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

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