DO YOU HAVE ESTROGEN DOMINANCE?
Being a woman in the 21st century is certainly a high risk profession In the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic increase in female-related illnesses. It it not because we complain more….
It has become a problem so vast that it has never seen before in history. There are reasons for this.
Today, we see the age of puberty (menarche) is dropping precipitously. It is now ‘normal’ to start menstruating at an age as low 10 years of age. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) afflicts close to 30% of perimenopausal women. Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of all perimenopausal women. Uterine fibroids affects close to 25 % women between the ages of 35 and 50, and breast cancer is taking a toll on close to 10% of all women. This is causing great dis-ease in women.
In mainstream health, hysterectomies are a norm, misguided hormone replacement is commonplace and can cause more harm than good, and certainly the precipitous rise in breast cancer over the years is indeed ALARMING!!! Fortunately, scientific evidence is mounting that hormone disruption is the key cause of all these seemingly separate but related diseases.
It is the time to pay attention to hormone balance. I invite you to be proactive in your health and once you become informed, share this information with other women. There is a common thread in these diseases, and it is estrogen dominance. It is the relative excess of estrogen and an relative and in some cases absolute deficiency in progesterone that is at the root of the problem.
It is estimated that in the Western Hemisphere, estrogen dominance syndrome can be as common as 50%. That means that out of 10 women, 5 have this problem.
DO YOU HAVE ESTROGEN DOMINANCE?
Please answer with a number value to the question. Assign a value of 10, if you have a severe problem and assign a value of 0 if you don’t have a problem at all. At the end of the Questionnaire, add your results.
1. Do you have chronic fatigue?
2. Do you have bouts of irritability?
3. Do you have frequent mood swings?
4. Do you suffer from depression, anxiety and agitation?
5. Do you suffer from loss and foggy thinking?
6. Have you felt episodes of loss of balance and dizziness?
7. Do you suffer episodes of fear, and apathy?
8. Do you suffer from panic Attacks?
9. Do you suffer from insomnia?
10. Do you suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
11. Do you suffer from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), a severe form of PMS?
12. Have you ever been told you have fibromyalgia?
13. Do you suffer from frequent menstrual headaches, or menstrual migraines?
14. Do your emotions follow a cyclical pattern?
15. Have you noticed your system following a daily pattern?
16. Have you noticed your system following a monthly pattern?
17. Do you suffer from rapidly growing breasts or dramatic changes in breast size?
18. Do you suffer from breast pain, tenderness?
19. Do you have cysts in your breast or fibrocystic breast disease?
20. Do you have family history of breast cancer?
21. Do you suffer from irregular periods?
22. Do you have a history of long menstrual cycles with a shorter than normal time between cycles?
23. Do you suffer from heavy periods, and large clots?
24. Do you suffer from severe menstrual cramps?
25. Do you suffer from mid-cycle abdominal pain?
26. Do you bleed for most of your menstrual period?
27. Do you have constant or frequent uterine bleeding?
28. Have you ever been told or suspect you have uterine fibroids?
29. Have you ever been told by a physician that the structure of your uterus is abnormal?
30. Have you even been told you have endometriosis?
31. Do you have family history of endometriosis, especially mother or sister?
32. Do you get deathly ill when you have your periods?
33. Do you have nausea, throw up, and or severe pain when you have your periods?
34. Have you ever had an abnormal pap smear or been told you have cervical dysplasia?
35. Are you having a hard time getting pregnant?
36. Have you had problems with infertility?
37. Did you conceive at a late stage of your life?
38. Did you have a hard time breastfeeding?
39. Have you ever breastfed?
40. Do you have family history of uterine cancer?
41. Have you had abnormal weight gain?
42. IS your weight gain mostly around the waist?
43. Do you have difficulty losing weight?
44. Have you noticed your muscles becoming less firm despite the work out?
45. Do you suffer from bloating and water retention?
46. Do you have decreased sexual interest or libido?
47. Do you suffer from thyroid disease / mostly low functioning thyroid?
48. Do you suffer from complaints that seem thyroid related but have normal test?
49. Do you have an autoimmune disease?
50. Do you have family history of autoimmune disease?
51. Do you have family history of Lupus?
52. Do you have hot flashes even if you are not in menopause?
53. Do you suffer from nasal congestion, recurrent respiratory infection?
54. Do you suffer from allergies, including asthma, hives, rash, or sinus congestion?
55. Do you follow a diet high in hydrogenated fat (trans-fat) such as French fries or cookies?
56. Do you have a lot of stress in your life?
...
Now that you have your questions and answers, total your total grade.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL GREATER THAN 300:
The likelihood that you have estrogen dominance is high. It is recommended that you have a visit with your health care practitioner, and consider a visit with an endocrinologist that specializes in women’s hormones. Hormone testing should be done. A discussion on the different therapeutic approaches, including lifestyle, diet, exercise, sleep, mood, nutraceuticals and even pharmaceuticals should be the main topic of the visit.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL GREATER THAN 200:
It is possible that you have estrogen dominance. Your case should be reviewed individually and careful considerations should be made regarding your complaints and the root cause of them. Hormone testing should be considered, and the results should be reviewed carefully in the context of your individual health.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL LESS THAN 200:
The possibility that you may have estrogen dominance still exists. Yet, other problems can also be a cause of your complaints. Review your symptoms and see if there is a pattern to them, and consider discussing them with your health care practitioner. Hormone testing can also be considered, yet other medical issues should also be ruled out.
In our next blogs, we will discuss in greater detail the consequences of estrogen dominance and possible ways to treat estrogen dominance in an integrative way.
From the point of view of an Integrative Endocrinologist, stay tuned for more…. Hope you enjoyed reading….
Margarita Ochoa-Maya, MD
www.AdvancedHealthNH.com
www.FreedomToheal.org
Being a woman in the 21st century is certainly a high risk profession In the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic increase in female-related illnesses. It it not because we complain more….
It has become a problem so vast that it has never seen before in history. There are reasons for this.
Today, we see the age of puberty (menarche) is dropping precipitously. It is now ‘normal’ to start menstruating at an age as low 10 years of age. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) afflicts close to 30% of perimenopausal women. Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of all perimenopausal women. Uterine fibroids affects close to 25 % women between the ages of 35 and 50, and breast cancer is taking a toll on close to 10% of all women. This is causing great dis-ease in women.
In mainstream health, hysterectomies are a norm, misguided hormone replacement is commonplace and can cause more harm than good, and certainly the precipitous rise in breast cancer over the years is indeed ALARMING!!! Fortunately, scientific evidence is mounting that hormone disruption is the key cause of all these seemingly separate but related diseases.
It is the time to pay attention to hormone balance. I invite you to be proactive in your health and once you become informed, share this information with other women. There is a common thread in these diseases, and it is estrogen dominance. It is the relative excess of estrogen and an relative and in some cases absolute deficiency in progesterone that is at the root of the problem.
It is estimated that in the Western Hemisphere, estrogen dominance syndrome can be as common as 50%. That means that out of 10 women, 5 have this problem.
DO YOU HAVE ESTROGEN DOMINANCE?
Please answer with a number value to the question. Assign a value of 10, if you have a severe problem and assign a value of 0 if you don’t have a problem at all. At the end of the Questionnaire, add your results.
1. Do you have chronic fatigue?
2. Do you have bouts of irritability?
3. Do you have frequent mood swings?
4. Do you suffer from depression, anxiety and agitation?
5. Do you suffer from loss and foggy thinking?
6. Have you felt episodes of loss of balance and dizziness?
7. Do you suffer episodes of fear, and apathy?
8. Do you suffer from panic Attacks?
9. Do you suffer from insomnia?
10. Do you suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
11. Do you suffer from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), a severe form of PMS?
12. Have you ever been told you have fibromyalgia?
13. Do you suffer from frequent menstrual headaches, or menstrual migraines?
14. Do your emotions follow a cyclical pattern?
15. Have you noticed your system following a daily pattern?
16. Have you noticed your system following a monthly pattern?
17. Do you suffer from rapidly growing breasts or dramatic changes in breast size?
18. Do you suffer from breast pain, tenderness?
19. Do you have cysts in your breast or fibrocystic breast disease?
20. Do you have family history of breast cancer?
21. Do you suffer from irregular periods?
22. Do you have a history of long menstrual cycles with a shorter than normal time between cycles?
23. Do you suffer from heavy periods, and large clots?
24. Do you suffer from severe menstrual cramps?
25. Do you suffer from mid-cycle abdominal pain?
26. Do you bleed for most of your menstrual period?
27. Do you have constant or frequent uterine bleeding?
28. Have you ever been told or suspect you have uterine fibroids?
29. Have you ever been told by a physician that the structure of your uterus is abnormal?
30. Have you even been told you have endometriosis?
31. Do you have family history of endometriosis, especially mother or sister?
32. Do you get deathly ill when you have your periods?
33. Do you have nausea, throw up, and or severe pain when you have your periods?
34. Have you ever had an abnormal pap smear or been told you have cervical dysplasia?
35. Are you having a hard time getting pregnant?
36. Have you had problems with infertility?
37. Did you conceive at a late stage of your life?
38. Did you have a hard time breastfeeding?
39. Have you ever breastfed?
40. Do you have family history of uterine cancer?
41. Have you had abnormal weight gain?
42. IS your weight gain mostly around the waist?
43. Do you have difficulty losing weight?
44. Have you noticed your muscles becoming less firm despite the work out?
45. Do you suffer from bloating and water retention?
46. Do you have decreased sexual interest or libido?
47. Do you suffer from thyroid disease / mostly low functioning thyroid?
48. Do you suffer from complaints that seem thyroid related but have normal test?
49. Do you have an autoimmune disease?
50. Do you have family history of autoimmune disease?
51. Do you have family history of Lupus?
52. Do you have hot flashes even if you are not in menopause?
53. Do you suffer from nasal congestion, recurrent respiratory infection?
54. Do you suffer from allergies, including asthma, hives, rash, or sinus congestion?
55. Do you follow a diet high in hydrogenated fat (trans-fat) such as French fries or cookies?
56. Do you have a lot of stress in your life?
...
Now that you have your questions and answers, total your total grade.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL GREATER THAN 300:
The likelihood that you have estrogen dominance is high. It is recommended that you have a visit with your health care practitioner, and consider a visit with an endocrinologist that specializes in women’s hormones. Hormone testing should be done. A discussion on the different therapeutic approaches, including lifestyle, diet, exercise, sleep, mood, nutraceuticals and even pharmaceuticals should be the main topic of the visit.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL GREATER THAN 200:
It is possible that you have estrogen dominance. Your case should be reviewed individually and careful considerations should be made regarding your complaints and the root cause of them. Hormone testing should be considered, and the results should be reviewed carefully in the context of your individual health.
IF YOU ANSWERED VALUES THAT TOTAL LESS THAN 200:
The possibility that you may have estrogen dominance still exists. Yet, other problems can also be a cause of your complaints. Review your symptoms and see if there is a pattern to them, and consider discussing them with your health care practitioner. Hormone testing can also be considered, yet other medical issues should also be ruled out.
In our next blogs, we will discuss in greater detail the consequences of estrogen dominance and possible ways to treat estrogen dominance in an integrative way.
From the point of view of an Integrative Endocrinologist, stay tuned for more…. Hope you enjoyed reading….
Margarita Ochoa-Maya, MD
www.AdvancedHealthNH.com
www.FreedomToheal.org
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