Estrogen and autoimmune correlations not recognized
The number of times I have explained to my doctors about how my *symptoms* are way worse during and after my period, and been dismissed as irrelevant or "interesting." Is infuriating. Or, just given no information. "Oh yeah, that's a thing sometimes." So then I decided I needed to figure out WHY on my own. Decipher info, summarize and represent to question. I am not a medical professional. I am just a patient with a complex body after pregnancy trying to figure out wtheck is going on.
This article (see below) is merely one of many that displays the relationship between immune system suppression or overexpression based on both gender specific hormones and unregulated expression of said hormones. Noted the things that are studied aren't living humans, so they don't see the effects in real time. I'd like an article that discusses that.
Additional cited articles also mention how specific hormones in men make them more prone to specific autoimmune disorders; but actually tend to protect them from more of them than women; due to way less estrogen.
Estrogen; as its main purposes is to prepare the womb for an embedding blastocyst, changes and triggers the immune system to allow an outside agent to exist. That high inflammatory state (leading to ovulation) or pregnancy can change entirely how your body interprets stress, endocrine reactions, autoimmune reactions, etc - because it's being put on high alert.
I'll be reading more of these articles and creating an analysis chart of information to present when I'm arguing against my case and symptoms in the future. Also, might be a good point to write an analysis paper or submit it to be interpreted by a future specialist.
Any new or additional cited information is welcome. Or, anyone who experiences similar trends (specific flare windows related to hormones).
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7151910/?utm\_source=chatgpt.com