Changing Hormones Not Just Driving Early Puberty — They’re Giving Women Skull Lesions

September 2011 - Women today are confronted by seemingly endless sources of estrogen from a very early age. Scientists have already linked this increased estrogen exposure to early puberty in girls and several other health issues. Now, a new study has found yet another concern: this time, estrogen is affecting your bones.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University studied 992 historic female skulls and the CT scans of 568 living women, looking for signs of a condition called hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI). This condition occurs when bone growths build up in the inner front of the skull. While not life-threatening, it has been linked symptoms such as chronic headaches, weight gain, seizures and an increased risk of diabetes. It is believed to be caused by the build-up of estrogen over a lifetime.

The researchers discovered that HFI is occurring 2.5 times more frequently today than in the past and in a much younger demographic. In the 19th and 20th century, women between the ages of 30 and 39 had only around an 11% risk of developing HFI; the risk for this age group today has increased to 40%.

The expert hormone physicians in the BodyLogicMD network are very familiar with the abundance of estrogens in everyday goods and objects, from the foods we eat to the plastics we store them in and beyond. These doctors are highly trained in helping women and men monitor and balance their hormone levels — and help avoid excessive exposure to outside hormone sources.

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