Female sex hormones mainly include estrogen, progesterone, and estrogen-progestogen mixture, and different hormones treat different diseases.
1. Estrogen: mainly estradiol valerate, used to regulate estrogen levels in the body, usually used to thicken the lining, stop bleeding when the uterus is bleeding abnormally, and also relieve menopausal symptoms.
2. Progesterone: mainly progesterone, dydrogesterone, etc. It is mainly used for the treatment of abortion-related diseases to preserve the fetus, the medication of endometrial polyps for diagnostic scraping, and also can be used for the hemostasis of abnormal uterine bleeding.
3. Estrogen-progestin mixed preparation: mainly oral contraceptives, such as drospirenone ethinyl estradiol tablets, ethinyl estradiol cyproterone tablets, etc., mainly contraceptive, menstrual regulation and other roles, and can be used to treat polycystic ovary syndrome and other diseases.
Hormonal drugs have strict application indications and contraindications, and need to be used under the guidance of a professional physician to avoid self-medication.