About Hormonal Imbalance

Menopausal women are often left struggling to cope with the side effects of hormonal imbalance. Vaginal dryness, night sweats, and fatigue are only three of the 34 menopause symptoms. However they can all have an extremely adverse influence on women's health. Menopausal women with severe hormonal imbalance may be left unable to continue with their daily activities due to adverse menopausal symptoms such as fatigue.

Why Does Hormonal Imbalance Occur?

Hormonal imbalance occurs because of changing estrogen and progesterone hormone levels. When women are menopausal they no longer produce the same amount of estrogen and progesterone hormones. Consequently they become hormonally imbalanced, which causes many other unpleasant side effects.

Why Does Hormonal Imbalance Cause Adverse Side Effects?

Hormones help to control many of the body's functions. Acting as chemical messengers they move around the body prompting different actions. Thus when there is a dramatic decrease in hormone levels the body is left unable to continue as normal. For example hormonal imbalance fatigue is caused not only by lowering levels of estrogen hormones, but is exasperated by other hormonal imbalance symptoms such as night sweats.

What Are the Unpleasant Side Effects of Hormonal Imbalance?

There are 34 hormonal imbalance side effects. Whereas some of them are physiological others are psychological, for example:

All of these symptoms can vary in severity and make daily activities difficult to continue with. For example hormonal imbalance fatigue can leave women feeling both physically unable to carry on with their day (with tired muscles) and mentally exhausted.

What Can Be Done about Hormonal Imbalance Symptoms?

When women are struggling to cope with the different symptoms of hormonal imbalance, such as hormonal imbalance fatigue, it is important that they make healthy life style changes. For example:

• Sleeping for at least eight hours a night is vital for good health
• It is important to eat at least five fruit and vegetables a day,
  
• Exercise is vital for a healthy body that is energized and able to fight hormonal imbalance fatigue
• Drinking eight glasses of water a day also helps to keep the body in a hydrated, good state
• It is important that women with hormonal imbalance fatigue do not drink caffeine, as it acts as a stimulant and can make sleeping more challenging.
  

However if women are suffering from severe hormonal imbalance fatigue that is not helped by healthy lifestyle changes they should look at natural supplements. These can be better than prescribed medication because they often have fewer side effects.

Even so if women are suffering from severe hormonal imbalance fatigue they should visit their medical practitioner for a consultation. Extreme hormonal imbalance fatigue can complicate women's lives and make completing daily activities extremely challenging. There are various treatment options that women can turn to, as noted above, however a visit to a doctor can be extremely informative. Click here for more information about coping with hormonal imbalance fatigue.