Progesterone has a great effect on women, as it can protect the endometrium. For mothers who are currently pregnant, its usefulness is even greater. So, what is the color of progesterone? What are its functions? The following encyclopedia will guide you one by one.
The color of progesterone
Progesterone is oily, with colors including egg white and green yellow. If the color is too dark, it will spoil. Everyone must pay attention when injecting progesterone injection.
The function of progesterone during pregnancy
1. Progesterone can reduce uterine contractions: Some people believe that progesterone can alter the permeability of the uterine muscle cell membrane to ions, causing the membrane to be in a hyperpolarized state, thereby reducing the excitability of the uterine muscle and reducing its sensitivity to various stimuli, especially oxytocin. Therefore, the pregnant uterus will not undergo severe and progressive contractions, the embryo will not be affected, and the pregnancy can be maintained. Based on this, progesterone is commonly used in clinical practice to protect the fetus.
2. Maintain the decidual response: Decidual cells are transformed from endometrial stromal cells and contain glycogen granules that provide nutrients to the blastocyst. Injecting "rabbit anti mouse decidua serum" into pregnant mice can cause miscarriage, indicating the importance of decidua in maintaining pregnancy. Removing the bilateral ovaries of animals with pseudopregnancy induced decidua reaction can lead to decidua necrosis and liquefaction; If exogenous progesterone is administered, it can prevent decidual degeneration. Progesterone is essential for maintaining the decidual response.
3. Inhibit immune response: During normal pregnancy, an increase in progesterone hormone can prevent the embryo from being rejected by the mother and maintain pregnancy. If progesterone hormone is insufficient, the embryo will act like a foreign body and be rejected by the mother, resulting in miscarriage.
From the above description, it can be seen that progesterone is very important for pregnant mothers, so mothers must go to the hospital regularly for prenatal check ups to check their progesterone levels. If there is a deficiency, they should also take reasonable medication and supplementation under the guidance of a doctor.
