Symptoms of low estrogen

Estrogen is a sex hormone found primarily in women, secreted by the ovaries and placenta, and in small amounts in men, secreted by the adrenal cortex. Estrogen begins during puberty, at the beginning of a woman's menstruation, and disappears in large amounts at the time of menopause. Postmenopausal women get their estrogen from the adrenal cortex, as do men. What are the symptoms of low estrogen in women and men respectively? In this article, the symptoms of low estrogen in women will be described in detail, while the symptoms of low estrogen in men will be briefly described. The symptoms of low estrogen in women are mainly manifested in two major areas: psychological and physical.

Psychological symptoms

When women experience scanty menstruation, menopause, memory loss, and wrinkles due to low estrogen, they become psychologically anxious, afraid of aging, afraid of memory loss, and coupled with a series of symptoms of menopausal syndrome, it adds to their worries, generating pessimism, depression, and boredom, and over time, personality and behavior changes, such as suspiciousness, nagging, fear, impatience, and emotional instability. Some people experience significant psychological imbalance, causing disharmony in the family.

Physiological symptoms

Osteoporosis

Significant bone loss due to decreased estrogen levels. According to research, women currently begin to experience a negative balance in bone metabolism around the age of 35. By the age of 50-60, 30% of women already have osteoporosis. 60-70 years old, 60%-70% of women have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a fatal disease that affects older women.

Decreased reproductive function

Menopause is the most obvious change, indicating that ovarian function has declined and the level of sex hormones (estrogen and progesterone) secreted by the ovaries has decreased. Since the androgens secreted by the adrenal glands can be converted into estrogen in adipose tissue, the reproductive organs do not atrophy immediately after menopause, which occurs about 10 years after menopause.

Prone to cardiovascular diseases

Due to the decrease of estrogen secretion, which affects blood lipid metabolism, HDL decreases (HDL has a protective effect on cardiovascular) and LDL, which is unfavorable to cardiovascular, increases. The occurrence of coronary heart disease increases with the appearance of menopause, and modern medical research shows that pre-menopausal women rarely suffer from coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction, while the incidence of coronary heart disease increases in post-menopausal women.

Vulnerable to urinary diseases

The urinary system comes from the same embryonic tissue as the reproductive system, and both are target organs of estrogen, and after menopause, aseptic bladder inflammation and recurrent dyscrasia can occur. It is difficult to be cured by anti-infection treatment alone, and estrogen must be added to get results. Postmenopausal women often experience urethral mucosa prolapse and urethral bulge, urethral position and posterior angle of the bladder urethra change, often unable to control urination, there is overflow urine phenomenon, upright or laughing, cough when the abdominal pressure increases, urine outflow, medically known as stress urinary incontinence. Older women also develop bladder outlet obstruction, leading to difficulty in urination and urinary retention, etc. This is all related to the decrease in estrogen.

Decline in brain and nerve function

Estrogen receptors are also known to be present in the brain and nervous system, especially in the memory system of the brain, and in the absence of estrogen, the number of critical stringers in the basal forebrain of rats is reduced and memory is impaired. When transplanted with estrogen it helps to protect brain cells and protect intracellular critical cells. It has been experimentally demonstrated that postmenopausal women who ingest estrogen may also have a reduced risk of developing progeria.

Aging of skin and mucous membranes

Women with low estrogen are most troubled by the appearance of facial wrinkles, skin that tends to dry out and lack elasticity, and vaginal mucosa that is less able to resist inflammation, making it prone to age-related vaginitis, which can seriously affect sex life.

Symptoms of low estrogen in men

Low estrogen in men is generally not a big problem, but the common characteristics of low estrogen in women are calcium loss and deterioration of bone function, and according to the latest research, men with severe estrogen deficiency are prone to decreased libido and aging.

What to do if you have low estrogen

Food regulation

Some studies have shown that estrogen can also be supplemented through food. There are many estrogen-containing foods, such as fresh royal jelly, flaxseed, cereals, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, onions, wine, peanut butter and so on. Eating these foods can increase estrogen, but estrogenic foods are not a substitute for therapeutic medication. For women with low estrogen, systematic treatment under the guidance of a doctor is recommended.

Medication supplementation

Taking some medicinal estrogens is also a more effective method. However, it should be noted that women should control the dosage of estrogen when taking it, and should not take too much, as it may induce some gynecological diseases, such as breast cancer. It is best to take the medication as prescribed by your doctor.

Supplementary sleep

If you can ensure 8 hours of good sleep every day, it will be very beneficial to the normal secretion of estrogen, because the body produces estrogen when you sleep, and if you stay up late often, it will easily lead to imbalance or even shortage of estrogen secretion.

Improve Emotions

Excessive stress is a common cause of estrogen imbalance. When women are under stress, ovulation will be affected. If she cannot ovulate normally, she will not be able to produce enough progesterone during the follicular phase. Without progesterone, she will not be able to keep estrogen secretion within a certain range, resulting in a decrease in estrogen secretion. And stress can also increase cortisol levels, leading to an imbalance in endocrine secretion. Therefore, women should insist on maintaining a calm state of mind, pay attention to relaxation, learn to decompress and overcome anxiety and tension and other bad emotions.