What is Estrogen? Why Estrogen Test? What does this test indicate? How is it done? Everything around this, that you should know, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
Q1. What is Estrogen?
Estrogen is referred to as sex hormones, that play a key role in your overall health. It is important for reproductive development in women. It helps in the maturation of female reproductive organs.
Q2. What are the normal levels of woman estrogen?
It varies according to the menstrual cycle and menopausal stage:
normal levels
Menstruating women: 15 to 350pg/mL
Postmenopausal women: lower than 10 pg/mL.
Q3. When we need to check the estrogen hormone?
We need to check estrogen hormone when we have:
-Irregular menses
-Heavy or prolonged bleeding
-Difficulty in pregnancy
-Menopause
-Hormones imbalance
-Delayed puberty
Q4. What are the low estrogen symptoms?
-Painful intercourse.
-Depression.
-Reccurent urinary tract infections (UTIs)
-Irregular menses
-Mood swings.
-Tenderness in the breast.
-Headaches
Q5. What are high estrogen level symptoms?
-Low libido
-Headaches
-Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
-Breast tenderness
-Menstrual irregularities
-Swollen breast
-Mood swings
-Fibrocystic breast lumps
Q6. How to check the estrogen levels?
A blood test is done to check the levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estrogen.
Q7. How to prepare yourself for estrogen test?
No particular precautions are needed before estrogen blood test.
Q8. Common diseases due to high estrogen level are:
-Breast cancer
-Ovarian cancer
-Blood clots
-Stroke
-Thyroid dysfunction.
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