Infertility and Depression – What’s the Connection?
Is there a connection between infertility and depression? Let’s talk about it. When you’re having trouble getting pregnant, it can have a lot of psychological impacts. Depression and anxiety are incredibly common for infertile couples. Infertility is...
6 Signs of Chronic Inflammation and What to Do About It
What are the signs of chronic inflammation and what can you do about it? Chronic inflammation is a problem for many people and is often the underlying issue underneath chronic illnesses. You may not realize you have chronic inflammation until you have symptoms or...
How To Promote Good Sexual Health
Sexual Health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. In my patients who are concerned about their sexual health, most are concerned about their sex life. Perhaps they’re not having regular sex, or intercourse is...
How to Deal with PCOS
Dealing with the symptoms of PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) can be daunting. Your hormones are out of balance. You make more estrogen than progesterone because you’re not ovulating regularly. You make way too much testosterone, which leads to hirsutism, or...
The Link Between the Nervous System and the Endocrine System
The nervous system and endocrine system connection runs through one master controller: your hypothalamus. Understanding how these two systems communicate — and why that communication breaks down — is key to understanding why so many symptoms seem unrelated but...
How Your Endocrine System Affects Reproduction
Your endocrine system is made up of seven glands that produce hormones, and one maestro of all your hormones – the hypothalamus, which controls all seven of the glands. One of the endocrine glands involved in reproduction are your gonads, or your testes or ovaries. ...
Sleep and Your Brain
Sleep and Your Brain – have you ever wondered which part of your brain controls your sleep? Most people believe that their sleep is controlled by melatonin production. And while melatonin is the primary nocturnal hormone, your hypothalamus controls your...
Does the Hypothalamus Control Emotions?
Your hypothalamus is integral in your emotional response. Your emotions are mediated in a part of the brain called the limbic system and that includes your hypothalamus. The limbic system is a complex set of interconnected brain areas that integrate information...
How to Heal Your Hypothalamus Gland
Your hypothalamus is a small gland in your brain weighing about four grams. It sits right above your brainstem and it directs all of your vital systems. Your hypothalamus maintains homeostasis in your body and directs all your hormones. It directs your immune function...
Covid and Your Hypothalamus (Long Haul Covid)
Did you know that your hypothalamus can be severely affected by Covid? And that is why you may have debilitating symptoms long after you’ve recovered from the virus — otherwise known as Long Haul Covid. Early in the pandemic, I joined a Covid survivor’s social...
The Key to Regulating Your Body Temperature
Let’s dig into why the hypothalamus is said to be the body’s thermostat, and examine the key to regulating your body temperature. Your hypothalamus is the center of your body’s temperature regulation. It receives nerve impulses from structures in your skin...The Hormone Queen®
Deborah Maragopoulos FNP
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