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Common Questions
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Progesterone may help increase bone mass and rebuild new bones. Often, loss of bone density, thinning hair, and increased facial hair as symptoms of low progesterone levels. A condition called "unopposed estrogen dominance", results from an imbalance in the hormone levels that allow estrogen to take over. This condition can increase your risk of breast cancer, bone density loss, and hypothyroidism. When unopposed, estrogen therapy MAY cause irregular vaginal bleeding, progesterone helps out. When estrogen makes you bloat up with water, progesterone assists by regulating water, sodium and potassium excretion by competing with aldosterone, another hormone that also manages these functions in your body.
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