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Hormonal tests for weight loss
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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[When it is optimal to do hormone tests
Ideally, a person could make a test for the hormonal balance in 20 and 30 years. Then you will know exactly which balance of hormones is optimal for you. In 20 or 30 years, a person can still boast of excellent health, and further equal to this level.
What tests for hormones are needed?
There is such a thing as ovarian hormones. These are the main hormones in the body of a woman, without which any processes of fertilization and reproduction are impossible. Ovarian hormones are hormones that are produced by the ovaries. They help the female reproductive system to perform its basic reproduction functions optimally.
First of all, you need to do an analysis on these hormones. These include
- Progesterone
- Estradiol
- Testosterone
- DHEA
- DHEA-C
If you know exactly what hormones you have in the body in excess, and which are not enough, you can regulate their level (of course, on the recommendation of the doctor). And to be healthy, long saving their female functions.
Know that the analysis of these hormones is all the more important the longer you live. With every year lived, it is more important to know your hormonal balance. So you can control your needs in the treatment and prevention of various diseases.
And, most importantly, by taking into account some hormones you can control your weight.
Why is a woman so important about ovarian hormones?
If a woman is in the menopause period, it is important for her to check the level of ovarian hormones, so that she can control the weight and, with the help of a doctor, develop a program to reduce it.
Ovarian hormones should be checked on the 1-3 day of the menstrual cycle. In particular, attention should be paid to the relationship between estradiol and progesterone. These tests are better done in the 19-22 day of the menstrual cycle.
If a woman has removed the uterus, she especially needs these tests, because the hormonal background after such surgery is violated, in particular, because the woman is prescribed hormones. And on begins to gain weight. To prevent this from happening, you need to visit the endocrinologist once every six months.
Note!
If a woman has removed the uterus, one of the tubes or two, if she survived the operation to remove one or two ovaries, you should definitely test for ovarian hormones.
This will identify the reasons why you have changed weight and well-being, and in time to take action.
Estradiol assays
If estradiol in a woman's blood is lacking, her whole habits of life are disturbed. It becomes bad with memory, the sleep is broken, the energy is almost at zero.
That you knew: the bottom bar on a level of an estradiol in a blood - 90-100 pg / ml. This is provided that the woman has a normal menstrual cycle and there is no menopause yet.
If a woman has ovulation, then the level of estradiol in the blood increases significantly - up to 300-500 pg / ml.
During the period when progesterone is produced in the body (the so-called luteal phase), estradiol is not produced again so intensively: its level is noted by doctors from 200 to 300 pg / ml.
You should know this to control your weight and well-being. If the level of estrogen in the body is exceeded or insufficient, the doctor will prescribe hormonal therapy, which balances it.
What is important to know about estradiol
When a woman has a period of menopause, the level of estradiol in her body can be very low. During the cessation of menstruation, a woman can throw something in the heat, then in the cold, her muscles can ache. She can suffer from insomnia, mood swings, memory weakens.
This means that the level of estradiol in the blood is lower than 80 pg / ml. If this level is found in your body with the help of tests, you need to raise it to remove all these undesirable symptoms.
As follows from international studies, postmenstrual unimportant signs in the well-being of a woman can be removed only if the level of estradiol is raised if it is below 80-90 pg / ml.
Only at a higher level, estradiol can affect the muscles and cardiovascular system of a woman, helping to cope with poor health during menopause.
Conduct hormonal tests on time and be healthy when consulting with doctors.