NATURAL TREATMENT FOR HORMONAL IMBALANCE

Symptoms of a hormonal imbalance

Your hormones play an integral role in your overall health. Because of that, there’s a broad range of symptoms that could signal a hormonal imbalance. Your symptoms will depend on which hormones or glands aren’t working properly.

Common hormonal conditions affecting both men and women could cause any of the following symptoms:

• weight gain
• fatigue
• increased sensitivity to cold or heat
• constipation or more frequent bowel movements
• dry skin
• puffy face
• unexplained weight loss (sometimes sudden)
• increased or decreased heart rate
• muscle weakness
• frequent urination
• increased thirst
• muscle aches, tenderness, and stiffness
• pain, stiffness, or swelling in your joints
• thinning hair or fine, brittle hair
• increased hunger
• depression
• decreased $xx drive
• nervousness, anxiety, or irritability
• blurred vision
• sweating
• infertility
• a fatty hump between the shoulders
• rounded face
• purple or pink stretch marks

Symptoms in women

In women, the most common  hormonal imbalance is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Your normal hormonal cycle also changes naturally during:

• puberty
• pregnancy
• breastfeeding
• menopause

Symptoms of a hormonal imbalance specific to women include:

• heavy or irregular periods, including missed periods, stopped period, or frequent period
• hirsutism, or excessive hair on the face, chin, or other parts of the body
• acne on the face, chest, or upper back
• thinning hair or hair loss
• weight gain or trouble losing weight
• darkening of skin, especially along neck creases, in the groin, and underneath breasts
• skin tags
• vaginal dryness
• vaginal atrophy
• pain during $xx
• night sweats

Symptoms in men

Testosterone plays an important role in male development. If you aren’t producing enough testosterone, it can cause a variety of symptoms.

In the adult male, symptoms include:

• development of breast tissue
• breast tenderness
• erectile dysfunction
• loss of muscle mass
• decreased $xx drive
• infertility
• decrease in beard and body hair growth
• osteoporosis, the loss of bone mass
• difficulty concentrating
• hot flashes

Symptoms in children

Puberty is the time when boys and girls start producing $xx hormones. Many children with delayed puberty will go on to experience normal puberty, but some have a condition called hypogonadism. Symptoms of hypogonadism include:

In boys:

• muscle mass doesn’t develop
• voice doesn’t deepen
• body hair grows sparsely
• penis and testicular growth is impaired
• excessive growth of the arms and legs in relation to the trunk of the body
• gynecomastia, the development of breast tissue

In girls:

• period doesn’t begin
• breast tissue doesn’t develop
• growth rate doesn’t increase

Causes of a hormonal imbalance

There are many possible causes for a hormonal imbalance. Causes differ depending on which hormones or glands are affected. Common causes of hormonal imbalance include:

• diabetes
• hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid
• hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid
• hypogonadism
• Cushing syndrome
• thyroiditis
• hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules
• hormone therapy
• tumors (benign or cancerous)
• congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• eating disorders
• medications
• stress
• adrenal insufficiency
• pituitary tumor
• injury or trauma
• cancer treatments

Causes unique to women

Many causes of hormonal imbalance in women are related to reproductive hormones. Common causes include:

• menopause
• pregnancy
• breastfeeding
• PCOS
• premature menopause
• hormone drugs like birth control pills
• primary ovarian insufficiency

General symptoms of hormonal imbalance are familiar to women as premenstrual syndrome or PMS, menopause symptoms, irregular menstrual cycle/flow, chronic acne, vaginal dryness, low libido, depression, fatigue, abnormal weight gain, abnormal breasts changes.