Hormonal Imbalance

What is Hormonal Imbalance

Hormonal imbalance happens when the amount of hormones in the bloodstream is either too low or too high. Hormones are very much essential for our body and play a major role in the functioning of the body. Thus, even a little change in the hormones can cause side effects in the entire body.

Hormones are chemicals that travel through your bloodstream to the tissues and organs and command the body organs about their functions. Hormones direct the organs on what to do and at what time. Hormones control major functions of the body such as heart rate, sleep cycles, metabolism, appetite, stress levels, sexual functions, reproductive cycles, etc.

Men are more prone to an imbalance in the testosterone level and women are likely to face an imbalance in estrogen and progesterone levels.

Causes and Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance

Causes:

There are many causes of hormonal imbalance in a person, the causes depend on which hormones are affected. Some of the common causes of hormonal imbalance are :

1. Diabetes
2. hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid
3. overactive thyroid hyperthyroidism
4. Hypogonadism
5. Cushing syndrome
6. thyroiditis
7. thyroid nodule hyperfunctioning
8. hormone therapy
9. tumours (benign or cancerous)
10. congenital adrenal hyperplasia
11. eating disorders
12. Medications
13. Stress
14. adrenal insufficiency
15. pituitary tumor
16. injury or trauma
17. cancer treatments

There are some causes of hormonal imbalance that are exclusive to women such as menopause, pregnancy, breastfeeding, PCOS, premature menopause, hormone drugs like birth control pills, primary ovarian insufficiency.

Symptoms:

There are many causes of hormonal imbalance in a person, the causes depend on which hormones are affected. Some of the common causes of hormonal imbalance are :

1. Diabetes
2. hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid
3. overactive thyroid hyperthyroidism
4. Hypogonadism
5. Cushing syndrome
6. thyroiditis
7. thyroid nodule hyperfunctioning
8. hormone therapy
9. tumours (benign or cancerous)
10. congenital adrenal hyperplasia
11. eating disorders
12. Medications
13. Stress
14. adrenal insufficiency
15. pituitary tumor
16. injury or trauma
17. cancer treatments

There are some causes of hormonal imbalance that are exclusive to women such as menopause, pregnancy, breastfeeding, PCOS, premature menopause, hormone drugs like birth control pills, primary ovarian insufficiency.

Preventions for Hormonal Imbalance:

1. Ensure that you get an adequate amount of sleep. Lack of sleep is one of the main reasons for hormonal imbalance.
2. Try to maintain a fixed routine of physical activities, like exercises, yoga, gymming, playing sports, etc. It will help you stay active and prevent the development of reasons leading to hormonal imbalance.
3. Minimize your sugar intake. Increased sugar in blood can cause multiple problems including hormonal imbalance.
4. Avoid exposing your eyes to the blue lights of mobiles and computer screens for longer periods. It can disturb sleep time and disrupt hormones
5. Try to keep your stress levels low. You can practice pranayama for hormonal imbalances from a yoga teacher, which will help you with lowering stress and peace of mind.
6. Eat balanced nutrition-rich foods, which will feed the body with all necessarily required nourishments.
7. Avoid smoking at all costs. Tobacco can be very harmful to your hormones, and it can increase stress levels as well.
8. Green tea can be your best beverage against hormonal imbalance. It has antioxidants that can improve your health and metabolism.