Symptoms of any hormonal failure in women can significantly disrupt the functioning of the whole organism. And also it can become the reason of appearance of cosmetic defects of appearance.
Signs of a hormonal failure
The most common symptoms of hormonal failure are:
- Breaking the menstrual cycle is the most common symptom. In this case, there may be a delay in another menstruation, and frequent, profuse menstrual bleeding. This symptom will be leading and with hormonal failure in girls and women in older age.
- Severe course of premenstrual syndrome.
- Psycho-emotional disorders, which are primarily manifested in a sharp change in mood from depression to aggression. Characterized by a constant feeling of fatigue, weakness, violation of sleep.
- Change in body weight. For the imbalance of sex hormones, weight gain is more characteristic, not associated with a change in diet. In this case, any diet and weight loss methods do not contribute to weight loss.
- Decreased interest in sexual activity.
- Excess body hair growth on the male type.
- Acne rash .
- Symptom of hormonal failure in adolescents and in childhood, in addition to the above, is the underdevelopment of the organs of the reproductive system and mammary glands, amenorrhea.
Features of some types of hormonal dysfunction
During pregnancy, the woman's organism undergoes a number of significant changes, including cardinal changes in the hormonal background. In this regard, there is often an imbalance of hormones in the postpartum period. This is a fairly common condition, and its main manifestations disappear on their own as the body recovers. Since the menstrual function has not yet been restored, the main symptoms of hormonal failure after childbirth are frequent, prolonged headaches, weight changes, insomnia and dizziness. There may be episodes of increased blood pressure. Also, sharp mood swings, irritability, fast fatigue will be characteristic. About the presence of hormonal imbalance is worth considering if you after the birth began to drop hair sharply or on the contrary, their growth increased throughout the body.
In girls, hormonal failure causes symptoms that are associated with the formation of genital function during puberty. Symptoms of hormonal failure in menopause are due to a decrease in the formation of female sex hormones. Before menopause, there is an irregular menstrual cycle, there are hot flashes, dryness in the vagina .
With thyroid gland pathology, the symptoms of hormonal failure are not particularly specific from other diseases. Signs of impaired thyroid function can be sleep and appetite disorder, depression, increased excitability, emotional lability, tearfulness. The presence of certain symptoms and their severity depends on what type of hormonal disorder is observed. And this can be an excess of hormones or, conversely, a decrease in their number.
For a lowered level of hormones, the slowdown of all metabolic processes in the body will be characteristic. Including, decrease in body temperature, propensity to constipation, slow heart rate, inhibition, fatigue, cold sensation in the extremities, dry skin, early onset of menopause and others.
But with an excess of thyroid hormones, on the contrary, all metabolic processes are accelerated, which manifests itself in the form of increased excitability, irritability and even aggression. Various heart rhythm disturbances can occur. The body temperature is constantly increased, there is a tremor in the hands, a decrease in body weight, a lack of sexual desire.