Hormone imbalance
Hormone imbalance is a true epidemic in our country. The average American female and male over 35 years of age suffers from some form of hormonal imbalance. With the poor diet, stressful lifestyles and declining popularity of physical exercise, more and more young men and women are developing hormonal imbalances. The effects of such imbalances increases as we age and become more devastating and harder to treat the longer they go on and the worse they become. Because most of the symptoms come on gradually, it is difficult to figure out initially, until the problems become more pronounced and the hormones become even more imbalanced.
It becomes a vicious cycle that slowly robs you of your energy, your vitality and your life and lifestyle. It also robs your loved ones of their lifestyle. Unless properly diagnosed and evaluated, proper recovery is very difficult to achieve. This is where a properly trained healthcare professional is so important. You will require a doctor who is up to date on hormonal function and can discover “subclinical” hormone imbalances, not just “diseased” glands or organs.
Often times it is the simplest of signs that indicate hormone imbalance, but these signs are blamed on other factors. Some of the initial symptoms include:
- Fatigue not relieved by rest
- Tired all the time/no energy
- Difficulty getting up in the morning
- Poor sleep
- Craving for salty or sugary foods
- It takes more effort to perform every day tasks and duties
- Decreased sex drive
- Decreased ability to handle stress
- Increased time to recover from illness or injury
- Light headed when standing up quickly
- Depression
- Lack of enjoyment or happiness
- Weight gain/loss
- Excessive allergies
- Anxiety
- Digestive disorders
- Dry and thin skin
- Excessive hunger
- Hair loss
- Unexplained headaches
- Immune deficiencies
- Inability to concentrate
- Chronic pain
- Inflammation
- Blood pressure problems
- Low body temperature
- Hot flashes
- Night sweats
- Mood swings
- Poor memory
- PMS
- Sleep disorders
- Tender breasts
- Weakness
- Difficulty building muscle
- Cramping
- Fluid retention
- Slow metabolism
- Irritability
- Chronic illness
- And more and more and more
Various clinical conditions are the direct result of hormone imbalance that, in most cases, can be completely preventable. Such conditions include:
- Chronic viral infections (EBV, Herpes, etc.)
- Yeast overgrowth
- Allergies
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Migraines
- Autoimmune disease
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Insomnia
- Hypoglycemia
- Type II diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- ADD/ADHD
- Irritable bowel disease
- Celiac disease
- And more and more and more
Quite simply, hormones affect body function.
Hormone imbalances affect body functions in a detrimental way. The more hormones and systems involved and the longer the time that the imbalances have been present, the more symptoms will devastate your life.
This isn’t how the story ends, however; there is hope! Hormone imbalances can be corrected by taking the correct action steps and supplying the body with what it requires to heal – This first requires the correct testing to determine what the TRUE cause of your problem is.
Be sure to read my next upcoming 3 articles on Female Hormones, Male Hormones and the Correct Testing!
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