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Finasteride increases estrogen through aromatising the testosterone (which is higher due to less of it converting to DHT)
I always knew that finasteride increased the odds to develop autoimmune diseases but never knew the exact mechanism (shifting the immune system toward th1 is part of the story). Autoimmune diseases affect women in much higher rates than men (in some autoimmune diseases women have a 9:1 greater chances to get the disease). Estrogens clearly increase the risks for autoimmune diseases.
Now, finasteride increases estrogen. For people who are born with a predisposition to autoimmune disease (and only need an environmental trigger to get them), finasteride is the ultimate death blow
For example, estrogen raises TSH (a thyroid hormone)....higher TSH means hypothyroidism. And 90% of the times it's caused by Hashimoto (an autoimmune disease). Finasteride raises TSH through raising estrogen. People who take it are at greater risk of getting Hashimoto disease. On propeciahelp everybody have higher than normal level of TSH.
But of course this is true to many other autoimmune diseases....I'm pretty sure I got my autoimmune disease (or almost got it since I got the antibodies without showing symptoms) because of finasteride.
Of course women that take birth control pills (that raise estrogens) also have a much increased risks of developing autoimmune diseases and indeed they always do (75% of people with autoimmune diseases are women lol). They are just too low IQ to understand the science and see patterns.
But since autoimmune diseases affects much more women than men it's also more likely we will find a cure...women's problems get so much attention and funds so I'm hopeful for a cure
I always knew that finasteride increased the odds to develop autoimmune diseases but never knew the exact mechanism (shifting the immune system toward th1 is part of the story). Autoimmune diseases affect women in much higher rates than men (in some autoimmune diseases women have a 9:1 greater chances to get the disease). Estrogens clearly increase the risks for autoimmune diseases.
Now, finasteride increases estrogen. For people who are born with a predisposition to autoimmune disease (and only need an environmental trigger to get them), finasteride is the ultimate death blow
For example, estrogen raises TSH (a thyroid hormone)....higher TSH means hypothyroidism. And 90% of the times it's caused by Hashimoto (an autoimmune disease). Finasteride raises TSH through raising estrogen. People who take it are at greater risk of getting Hashimoto disease. On propeciahelp everybody have higher than normal level of TSH.
But of course this is true to many other autoimmune diseases....I'm pretty sure I got my autoimmune disease (or almost got it since I got the antibodies without showing symptoms) because of finasteride.
Of course women that take birth control pills (that raise estrogens) also have a much increased risks of developing autoimmune diseases and indeed they always do (75% of people with autoimmune diseases are women lol). They are just too low IQ to understand the science and see patterns.
But since autoimmune diseases affects much more women than men it's also more likely we will find a cure...women's problems get so much attention and funds so I'm hopeful for a cure
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