production of milk occurs & stimulates the breast alveolar epithelial cells to synthesize milk.

?Luteinizing Hormone (LH): a glycoprotein hormone that is co-secreted along with follicle-stimulating hormone by the gonadotrophin cells in the anterior pituitary. LH contributes to the maturation of primordial germ cells & helps to regulate the length and order of the menstrual cycle by playing roles in both ovulation and implantation of an egg in the uterus.

?Follicle Stimulating hormone (FSH):?It helps control the menstrual cycle ?and stimulates the growth of eggs in the ovaries. FSH levels in women change throughout the menstrual cycle, with the highest levels at ovulation.

?Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG):?produced primarily by syncytiotrophoblastic cells of the placenta during pregnancy. The hormone stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone to maintain the pregnancy. Smaller amounts of hCG are also produced in the pituitary gland, the liver, and the colon

Oxytocin:??is a hormone produced in the hypothalamus and released into the bloodstream by the pituitary gland. Its main function is to facilitate childbirth, which is one of the reasons it is called the "love drug" or "love hormone." ??

Vasopressin:?Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or arginine?vasopressin (AVP) is a nonapeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus & maintains Osmolality.Vasopressin?drives the expansion of total blood volume in pregnancy and lactation. The main role of vasopressin is to maintain body fluid balance.

Thyroid disorders involving T3, T4 and TSH hormones are more common in women than men, potentially due to autoimmune factors and hormonal influences, impacting menstrual cycles, fertility, and pregnancy.

Advantages of Female Hormone Test-

• It helps to find out the symptoms of hormone imbalance.
• The test addresses issues related to menopause, fertility, puberty, and other similar conditions.
• It tells the status and the functions of ovaries.
• It also plays a role in diagnosing medical conditions such as thyroid disease or diabetes.
• It helps to evaluate how well a medication is working.
• It helps in analyzing and treatment of hormonal imbalances
• It helps to detect any cysts or lumps in the reproductive organs.
• It helps with the replacement therapy (hormones).

Conclusion

The female hormone test is a crucial diagnostic tool for evaluating hormonal balance, reproductive health, and underlying diseases like PCOS, menopause, or?.

It would be very prudent if we motivate and help ?each women to take note of the Hormone levels to enjoy a good healthy? life.