In this article I want to talk about one of the most common things I see in my patients: multiple hormone imbalance. In particular, I want to talk about those women who have low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) combined with symptoms of hormone imbalance in their Big Three Hormones: Cortisol, Estrogen, and Progesterone.
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Right before her period starts, and for the first 2-3 days, a woman is most vulnerable to migraines. Menstrual migraines, as they are known, are typically thought to last longer, be more severe, more likely to recur, less responsive to treatment, are more likely to be associated with nausea and vomiting
While many people think of periods, menopause, and PMS when they think of hormones, hormones actually control just about everything in your body – including digestion.
There is no aspect of our health and wellbeing that our hormones don’t impact. So let’s break it down here and support our smile, and oral health, with our balanced hormones.
Our liver makes bile under the influence of a hormone, somastatin, combined with other factors such as the quantity and quality of the food we eat.
But that’s not really the hormone we’re interested in. We are more interested in how our female hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, influence our gallbladder health.
With 30-40% of women developing a thyroid condition in their lifetime, and rates increasing as we age, many women in perimenopause and menopause will be dealing with hormone imbalances in both these important systems.
While most of us think of a “normal” cycle being 28 days, the average monthly cycle, the time from the start of one period to the start of the next, is between 24 and 35 days. So for some normal women, this means that they may have a period every 24 days – and it is still totally normal.
While most of us think of hot flashes and night sweats when we think of menopausal symptoms, many women are surprised by the number of symptoms that this hormonal transition can cause.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has brought light to a major health issue impacting people the world over – burnout.