MISCARRIAGE – EXTRA HORMONES
It has been shown that in most of the pregnancies that end in miscarriage there is a low level of the hormones — oestrogen and progesterone in the mother’s blood.
But the giving of extra hormones does not seem to influence the outcome of the pregnancy.
Many years ago large doses of oestrogen were given when a miscarriage threatened.
Unfortunately, it has been shown that a few female children born from such pregnancies who were subjected to high doses of oestrogen during their foetal development have developed cancer of the vagina in their teens or early twenties.
This treatment was abandoned years ago as ineffective.
It was replaced by the giving of the other hormone, progesterone, either by injection or in tablet form.
But in a few cases, female children showed some signs of masculinity, due to the conversion of the progesterone into male-type hormones.
A comprehensive trial of these types of drugs was found not to be effective.
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