The words of the once popular song "we are each other's eternal tenderness" explain the mechanism of the hormones of trust and affection — oxytocin and vasopressin. A brewed cup of tea, a plaid served on time, — We owe such manifestations of care from loved ones precisely to these pituitary hormones, which form attachment and fidelity. True, doctors make it clear: oxytocin (primarily responsible for tenderness) increases confidence in a loved one. And this rule does not apply to strangers.
The hormone oxytocin: companion of love and motherhood
German researchers during the experiment managed to establish that married men with a high level of oxytocin in the blood in the company of beautiful women prefer to keep their distance. But those who are deficient in this hormone, on the contrary, quickly forget about marital fidelity and are not averse to flirting. It turns out that the secret of fidelity lies not at all in magical conspiracies, but in oxytocin.
Scientists explain this by the fact that the production of this hormone occurs in the hypothalamus, the center of interaction between the nervous and endocrine systems. And only then does it enter the pituitary gland. In other words, oxytocin touches the most sensual systems of the body, which contributes to the formation of a person’s tender attachments.
It is no coincidence that oxytocin is also called the hormone of motherhood. And not only because it makes women tremble over their children, but also directly affects the process of childbearing: oxytocin provides contraction of the muscles of the uterus during childbirth and promotes the release of prolactin during lactation.
The hormone oxytocin allows:
- improve muscle regeneration;
- stop uterine bleeding;
- stimulate labor;
- relieve painful syndrome during the menstrual cycle;
- activate nervous and cardiac activity.
Oxytocin triggers that "love chemistry" that unmistakably indicates an incipient feeling. Perhaps this is due to — synthesizing it during hugs. Some experts believe that oxytocin is capable of more, providing men with a stable erection.
It would be wrong to say that oxytocin is only a hormone of two. Everyone needs it for daily comfortable communication. Oxytocin helps to openly look into the eyes of the interlocutor and not feel tight in the conversation. But the difficulty in trusting relationships with others just indicates a deficiency of this hormone.
Methods to increase oxytocin levels.
Massage. During massaging, an increase in oxytocin occurs in both the massage therapist and the patient.
- 40 strokes per minute are considered optimal.
Love making. Especially useful when sexual intercourse ends with an orgasm: the level of oxytocin at that moment goes off scale in each of the partners.
The hormone vasopressin: how to turn Don Juan into a faithful husband
Vasopressin is very similar to oxytocin in its effects. He is also responsible for emotional attachments, and an increase in his level in the blood explains why sometimes the most inveterate Don Juans turn into wonderful fathers of the family. The same hormone also helps with childbirth, however, ten times less than oxytocin. The similarity of these hormones helps them act in the same bundle. Thus, oxytocin, being associated with vasopressin receptors, is capable of exerting the actions inherent in the latter, — vasoconstrictor and antidiuretic. True, more weakly than the original itself.
There is a significant difference between these hormone brothers: if the deficiency of oxytocin does not have a devastating effect on health, then the lack of vasopressin can provoke the development of serious diseases, such as diabetes insipidus.
The fact is that it is the hormone vasopressin that is responsible for water retention in the body. He — is the only regulator of urine excretion from the kidneys. By coordinating the level of water in the renal tubules, it controls the concentration of urine and the volume of its excretion, thus taking part in the water-electrolyte metabolism. Based on this, it becomes clear why its deficiency threatens with such a complex endocrine disease as diabetes insipidus diabetes, when the patient is literally washed away: with strong diuresis, a person can lose up to 20 liters of urine at a rate of 1.5 liters per day . However, an excess of this hormone can cause irreparable harm.
Excess of the hormone vasopressin threatens:
- ADH hypersecretion syndrome;
- Parchon's syndrome;
- hyperpexic syndrome,
- diabetes insipidus.
It can be returned to its place only with the help of blockers, which will help to normalize the flow of vasopression into the blood. And then the only side effect of him will be the admiring look of a man in the direction of his woman.
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