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Symptoms of
Hormone Imbalance
in Women
By: Dr. Serge Gregoire
Mind and Body Solutions
Symptoms of hormone imbalance in women may begin as In the first 10-12 days of the menstrual cycle, only
early as the late twenties to the forties. Symptoms of estrogen is produced in the female body. If ovulation
hormone imbalance in women tend to increase as a woman occurs, then progesterone is produced by the ovaries.
ages, especially if ignored in the earlier years. Hormone On day 28 or so, levels of both hormones drop
imbalance symptoms can be any one or more of the resulting in menstruation. However, if ovulation did
following (1,2): not occur, you can still have the menstrual period, but
• 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
amount of these hormones a 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 (3).
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the estrogen is never “balanced” by progesterone,
which needed ovulation to trigger its production. 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.
1. The Truth About Low Thyroid: Stories of Hope and Healing for
Those Suffering with Hashimoto’s Low Thyroid Disease – August
30, 2016 Dr. Joshua J. Redd
2. Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are
Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding
Hashimoto’s Disease and Hypothyroidism, 1st Edition, Dr. Datis
Kharrazian
3. 3. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20723100,00.html