Symptoms Of Hormone Imbalance In Women
Olinda Rola
Symptoms of hormone imbalance in women may begin as early as
the late twenties to the forties. Symptoms of hormone imbalance
in women tend to increase as a woman ages, especially if ignored
in the earlier years. Hormone imbalance symptoms can be any one
or more of the following:
• Allergy symptoms
• Depression, fatigue and anxiety
• Endometriosis
• Fibrocystic breasts
• Hair loss and facial hair growth
• Headaches, dizziness and foggy thinking
• Low sex drive
• Osteoporosis
• PMS
• Urinary tract infections and incontinence
• Uterine fibroids
• Weight gain, water retention and bloating
• Wrinkly skin
Symptoms of hormone imbalance are caused primarily by the
incorrect relationship between progesterone and estrogen levels
in the body. The two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone,
exist in a delicate balance. Variations in that balance can have
a dramatic effect on your health, resulting in symptoms of
hormone imbalance. The amounts of these hormones that the
woman's body produces from month to month can vary, depending
on factors such as stress, nutrition, exercise and most
importantly - ovulation or the lack of ovulation.
In the first 10-12 days of the menstrual cycle, only estrogen
is produced in the female body. If ovulation occurs, then
progesterone is produced by the ovaries. On day 28 or so,
levels of both hormones drop, resulting in menstruation.
However, if ovulation did not occur, you can still have the
menstrual period, but the estrogen is never "balanced" by
progesterone, which needed ovulation to trigger its production.
And this results in symptoms of hormone imbalance appearing -
you have estrogen but progesterone production drops to very low
levels.
In the industrialized countries, women take birth control
pills, are exposed to household chemicals at home, car exhaust
and other environmental xenoestrogens. In addition, women often
have stressful lives, eat processed foods or skip meals, take
synthetic estrogen HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and have
hysterectomies. All these factors can add more estrogen to the
female body, resulting in excess estrogen which will cause
hormone imbalance symptoms.
How can a woman tell if she is experiencing hormone imbalance
symptoms? An easy, fast and effective way is to take the online
test provided by a leading womens health clinic for early signs
of menopause and symptoms of hormone imbalance in women. The
online test takes just a few minutes and is free. Learn more
about your health, symptoms, what the symptoms are telling you
and what to do about it based on your answers to important
questions. Read more about hormone imbalance, estrogen
dominance symptoms and physician-recommended natural treatments
for eliminating the symptoms of hormone imbalance.
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