teenagers back in the day would converse about the movies discuss different study strategies go out cycling for long hours and were carefree unfortunately today most teenage girls and middle aged women look exhausted worried have dry freckled skin and thin dry hair as most of these women seem to be caught in the vicious circle of hormonal imbalanceshormones are specialised kind of fats that are important for our bodys functioning endocrine system makes hormones which acts as chemical messengers in the body travelling from the endocrine system into the bloodstream to the organs and the tissues the hypothalamus is the regulatory system which generates the cycle of the hormones before we understand how to tackle these hormonal imbalances in our body its essential we first understand the working and reasons it gets affectedread more personal health diet fitness stories on wwwhealthmeupcom the most common of all hormonal imbalances in women is pcos sudden weight gain facial hair irregular periods dandruff pelvic pain high blood pressure and insulin resistance are unavoidable and common in polycystic ovarian syndrome pcos signifies the presence of numerous cysts in the ovaries of a femaleworking of the hormones there are a number of different hormones involved in pcos all these hormones dictate the fertility process follicular cysts in ovaries characterise pcos but it is not a disorder of the ovaries itself it is a disorder of the hormones primarily the hypothalamus secretes a hormone gnrhgonodotropin releasing hormone which stimulates the production of fsh follicle stimulating hormone and lh leutinising hormone these hormones stimulate the production of the estrogen hormone which aids in the maturation of the eggs in the ovaries estrogen is also important for bone building and is believed to have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system with the right levels of estrogen the maturation of eggs takes place and the egg travels through the fallopian tube and enters the uterus then starts the second cycle where progesterone is released progesterone helps in the thickening of the uterine wall and prevents further ovulation by either of the ovaries if the male sperm fertilises the egg the progesterone release continues and supports the uterine lining if fertilisation doesnt occur the ovary drops down further production of estrogen and progesterone the sudden fall of both these hormones leads to shedding of the lining of uterus through bleeding and thus menstruation starts the lower levels of these hormones stimulate the release of gnrh again and the cycle gets repeated for some reason if the ovulation is unsuccessful or if the release of fsh and lh is not rationalised it affects further production of all hormones it also affects the release of the egg in the right place ie the uterus and the follicle becomes a cyst all these hormones work in tandem with each other therefore a slack at any stage in any of the hormones will lead to an imbalance and cause pcos pcos cannot have the same effect on every female in some