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Hormonal Imbalances...  
Health problems for women usually involve a hormone problem. Hormone imbalances can cause simple things like acne and premature aging in women, to more complicated and serious problems such as extreme menstrual pain, and very heavy menstrual blood flows too. In many cases, hormonal imbalances can actually cause problems such as infertility, or the inability to carry babies full term as well.

Women have very delicate structures, even if they usually look so tough, and mostly will hardly complain about what they go through unless, it is one of those times of the month when the hormones are yet again all over the place. A women’s health study shows that women will experience hormonal imbalance as early as in the 20s. Usually the hormone imbalance will increase with age therefore, you will be able to notice more symptoms until the 50s or so.

Some things which seem quite simple, such as allergies, depression and fatique, are all caused or contributed to by hormone problems. Some women get frequent headaches, become dizzy or can't think straight. Some have low sex drives, and some have more severe medical issues such as Endometriosis, frequent urinary tract infections, and Uterine fibroids.


Symptoms can include one or more of the following:
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Allergy symptoms
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Depression, fatigue and anxiety
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Endometriosis
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Fibrocystic breasts
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Hair loss and facial hair growth
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Headaches, dizziness and foggy thinking
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Low sex drive
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Osteoporosis
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PMS
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Urinary tract infections and incontinence
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Uterine fibroids
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Weight gain, water retention and bloating
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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.

 
   
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