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.
Progesterone is one of the most important hormones in a womanâs body and the role it plays in fertility is unquestionable. Commonly referred to as âthe pregnancy hormone,â progesterone is a natural female hormone that produced by the corpus luteum to build and maintain the lining of the uterus so that the fertilized egg can implant and grow. Your body creates two of the most critical sex hormones: estrogen and progesterone.