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Progesteron a pryszcze - Prawda czy mit?
Progestin side effects
Side effects of progestin use may include:
- Headaches
- Breast tenderness or pain
- Upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation
- Changes in appetite
- Weight gain
- Fluid retention
- Tiredness
- Muscle, joint, or bone pain
- Mood swings and irritability
- Excessive worrying
- Runny nose, sneezing, and cough
- Vaginal discharge
- Problems urinating
Uncommon but potentially serious side effects requiring medical attention include:
- Breast lumps
- Dimpling of breast skin
- Clear or bloody discharge from nipple
- Inverted nipple
- Crusting or scaling of the nipple
- Clay-colored stools
- Migraine headache
- Severe dizziness
- Slow speech or difficulty speaking
- Weakness or numbness of limbs
- Absence of coordination
- Breathlessness
- Pounding heartbeat
- Sharp chest pain
- Coughing up blood
- Leg swelling
- Loss of or blurred vision
- Bulging eyes
- Double vision
- Unexpected vaginal bleeding
- Uncontrollable shaking hands
- Seizures
- Stomach pain or swelling
- Depression
- Hives, skin rash, and itching
- Difficulty swallowing
- Swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- Hoarseness
Progestins are not suitable for people with a history of the following conditions, unless they are using it to treat the condition:
- Liver tumors
- Genital cancer
- Breast cancer
- Severe arterial disease
- Undiagnosed vaginal bleeding
- Acute porphyrias
- Idiopathic jaundice
- Severe pruritus occurring during pregnancy
- Pemphigoid occurring during pregnancy
Why do progesterone levels rise?
Reasons for progesterone levels rising may include:
- Ovarian cysts
- Non-viable pregnancies
- A rare form of ovarian cancer
- Progesterone overproduction by the adrenal glands
- Adrenal cancer
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
Progesterone is known as a female hormone, but males need progesterone to produce testosterone. The adrenal glands and testes in males produce progesterone.
Progesterone levels in males are similar to those of females in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, when the egg follicle on an ovary is preparing to release an egg.
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- Hair loss
- Weight gain
- Fatigue
- Depression
- Gynecomastia, which is breast development in males
- Erectile dysfunction
- Impotence
- Bone loss
- Muscle loss
Men with low progesterone levels have a higher risk of developing:
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