24-04-2014, 16:08
(This post was last modified: 24-04-2014, 17:50 by SarahSchilling.)
Ferratin- It's not out of the normal range, but birth control pills can lower it some. Maybe that's why it's a little low?
Estriol- Is only produced in significant amounts during pregnancy. No concern here.
Estradiol- looks a little low, though I can't say how much without knowing when in your cycle the blood was drawn.
Progestorone- Hard to tell what this means without knowing when in cycle blood was drawn.
Oestrone- This is the weird one. Usually it's the lowest of the three. I'm assuming this is what makes you think you are post-menopausal. I thought it was converted via aromatase from a progesterone derivative....but not that much. I read that it is sometimes stored in the body to be later used for conversion into estradiol. Perhaps it was stored and kept because while on PM and Belara (which persists in the system) there was no need to convert it into estradiol, and once the estradiol levels lower it will be converted? This is just my own semi-educated guess though. Abi knows more about the female endocrine system than I do. So let's see what she thinks.
Good tip on the sodium deficiency btw,Abi. Spiro has never given my any problems, other than not inhibiting facial hair growth as well as Androcur did, but it's good to keep in mind in case it starts to.
Estriol- Is only produced in significant amounts during pregnancy. No concern here.
Estradiol- looks a little low, though I can't say how much without knowing when in your cycle the blood was drawn.
Progestorone- Hard to tell what this means without knowing when in cycle blood was drawn.
Oestrone- This is the weird one. Usually it's the lowest of the three. I'm assuming this is what makes you think you are post-menopausal. I thought it was converted via aromatase from a progesterone derivative....but not that much. I read that it is sometimes stored in the body to be later used for conversion into estradiol. Perhaps it was stored and kept because while on PM and Belara (which persists in the system) there was no need to convert it into estradiol, and once the estradiol levels lower it will be converted? This is just my own semi-educated guess though. Abi knows more about the female endocrine system than I do. So let's see what she thinks.
Good tip on the sodium deficiency btw,Abi. Spiro has never given my any problems, other than not inhibiting facial hair growth as well as Androcur did, but it's good to keep in mind in case it starts to.