Hormonal disruption in women symptoms, how to get rid
Uncontrollable bouts of hunger, eternal fatigue, weight gain and a few more of the most important signs of hormonal imbalance.
You’ve probably often heard that as soon as a girl has mood swings, hormones are to blame. A lot is attributed to them, but almost no one thinks that hormonal imbalance is quite serious, because these compounds affect every cell and system in the body. Let’s figure out what it is and how to determine if you are having a problem.
Hormones are your body’s chemical messengers. These substances, produced in the endocrine glands, move around the bloodstream and tell you about tissues and organs and what to do with them. They help control many of your body’s basic processes, including metabolism and reproduction.
A hormonal imbalance indicates that there is too much or too little of a particular hormone in the body. Even tiny changes can have serious consequences throughout the body.
It is generally accepted that hormonal imbalance can occur in women after menopause, but now there is a trend for violations in young girls. “In this case, diseases such as polycystic disease, which is usually detected on ultrasound of the pelvic organs, may occur. Some complaints may indicate such hormonal disorders: soreness during menstruation, blurred cycle (different number of days and different periods between periods), acne (especially in the mustache and beard area), the growth of hard black hair in the mustache area, rashes in the neckline, and interscapular space ”, – comments Maria Bondareva, dermatologist, cosmetologist at the Remedy Lab clinic.
Symptoms of hormonal failure
Your hormones play an integral role in your overall health. Because of this, there is a wide range of symptoms that can signal hormonal imbalances. Your symptoms will depend on which hormones or glands are not working properly.
Hair loss
Excessive loss can be triggered by thyroid hormones and testosterone. Despite the fact that testosterone is useful for men, in women, the abundance of this hormone leads to baldness: under certain conditions, it destroys hair follicles.
Bouts of hunger
Most often, a woman can eat a lot, but the feeling of fullness does not come to her. This is a signal that a failure has occurred. The fact is that at the time of imbalance, the level of the hormones ghrelin and leptin decreases, and it is they that are responsible for eating behavior.
Forgetfulness
Couldn’t remember where you left your car keys? Maybe lower estrogen is to blame. Hazy thinking can also be caused by low cortisol levels. Chronic stress can cause the adrenal glands to be unable to continue producing cortisol. Stress produces cortisol, which is good for the body in small doses, but chronically high cortisol can drain the adrenal glands.
Weight gain
High estrogen and low progestogen levels can lead to unexplained weight gain in women, especially in the waist area. Balancing hormones may require diet and lifestyle changes. Sharp jumps in weight indicate that not everything is good in the body, so it is best to consult an endocrinologist who can find out what the problem is.
“Due to the lack of iodine-containing hormones in the body, a slowdown in metabolism is observed, which, in turn, leads to weight gain (due to the retention of fluids in tissues and slowing down of fat burning),” says Maria Bondareva.
Insomnia
Lack of sleep can lead to a lack of the hormone progesterone. Dr. Tracy Johnson, American scientist and sleep specialist, believes that this hormone is a natural relaxant and helps a person to relax and improve sleep.
Scientists believe that a decrease in sleep occurs in women as a result of hormonal changes, or rather, after 50 years, but now the occurrence of this symptom in younger individuals is sharply increasing.
“Recently, more and more scientific studies are devoted to functional changes in the work of the endocrine organs, that is, they occurred not as a result of illness, but because of sleep disturbance, excessive stress, unbalanced diet or insufficient physical activity. In a broad sense, any state of ill health, the presence of other chronic diseases entails disruptions in the work of the endocrine system, which further aggravates the state of affairs. Sometimes the situation looks like a snowball, when the root cause pulls a whole train of endocrine disorders.
A healthy person does not need special methods for the prevention of endocrine diseases:
it is worth taking care of your health,
regularly undergo medical examination,
do fitness, monitor nutrition and weight,
pay attention to the appearance of symptoms.
There is no single universal list of examinations to assess the function of endocrine organs. At the first suspicious signs, it is better to consult a doctor, who, based on a general assessment of the state of health and the presence of symptoms, will form an examination plan for each individual. “