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Symptoms of estrogen imbalance

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Thursday, February 01, 2018 | 0 comments

Low estrogen starves genitourinary tissues, leading to fragility, dryness and reduced resistance to infection.

This would show up as pain or even bleeding with intercourse, excessive vaginal tightness, failure of vaginal incisions to heal, vaginal or labial itching and pain (especially upon washing with soaps), multiple vaginal infections like yeast or repeated urinary tract infections, sensations of urinary tract infection without bacterial growth, and weakening of genitourinary tissues leading to incontinence (involuntary leaking of urine, especially with "urge," laughing or sneezing) or prolapse ("falling").

Low estrogen affects the skin all over the body.

You may notice extreme dryness and itching that is poorly relieved by moisturizers and other cosmetic approaches.

An especially odd effect, and one that crosses over into neurological realms, is called formication, described as feeling as though ants are crawling around under your skin.

This may not affect the entire body, but it is a troubling feeling and difficult to relieve with anything other than the proper level of estrogen.

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