Anna came to see me with a diagnosis of estrogen dominance from a functional doctor. She was suffering at the hands of heavy bleeding, irregular periods, and an enormous amount of fatigue. She was flipping out over things that usually didn’t bother her. She was not feeling like herself as her mood swings were making her sad and guilty. On further inquiry, I came to know that her bowel movements were also not in good condition. In order to find out the root cause of her condition, when I dug more, I came to know that her immune system had also gone week as last year she had caught coughs and colds several times. She was put on antibiotics. Antibiotics certainly cleared up the bacterial infection but since then her poops and cycles had gone haywire. I was not surprised to hear.

How antibiotics can affect our hormones?

Antibiotics not only change the gut flora but can also increase your estrogen levels. Yes, you read it right, our gut contains a colony of beneficial bacteria called the estrobolome, which produces an enzyme called beta-glucuronidase that helps metabolize estrogen. In a healthy gut, the estrobolome produces just the right amount of beta-glucuronidase to maintain estrogen homeostasis. When you take antibiotics, there is dysbiosis of gut flora resulting in overgrowth of estrobolome bacteria, which means too much beta-glucuronidase being made. This causes already-detoxified estrogen to be reabsorbed and recirculated, in really high levels. This leads to a state of estrogen dominance.

Antibiotics, Emotions, and Hormones

Anna was already dealing with a high level of estrogen. Antibiotics provided another boost to her estrogen levels and now she was dealing with not only physical agony but was also on an emotional roller coaster.  Finding the root cause of all the misery helped me cracked the case quickly. I prescribed her a homeopathic remedy based on her unique symptoms to correct the dysbiosis of her gut flora. She was also prescribed another remedy for her emotional turmoil. Treating the root cause while repopulating the gut flora with homeopathic probiotics did the job wonderfully. During her third follow up she was thrilled as she was having her cycles regularly without heavy bleeding. Her energy level was also increased. She was feeling more light and calm as she mentioned, ‘It feels somebody has pulled me up from a long, dark ditch.’

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