What symptoms does a lack of estrogen cause?

The article was consulted with Specialist Doctor II Pham Thi Tuyet Mai - Obstetrician and Gynecologist - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.

Estrogen is a female sex hormone also known as a female hormone. Estrogen plays an important role in the health, beauty and physiology of women. A lack of estrogen can lead to menopause-like symptoms, such as hot flashes, trouble sleeping, and vaginal dryness.

Several factors cause low estrogen levels, they include:
Excessive exercise Chronic kidney disease Turner syndrome (a disorder in which a woman is born with only one X chromosome). An underactive pituitary gland Anorexia or other eating disorder Premature ovarian failure or any other autoimmune disorder Tubal ligation can inadvertently cut off blood supply to the ovaries and lower estrogen levels Magnesium deficiency Birth control pills inhibit both estrogen and progesterone Hypothyroidism Adrenal fatigue Yeast overgrowth with yeast toxins blocks hormone receptor sites.

Estrogen levels in a woman's body are highest during puberty and during pregnancy. Then there will be a sharp decrease in the postpartum period and menopause. Every 10 years, the amount of female sex hormones in the body decreases by 15% until a woman is 55 years old, only 10% of what she was when she was young.
Manifestations of low estrogen include:
Degradation of beauty: The skin will become dry, less elastic. Wrinkles appear more and more, skin sags. On the surface of the skin also appear melasma, age spots. Fingernails and toenails are getting worse, brittle and more easily broken. Hair is also dry, frizzy, and falls out more. Physiological decline: The bust 1 and above are less firm, wrinkled and saggy. Excess fat is concentrated in the abdomen, increasing the size of the waist. Menstrual cycle is irregular. Decreased libido, dry vagina, burning pain during sex often become weak in female physiology, making women afraid to get close to their partner, affecting marital love and family happiness. In addition, conceiving and nurturing the fetus is also much more difficult. Reduced health: When female sex hormones decline, women will experience health-related problems, increasing the risk of diseases such as headaches, fatigue, distraction, urinary tract infections. Weak bones or frequent fractures, heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, cancer...

After the age of 30, the ovaries in a woman's body begin to decrease, leading to a decrease in female sex hormones. Therefore, this is the time to start adding estrogen to the body. Some foods help supplement female sex hormones such as soybeans and soy products. Soybeans contain a large amount of isoflavones. This is a compound similar to estrogen. Regular use of soybeans helps to enhance female sex hormones for the body, effectively supporting female physiology. Some other foods also have the effect of supplementing female sex hormones for the body such as papaya, cherries, sesame seeds, flax seeds...