The following symptoms and diseases respond to progesterone therapy, if they are hormone related. It is important to remember that progesterone is not a drug, it is a hormone vital to our well being.

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Water retention

Progesterone receptor sites are found in many areas in the body, and where they occur water retention can be a problem. With a lowering of progesterone in the blood premenstrually (causing an imbalance between oestrogen and progesterone) the cells in these areas become swollen with water, particularly in women in their thirties and forties. Receptors are found in the covering of the brain, where they cause migraines, in the naso-pharyngeal passages and lungs causing asthma, laryngitis, rhinitis and sinusitis; in the limbic area of the brain causing PMT (pre-menstrual tension); in the eyes causing conjunctivitis, glaucoma, iritis, styes and uveitis; in the breasts causing tenderness; in the uterus causing a bloating feeling and in the urethra causing incontinence.

Prevention : By keeping a high level of progesterone in the blood during the pre-menstruum, the problem is invariably helped. Depending on the severity from 20 to 200mg/day is needed. (see also blood sugar and eye problems)