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What does estrogens do in your body?

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What are androgens and estrogens examples of?

Androgens and estrogens are hormones. Examples of androgens are testosterone, dihydroxytestosterone, and examples of estrogens include estradiol.


What makes a female develop a beard and a masculine pattern of body hair distribution?

insufficient level of enzymes that convert androgens into estrogens


What produces estrogens?

ovaries


What is in bi-estrogen?

BI-ESTROGEN(BIEST)Bi-estrogen, as the word might indicate, is a combination of two estrogens; Estriol (E-3), and Estradiol (E-2). These two estrogens are 2 of the 3 natural occurring or (bio-identical) estrogens found in the female body.


Can you buy estrogen over the counter?

Yes, see health food stores for estrogen products. Soy milk and soy beans are also rich in estrogen. Although there are some natrural estrogen products available over-the-counter, those formulations are not worth while. Natural estrogens are abosrbed by the body but are heavily metabolised before entering the circulation, rendering the dose useless. Only synthetic estrogens and conjugated estrogens avoid substnatial first pass metabolism.


Where may you buy estrogens?

You should ask your doctor or an endocrinologist.


Why breast cancer common to females?

There are many factors that increase the risk of breast cancer, one of them being the level of estrogens (which are the female sex hormones and therefore higher in women) in the body.


Do chemicals in oral contraceptives change the way the body metabolizes some nutrients. true or false?

The progestins may affect insulin effects, and some of the estrogens may affect lipid metabolism.


Is Yaz a blood thinner?

No, quite the opposite; estrogens can increase clotting.


What is the name of one of the main female sex hormones?

Estrogens


What hormone causes sexual immaturity?

Lack of testosterone, estrogens and progesterone.


What interactions are possible with dantrolene?

Dantrolene may have an interaction with estrogens. Although no interaction has been demonstrated, the rate of liver damage in women over the age of 35 who were taking estrogens is higher than in other groups.