What happens with long-term low estrogen?
May 11, 2023
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Lv Aiming
Introduction
Low estrogen levels can lead to thinning of the endometrium, resulting in reduced menstrual flow. Prolonged low estrogen can cause amenorrhea in women. It also reduces the kidney tubules' ability to retain water and sodium, accelerates skin aging, and makes the skin prone to dryness, sallowness, wrinkles, and laxity. Additionally, it can lead to ovarian function decline, thereby causing dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system.
Prolonged low estrogen levels in women can lead to menstrual irregularities, skin aging, and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. These conditions can adversely affect women's health and fertility, thus requiring timely treatment. Specific analyses are as follows:
1. Menstrual Irregularities
Menstruation results from the shedding of the uterine lining. Low estrogen levels can cause thinning of the endometrium, leading to reduced menstrual flow. Chronically low estrogen may eventually result in amenorrhea (absence of menstruation).
2. Skin Aging
Sustained low estrogen levels reduce the renal tubules' ability to retain water and sodium, accelerating skin aging. This often manifests as dryness, dullness, wrinkles, and skin laxity.
3. Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction
Chronically low estrogen levels can lead to ovarian function decline, thereby disrupting the autonomic nervous system and causing symptoms such as insomnia, vivid dreams, irritability, hot flashes, night sweats, and memory impairment.
In addition to the above, low estrogen may also result in decreased libido and infertility. It is important to seek medical guidance for proper management of low estrogen. Medications such as estradiol tablets, estradiol drospirenone tablets, and valerate estradiol tablets may be prescribed by a doctor.
