Women's health and hormones
As women, we often expect our bodies to function like clockwork, but this isn’t always the case. According to Kerri Abbott, Naturopath and Nutritionist on the Sunshine Coast, hormonal imbalances can lead to menstrual issues that are not only inconvenient but sometimes debilitating. Symptoms like pain, clotting, nausea, painful breasts, mood swings, and headaches can all stem from these imbalances.
Kerri supports teens and women of all ages in managing symptoms such as irregular, heavy, or painful periods, hormonal acne, breast tenderness, and hormone-related mood swings. Factors like stress, environmental pollutants, the contraceptive pill, and xenoestrogens can disrupt the delicate balance of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone that regulate the monthly cycle.
Common hormone imbalances and their effects:
- Estrogen excess: heavy bleeding, clotting, pain, endometriosis, and fibroids
- Estrogen deficiency: vaginal dryness, loss of libido, hot flushes, and brain fog
- Progesterone deficiency: breast tenderness, PMT irritability, irregular cycles, menopause issues, osteoporosis, and anxiety
- Testosterone excess: PCOS, facial hair growth, infertility, lack of periods, and acne
If you’re struggling with hormonal imbalances and menstrual issues, book an appointment online to start rebalancing your hormones.
Kerri also helps women manage hormone-related conditions through various stages of life:
- Puberty: heavy periods, acne
- PCOS
- Endometriosis/Adenomyosis
- Fibroids
- Metabolic syndrome: high blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose
- Perimenopause and thyroid conditions: stress, anxiety
- Menopause: hot flushes, mood swings, weight gain
- Healthy aging: osteoporosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia