Relationship between sex hormones level and sleep disorders in female
Li Yindan, Guo Min, Hou Haiyan
(1. Department of Military Reproductive Medicine, Chinese People’sArmed Police Force Characteristic Medical Center, Tianjin 300162, China; 2. Graduate College, TianjinMedical University, Tianjin 300211, China; 3. Department of Reproductive Medicine and Family Planning,the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, China)
Abstract: 【Abstract】Sleep disorders not only have an impact on quality of life in female, but also adversely affect physical and emotional health. Fluctuations in sex hormone levels during different stages of female life, suchas menstruation, pregnancy, and perimenopause, may be associated with various forms of sleep disorders.Levels of follicle-stimulating hormone may be associated with sleep disorders, whereas relationship betweenendogenous estrogen and sleep is controversial. Some endocrine disorders are also associated with sleep disorders. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the relationship between female sex hormones level and sleep disorders, and it is important to improve the quality of female sleep if sex hormone fluctuations can beimproved by medications, which can improve the quality of female sleep in a special period of their lives.