Hormones are substances produced in small amounts in certain organs of the body that, through the blood, reach other organs and regulate their function.
In our body there is a large number of hormones that regulate it. The sex hormones in women are estrogen and progesterone and are present at puberty, adolescence, fertility, pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and menopause. These hormones are produced by the ovaries and help maintain female sexual characteristics.
In men, their hormone, testosterone, is produced in the testicles and helps maintain male sexual characteristics. These begin in adolescence and are present throughout their lives. It is assumed that after age 50 a decline begins. gradual release of that hormone. However, older men are found with testosterone near normal levels.
Hormonal alterations such as the increase in the hormone prolactin in women can cause infertility, galactorrhea (milk secretion in the breasts), vaginal dryness, bone disorders by reducing the amounts of calcium and decreases sexual desires. This hormone can be altered at any age and the alteration is produced by various causes, by dark foods such as black tea, coffee, chocolates, coca cola, etc. Due to medications such as omeprazole and its similar ones, which are widely used for stomach problems such as ulcers and gastritis, anxiolytic medications, such as benzodiazepines, antidepressant treatments. It can also be altered by thyroid gland problems, brain tumors such as adenomas, chromophores, and stress.
The lack of hormones in older women or menopause produce a series such as vaginal dryness, weight gain, loss of sexual desire, hot flashes, sweating, etc. This will take another writing because there is too much information around this situation that women go through and that practically alters our entire body.
The regulation of hormones in men occurs in the brain, controls the production and quantity and are produced by the testicles, which in turn determines the appearance of pubic hair, voice changes, penis growth and development. of the testicles themselves and spermatogenesis (production of sperm). Its increase is related to hair loss and prostate adenoma or prostate cancer.
