Many different laboratory tests are used to detect physical changes or conditions in your body that can occur with lupus. Each test result adds more information to the picture your doctor is forming of your illness. The most common types of tests you may be asked to get are blood and urine tests.
Progesterone is a steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and the embryonic development of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of hormones called progestogens. This steroid hormone is produced in the ovaries, the adrenal glands, and in the placenta during pregnancy.
Posted on March 17, 2012 by. Progesterone is a hormone produced primarily in womenâs bodies, which helps regulate the menstrual cycle. Although its best known function is to help regulate the menstrual cycle, it has many more uses, which will be discussed in another article.hroughout all this, progesterone does not work alone. Several other important hormones are involved. In the Follicular State (days 1 to 14 of the cycle), one of these important hormones is follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which is secreted from the pituitary gland.