What causes low progesterone? This is the common reason!

Nowadays, more and more women are experiencing low progesterone levels, especially in early pregnancy. Low progesterone levels are very harmful and can easily cause miscarriage. The most common cause of low progesterone levels is endocrine disorders, which can be managed with dietary supplements or, if necessary, medication.

1. Causes of low progesterone

There are many reasons for low progesterone, and endocrine dysfunction is one of the most common reasons. Another common cause is abnormal endocrine secretion of the corpus luteum, and follicle development disorders can also lead to low progesterone. Some diseases may also cause low progesterone. Pregnant women with diabetes are prone to low progesterone. In addition, women with primary hypertension, ovarian granulosa cell tumor, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, congenital 17a-hydroxylase deficiency and other diseases are also prone to low progesterone.

2. How to supplement low progesterone?

1. Food supplements

If the progesterone level is low, the doctor recommends going to the hospital for treatment and supplementing with natural progesterone under the doctor's orders. Eating foods such as soybeans can help increase progesterone. Foods that replenish qi and blood, such as lemons and chicken, are also good for women. But you can't get it from food alone because the content of progesterone in food is very low. Progesterone is a hormonal drug, so it should be taken under the advice of a doctor.

Eating some peaches, grapefruits, hawthorns, strawberries, kiwis, pears, etc., which are rich in pectin and dietary fiber, will not cause large fluctuations in blood sugar.

2. Medicinal supplements

Progesterone is clinically used for reactive diagnosis of amenorrhea or causes of amenorrhea, such as threatened abortion and habitual abortion.

Intramuscular injection, 10-20 mg each time.

(1) Habitual abortion: 10-20 mg intramuscularly once a day or 2-3 times a week until the fourth month of pregnancy.

(2) Dysmenorrhea: Inject 5-10 mg daily 6-8 days before menstruation for a total of 4-6 days. The treatment course can be repeated several times. It can be used in combination with estrogen for dysmenorrhea caused by uterine hypoplasia.

(3) Excessive menstrual bleeding and metrorrhagia: 10-20 mg intramuscularly daily. One course of treatment is 5-7 days. It can be repeated for 3-4 courses, with an interval of 15-20 days between each course.

(4) Amenorrhea: After giving estrogen for 2 to 3 weeks, immediately give this product 3 to 5 mg per day. A course of treatment is 6 to 8 days. The total dose should not exceed 300 to 350 mg. The course of treatment can be repeated 2 to 3 times.

Oral or vaginal administration: 100 mg once, once in the morning and once in the evening (2 hours before bedtime), for 10 consecutive days per cycle (usually on days 17 to 26 of the cycle).

Life care: may cause dizziness, headache, nausea, depression, breast pain, etc. Long-term use can cause endometrial atrophy, decreased menstrual volume, and susceptibility to vaginal yeast infections. Patients with liver disease cannot take it orally.