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Women's Hormonal Problems Overview

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.

Now, most people think that women don't start having hormonal problems until they're reaching menopause, but this is not always the case. Many women have hormonal problems all throughout their lives. Teenage girls of course, are known to have big hormone swings because their bodies are growing and adapting to puberty. Hormone problems can continue however, in young adult women too. In fact, some women have hormonal related problems all throughout their lives without actually knowing it.

Pre-menstrual symptoms are commonly caused by hormonal imbalances in the body for instance. And severe ones indicate severe hormonal issues. Other things can be caused by hormone problems as well though. 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.

For some time, doctors have prescribed synthetic hormones to help women with many of these problems. These prescriptions were more commonly prescribed for women entering menopause, but it's not uncommon for doctors to prescribe birth control pills for instance, which adjust a woman's hormone levels in her body, to help relieve very painful or heavy menstruation periods.

Recent research has revealed however, that in the past two years breast cancer rates have gone down. And these decreasing breast cancer rates coincide with a decrease of the use of synthetic hormones. One theory is currently on the table in the medical science community, which suggests that synthetic hormones for women may have been a cause of breast cancer. It may be many years before we know for sure, if we do at all, but the point is this: Synthetic hormones have health risks all their own. And we may not even know yet just how dangerous these types of prescription medications can be.

There is hope for women with hormonal imbalance problems though. There are many herbs and natural remedies which can help balance the body's hormones, and there are lifestyle changes that can help quite a bit as well.

Note: Some statements in this article may not be approved by the FDA. This article is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional medical advice.

(Breast cancer sources: Top news story across US in mid April, 2007. Just one clip of many can be seen here: http://www.kcci.com/health/12503473/detail.html )

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