Fortunately, the Hematologist/Oncologist ran a twenty-four-hour urine test and really looked at me. Both he and his partner recognized that I had Cushing’s. Of course, he was sure that he did the diagnosis. No matter that I had been pursuing this with other doctors for 3 years. It wa...
The prevalence of migraine is similar in boys and girls before puberty, but is 3-fold higher in postpubertal females compared with males.The finding that 60% of women sufferers related attacks to their menstrual cycle supports this link between female hormone changes and migraine headaches....
especially during puberty. Growth hormone stimulates the production of IGF-1, which is produced in the liver and released in the blood. With age, human growth hormone decreases and may be the cause of older individuals not being able to form or replace bone rapidly. The IGF...
If your child has high LH levels, it could mean they’re about to go through puberty or that it’s already started. But if they’re a girl younger than 8 years old or a boy younger than 9, it could be a sign of something like: An injury to their brain A central nervous systems...
changes in the activity of exocrine glands whose secretions are vital to division of labor and colony functioning in general (Winston, 1987). For example, when workers are young and in the nursing phase of life, their hypopharyngeal glands are largest and produce some of the material that they...
HGH can be an essential hormone that is normally released by the pituitary gland, and its own partially in charge of putting you through puberty, your current body composition, and also heart functioning. Many hormones are put on the tissues to have the specific effect. This helps it be ...
Back to the topic at hand -- the clitoris. Part of hormone therapy for female to male transgendered individuals involves making the genitals look as male as possible. This is done partly with surgery, but primarily with hormone treatments that enlarge the clitoris quite a bit, making it a si...
Skin changes Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency In childhood, human growth hormone (GH) controls a child’s height. It is normal for GH levels to decline as a person reaches adulthood, but new research suggests that some adults may have too low a level. Low levels of GH are linked to poor ...
The post-partum blues ( the specific mood swings after delivery of the baby) are not without reason considering the dramatic changes that occur in a woman’s body in a relatively short span of time. All the female hormones are temporarily turned off, except for prolactin which is necessary ...
changes are not as universally recognized in middle-aged males as in females, mainly because the symptoms in males do not occur suddenly around age 49 as in many females. The decrease in hormone production in males takes place gradually over several years. Sometimes it can happen to males as...