Hormonal disorders cause a lot of trouble for both men and women. Most often, such violations occur in women.
How to identify hormonal disorders?
Signs of a hormonal disorder can be external, determined by visual inspection or based on patient complaints, and also internal, that is, those that can not be established without conducting appropriate laboratory tests. To determine if you have a hormonal failure , you should see a doctor gynecologist-endocrinologist (for women) or andrologu (for men). In extreme cases, to determine the hormonal disorder, you can consult a therapist.
The doctor will without fail order a general blood test and a blood test for hormones.
Symptoms of hormonal disorders
Symptoms of hormonal disorders can be as follows:
- Weight loss with normal appetite. Most often, it speaks of problems with the thyroid gland. It should be mandatory to contact the endocrinologist, if weight loss with hormonal disorders is accompanied by such manifestations as:
- elevation of low-grade fever to 37-37.5 degrees, especially if this temperature lasts for a long time;
- interruptions in the work of the heart;
- trembling of the fingers (so-called tremor);
- increased sweating;
- Insomnia, nightmares and other sleep disorders;
- sharp mood swings, nervousness.
Hormonal disorders and acne
Often the appearance of a hormonal malfunction may be acne. Means of combating such a manifestation should be directed to the cause, but not to level out the aesthetic effect. A variety of ointments, products for washing and cleansing the skin can be used only as an auxiliary therapy.