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Hormonal changes in the body: symptoms, period of hormonal changes
Hormonal changes in a woman’s body occur at least 3 times in her life: in adolescence, during the period of bearing a child and during menopause. In some cases, the fair sex is faced with hormonal disruptions caused by stress or diseases of internal organs. How to recognize a change in the hormonal background and eliminate the imbalance that has arisen in time?
Symptoms of hormonal changes in adolescence
Women face the first serious transformation of hormonal levels at the age of 12-16. During this period, the body seeks to reach puberty and acquire a full-fledged reproductive function, therefore, a kind of restructuring takes place. Changes do not always go smoothly, sometimes failures occur. Hormonal imbalance in the early period is accompanied by:
- slow or extremely rapid growth of the body;
- profuse skin rashes;
- mood swings;
- headaches;
- premature sexual development or, conversely, delayed formation of secondary sexual characteristics.
Hormonal changes in the body cause noticeable changes in appearance and mood
At this stage, it makes no sense to resort to hormone therapy. It is enough to identify the diseases that provoked the hormonal disruption and eliminate them.
Hormonal adjustment during pregnancy
The purpose of hormonal transformations in the body of a pregnant woman is to provide decent conditions for bearing a child. The following are considered quite natural manifestations of pregnancy:
- unstable emotional state;
- low immunity;
- thinning hair on the head;
- increased body hair growth;
- the formation of striae on the skin.
Sometimes the resulting abnormalities in the hormonal background negatively affect the development of the fetus. That is why women “in position” are required to be regularly monitored by specialized doctors: when the situation gets out of control, the obstetrician-gynecologist prescribes suitable hormonal drugs.
Hormonal adjustment: menopause
The most difficult period of hormonal changes for a woman is menopause. After 50 years, the production of female hormones is sharply reduced, there is intense sweating, a number of neurological disorders, bone loss, and cardiac abnormalities.
It is impossible to avoid menopause. But it is within the competence of doctors to prescribe competent hormone therapy, which will help smooth out the physiological and psychological manifestations of menopause.