Can you explain testosteone and eastrogen? and their affects on our body?!
Question: Can you explain testosteone and eastrogen!? and their affects on our body!?
im sorry if i spelt them wronge!.
boys haves eastrogen and visa vera!. Is that why some people are gay!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
boys haves eastrogen and visa vera!. Is that why some people are gay!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Everyone produces both estrogen and testosterone, regardless of gender unless they have a genetic disorder (like some cases severe polycistic ovarian syndrome-PCOS)!. Both chemicals are hormones and naturally occuring steroids that have a multitude of different effects on different parts of the body!. Estrogen binds calcium to bones while testosterone helps build muscle mass as a couple of hundreds of examples that apply to both genders!. Testosterone also causes an increase in insulin levels that can eventually lead to type 2 diabetes!.
Both hormones have functions irrespective of gender, the big difference is in the levels of each in the body!. Neither has been shown to actually influence sexual orientation although they can be used to aid in sex changes or libido!. I personally have extreme PCOS to the point where when not medicated I don't produce any estrogen but do produce 3 times the amount of testosterone of a teenage boy!.!.!.yet I still prefer guys!.
Gender specific effects on humans:
About two to three weeks after an egg has been fertilized it may experience a sudden input of testosterone!. If it does, then the embryo develops into a male, otherwise it will be female!.!.!.despite the presence or absence of a Y chromosome!. Side note: there is a disorder called 'androgen insensitivity syndrome' (AIS) where the flood of testosterone somehow doesn't affect the genetically male embryo and the baby becomes a very finely boned and "too pretty" woman whose only other symptom is that she never gets her period!. A lot of doctors will never tell their patients that the problem they are hiving is that they are genetically male despite the fact that the knowledge would help prevent a number of problems in the future such as early osteoporosis!.
Estrogen and testosterone influence the development of secondary sexual characteristics at puberty such as hair growth, breast development, menarche, voices lowering, muscle growth, ect!.
PCOS
PCOS affects a full 20% of women!. Often they never find out about it unless their periods are really far apart or if they have trouble concieving!. Many times the only indication is periods that are maybe 6 weeks apart instead of 3 or 4, or some weight gain around the middle!. PCOS is characterized by low (or nonexistant) levels of estrogen and progesterone (another mostly female hormone) and increased levels of testosterone and insulin!. The lower female hormones coincide with eggs that mature within their follicles but are never released (forming the "cysts" which are NOT cancerous), causing missed or delayed periods!. In severe cases the lack of estrogen can abruptly halt puberty and trigger early onset osteoporosis!.!.!.sometimes before age 30!.
The increase in testosterone and insulin causes weight gain and the insulin stops working properly (insulin resistance) and a test for diabetes may come up as positive even though it ISN'T diabetes (although diabetes is often developed in the thirties)!. A woman with PCOS that is diagnosed with diabetes will be prescribed ever increasing amounts of insulin, sometime 10-15 times the normal dosage without any improvement and this can cause enough damage so that the woman will end up with diabetes anyway!. The blood test to prove it's PCOS is an expensive one that insurance companies don't want to pay!.
On the plus side the diabetes drug Metformin (glucophage) does work very well to treat all the symptoms of PCOS by getting rid of the excess insulin which makes the testosterone levels return to a normal range that causes estrogen and progesterone to be produced again in high enough quantities!. High dosage hormonal birth control is also a common but somewhat less effective treatment for PCOS as it doesn't address the problem of testosterone and insulin!.
Weight gain is an issue with PCOS and it is often impossible to loose weight even with large amounts of exercise and careful dieting under the advice of a nutritionist!. Very high levels of cholesterol and blood pressure that can't be explain by diet can happen because of the insulin resistance!.
The cysts are not dangerous although sometimes they can cause some pain!. Removing them occasionally can shock the body into working correctly although it isn't very effective!. One of the family friends was worried about that her teenage daughter might have PCOS but when she talked to the doctor he said that "there was no point in checking for it" because the girl wasn't planning on getting pregnant anytime soon!. This is a very bad and potentially dangerous attitude to have!. In my case the PCOS started to kick in when I was seven and my development halted almost completely in the next two years!.!.!.going through puberty (again) when you are already well into your twenties is a very bad (and extremely painful) experience!. Puberty is meant to occur in the teenage years!. Luckily I found out about PCOS when I was in my mid teens and was able to get it treated as my case was severe enough that I would already have had very bad cases of osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes by now with the severity of PCOS I have!.
Sorry for the rant on PCOS but it's a sore subject for me after years of eating 600-800 calories a day LESS than the nutritionist said I should be loosing weight on and everyone calling me a liar because I would only gain weight!. And did I mention puberty was painful when put off until my twenties!? Not to mention embarassing when I had to ask one of my coworkers about what to do!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Both hormones have functions irrespective of gender, the big difference is in the levels of each in the body!. Neither has been shown to actually influence sexual orientation although they can be used to aid in sex changes or libido!. I personally have extreme PCOS to the point where when not medicated I don't produce any estrogen but do produce 3 times the amount of testosterone of a teenage boy!.!.!.yet I still prefer guys!.
Gender specific effects on humans:
About two to three weeks after an egg has been fertilized it may experience a sudden input of testosterone!. If it does, then the embryo develops into a male, otherwise it will be female!.!.!.despite the presence or absence of a Y chromosome!. Side note: there is a disorder called 'androgen insensitivity syndrome' (AIS) where the flood of testosterone somehow doesn't affect the genetically male embryo and the baby becomes a very finely boned and "too pretty" woman whose only other symptom is that she never gets her period!. A lot of doctors will never tell their patients that the problem they are hiving is that they are genetically male despite the fact that the knowledge would help prevent a number of problems in the future such as early osteoporosis!.
Estrogen and testosterone influence the development of secondary sexual characteristics at puberty such as hair growth, breast development, menarche, voices lowering, muscle growth, ect!.
PCOS
PCOS affects a full 20% of women!. Often they never find out about it unless their periods are really far apart or if they have trouble concieving!. Many times the only indication is periods that are maybe 6 weeks apart instead of 3 or 4, or some weight gain around the middle!. PCOS is characterized by low (or nonexistant) levels of estrogen and progesterone (another mostly female hormone) and increased levels of testosterone and insulin!. The lower female hormones coincide with eggs that mature within their follicles but are never released (forming the "cysts" which are NOT cancerous), causing missed or delayed periods!. In severe cases the lack of estrogen can abruptly halt puberty and trigger early onset osteoporosis!.!.!.sometimes before age 30!.
The increase in testosterone and insulin causes weight gain and the insulin stops working properly (insulin resistance) and a test for diabetes may come up as positive even though it ISN'T diabetes (although diabetes is often developed in the thirties)!. A woman with PCOS that is diagnosed with diabetes will be prescribed ever increasing amounts of insulin, sometime 10-15 times the normal dosage without any improvement and this can cause enough damage so that the woman will end up with diabetes anyway!. The blood test to prove it's PCOS is an expensive one that insurance companies don't want to pay!.
On the plus side the diabetes drug Metformin (glucophage) does work very well to treat all the symptoms of PCOS by getting rid of the excess insulin which makes the testosterone levels return to a normal range that causes estrogen and progesterone to be produced again in high enough quantities!. High dosage hormonal birth control is also a common but somewhat less effective treatment for PCOS as it doesn't address the problem of testosterone and insulin!.
Weight gain is an issue with PCOS and it is often impossible to loose weight even with large amounts of exercise and careful dieting under the advice of a nutritionist!. Very high levels of cholesterol and blood pressure that can't be explain by diet can happen because of the insulin resistance!.
The cysts are not dangerous although sometimes they can cause some pain!. Removing them occasionally can shock the body into working correctly although it isn't very effective!. One of the family friends was worried about that her teenage daughter might have PCOS but when she talked to the doctor he said that "there was no point in checking for it" because the girl wasn't planning on getting pregnant anytime soon!. This is a very bad and potentially dangerous attitude to have!. In my case the PCOS started to kick in when I was seven and my development halted almost completely in the next two years!.!.!.going through puberty (again) when you are already well into your twenties is a very bad (and extremely painful) experience!. Puberty is meant to occur in the teenage years!. Luckily I found out about PCOS when I was in my mid teens and was able to get it treated as my case was severe enough that I would already have had very bad cases of osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes by now with the severity of PCOS I have!.
Sorry for the rant on PCOS but it's a sore subject for me after years of eating 600-800 calories a day LESS than the nutritionist said I should be loosing weight on and everyone calling me a liar because I would only gain weight!. And did I mention puberty was painful when put off until my twenties!? Not to mention embarassing when I had to ask one of my coworkers about what to do!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Testosterone is the primary male hormone made in the adrenal glands!. Testosterone is responsible for Helping create reproductive structures and semen, and also for giving males a reproductive drive!. Most boys have low levels of estrogen, but having higher levels does not make males gay, it could just make them get "man boobs" even if they are not overweight!.
Estrogen is the primary female hormone created in the adrenal glands!. With high enough estrogen, a woman may be able to have her first period, or menarche!. Estrogen also gives a woman her "hips" and breasts!. Woman may sometimes have minor concentrations of testosterone in their body, but it is normally barely traceable, unless they take steroids!. Testosterone in women usually causes them to grow more hair and make them have more male tendencies, but again, it will not be able to make them homosexual!.
I'm sorry, this is all I have learned about this stuff in 7th grade, maybe in 10th grade biology I will learn more!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Estrogen is the primary female hormone created in the adrenal glands!. With high enough estrogen, a woman may be able to have her first period, or menarche!. Estrogen also gives a woman her "hips" and breasts!. Woman may sometimes have minor concentrations of testosterone in their body, but it is normally barely traceable, unless they take steroids!. Testosterone in women usually causes them to grow more hair and make them have more male tendencies, but again, it will not be able to make them homosexual!.
I'm sorry, this is all I have learned about this stuff in 7th grade, maybe in 10th grade biology I will learn more!.Www@Answer-Health@Com