4 Signs Your Hormones May Be Behind Your Fatigue and Weight Gain
Feeling tired? Noticing that your clothes feel tighter? You may be able to blame your hormones. Here are a few signs these chemical messengers are behind these unwelcome changes.
Pekka Soini, MD, FACOG founded Discovery Medical Center, serving the greater Chicago area. He provides a full range of obstetrical, gynecological, and medical aesthetic services for women during their reproductive and menopausal years.
Dr. Soini graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and served his residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He received his surgical board certification from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Soini opened his practice in Logan Square, Chicago to advocate for women’s health. From birth control to birth and beyond, he promotes your health no matter your stage of life. He also has a unique medical specialty in laparoscopic surgery. With a skillful hand and an artistic eye, he produces the most impeccable results.
His OB/GYN services also include family planning, urinary incontinence treatment, STD testing and treatment, prenatal care, and gynecologic surgery. He also provides medical aesthetic treatments like Botox, micro-needling, platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP), and tumescent liposuction.
To better serve his patients, Dr. Soini is fluent in both English and Spanish and has privileges at Saint Anthony Hospital. He makes it easy to discuss your most sensitive issues and take control of your gynecologic health.
Dr. Soini is an Assistant Professor and a Teaching Attendee. His medical students shadow him during office visits. If the patient is uncomfortable with having a medical student, they can request to have the student wait outside the room.
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Feeling tired? Noticing that your clothes feel tighter? You may be able to blame your hormones. Here are a few signs these chemical messengers are behind these unwelcome changes.
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