Do You Have Hormonal Imbalance?

Hormonal imbalance is one of the many causes of female infertility. Hormones are the chemical messengers that send signals to the organs of the body, this signal affects how the cells and organs of the body work.

Studies have shown that there are over 50 hormones in the human body. While hormone levels change throughout your lifetime naturally as a result of aging and other factors, when the change occurs as a result of hormones sending the wrong signals to your endocrine glands, this occurrence is called hormonal imbalance.

In women, hormonal imbalance often affects the estrogen and progesterone levels.

Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance

These are some of the symptoms of hormonal imbalance

Heavy/Irregular/light Period
Mood Swings
Vaginal dryness and pain during sex
Loss of libido
Hair loss
Night sweats
Weight gain/weight loss
Headache

Teni is a single lady who has never been pregnant but she noticed that her breasts secrete breast milk, Teni likely has hormonal imbalance.

Nini’s period lasts for 9 straight days and is usually so heavy that she has to use baby pampers instead of the heavy flow sanitary pad, Nini probably has hormonal imbalance.

Zee does not ovulate, she stated that the first time she noticed cervical mucus was during her period, Zee most likely has hormonal imbalance.

Having one or more of these symptoms doesn’t mean you have hormonal imbalance, in fact it could be related to other chronic conditions but you’d never know until you make that visit to your doctor.

Causes of hormonal imbalance

It’s normal for the hormone levels to rise and fall throughout your lifetime, especially during puberty, pregnancy, menopause or old age. Some other causes of hormonal imbalance are; stress, medications (like birth control pills, implants or injections) or use of steroids.

If you experience some unusual changes in your body that signals hormonal imbalance, visit your doctor and describe the symptoms you noticed. Your doctor will suggest some diagnostics tests based on your symptoms.