A cheaper option elsewhere sometimes means less time with a clinician
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* Correspondence: Farong Zhang, [email protected] Disclaimer All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers
A direct pituitary effect of sex steroids on GH secretion cannot be excluded
There are over 50 hormones that affect hundreds of processes throughout your body metabolism, mood, blood pressure, body temperature, sexual function, and more.14 When it comes to sex hormones, males and females actually have the same ones (estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone), but their production, concentrations, and interactions with the rest of the body are different.15 So, even though were focusing on female hormones in this guide, well be discussing testosterone in addition to estrogen and progesterone all of them are produced by the ovaries in people assigned female at birth (AFAB).14 Pivoting to their effects on health, its worth clarifying that you dont need to have a diagnosable hormone imbalance to experience bothersome symptoms due to or exacerbated by female hormone fluctuations
