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21. Physical Development: What’s Normal? What’s Not?
(Puberty)
... girl’s ovaries and a boy’s testicles to begin producing the female sex hormone, estrogen, and the male sex hormone, testosterone, respectively. Each sex hormone then instructs reproductive structures ...
22. Physical Development of School Age Children
(Puberty)
... high school, girls are often taller than their male classmates, but within a year or two, boys catch up and usually surpass their female classmates. About 25 per­cent of human growth in height occurs during ...
23. Delayed Puberty
(Puberty)
... rare circumstances, after a thorough diagnostic workup, a pediatrician might recommend several months of male or female sex hormones, to give a boy or girl a chemical “nudge” through sexual maturity. Candidates ...
24. Understanding Motherhood and Mood - Baby Blues and Beyond
(Delivery and Beyond)
... her body produces the female hormones estrogen and progesterone in much greater amounts. But in the first 24 hours after childbirth, these hormone levels drop rapidly back down to their non-pregnant levels. ...
25. Menstrual cramps
(Menstrual cramps)
... of the female reproductive organs is usually caused by sexually transmitted bacteria. Cervical stenosis. In some women, the opening of the cervix may be so small that it impedes menstrual flow, ...
26. Menorrhagia
(Menorrhagia)
... that causes menstrual cycles without ovulation. In a normal cycle, the release of an egg from the ovaries stimulates the body's production of progesterone, the female hormone most responsible for keeping ...
27. Meningioma
(Meningioma)
... treatment. Radiation therapy that involves radiation to the head may increase the risk of a meningioma. Female hormones. Meningiomas are more common in women, leading doctors to believe that ...
28. Male infertility
(Male infertility)
... stressful and frustrating, but a number of male infertility treatments are available. Approaches can include treatment for the male partner, the female partner, or both. The main sign of male infertility ...
29. Male hypogonadism
(Male hypogonadism)
... develops, and how much testosterone is present, a child who is genetically male may be born with: Female genitals Ambiguous genitals — genitals that are neither clearly male nor clearly female Underdeveloped ...
30. Male breast cancer
(Male breast cancer)
... syndrome causes abnormal development of the testicles. As a result, men with this syndrome produce lower levels of certain male hormones (androgens) and more female hormones (estrogens). Liver disease. If ...
31. Anxiety
(Anxiety)
... of panic (such as benzodiazepines) don't ease your anxiety symptoms These factors may increase your risk of developing an anxiety disorder: Being female. Women are more likely than men to be ...
32. Anorgasmia in women
(Anorgasmia in women)
... of estrogen and progesterone. Testosterone therapy. Male hormones, such as testosterone, play an important role in female sexual function, even though testosterone occurs in much lower amounts in a woman. ...
33. Nonallergic rhinitis
(Nonallergic rhinitis)
... wears off, often called rebound congestion. Being female. Due to hormonal changes, nasal congestion often gets worse during menstruation and pregnancy. Occupational exposure to fumes. In ...
34. Ambiguous genitalia
(Ambiguous genitalia)
Ambiguous genitalia is a rare condition in which an infant's external genitals don't appear to be clearly either male or female. In ambiguous genitalia, a baby's genitals may not be well formed or the ...
35. Hair loss
(Hair loss)
... loss include hormonal factors, medical conditions and medications. Hormonal factors The most common cause of hair loss is a hereditary condition called male-pattern baldness or female-pattern baldness. ...
36. Infertility
(Infertility)
... the male partner. In another one-third of cases, infertility is due to causes involving both the male and female. In the remaining one-third of cases, infertility is due to a cause involving only the ...
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