Estriol
Main Entry: esˇtriˇol
Pronunciation: es- tr - l, e- str -, - l
Variant(s): or chiefly British oesˇtriˇol / - str - l, - str -, - l/
Function: noun
: a relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C18H24O3 found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main estrogen secreted by the placenta during pregnancy, and is the estrogen typically found in the urine of pregnant women.
This is hormone found commonly in pregnant women. It is showing to be an easily administered treatment in the early stages of MS (multiple sclerosis). MS is a chronic disabling disease that affects one in 10,000 people. Symptoms typically appear between age 20 and 30. The progressive neurological disorder is most common among individuals of northern European ancestry and occurs two to three times as often in women than in men. Symptoms range from numbness in the limbs to paralysis to blindness. Researchers believe that the disease can be cause be both genes from the mother and the father and can be passed from generation. It is a specific combination from both the mother and the father that can only cause this disease. Symptoms develop when the immune system becomes overactive and attacks neurons, or brain cells, by stripping away a conductive coating. Once the coating is stripped away, the neurons don't conduct the brain's electrical signals as well.
Therefore, estriol has now been found as the two parts that make up estrogen to be a leading cure in this disease, and can help many women overcome the symptoms that they face.
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