Hormone Replacement Therapy For Menopausal Relief

Hormone replacement therapy isn’t for everyone and not everyone needs it. To me, it’s always scary when we’re ingesting something that can mess with our chemicals or our hormones. My fear is that the medication will have a negative effect from which our body will never recover from. There are a lot of pros and cons when it comes to hormone replacement therapy that the average user should be aware of.

Approximately 10 to 15 years before we start menopause, our bodies begin to prepare for menopause. This process is referred to as pre-menopause or perimenopause. Some women don’t even have noticeable symptoms whereas others have mild to extremely severe symptoms. It varies woman to woman.

After we have gone through puberty, we get our periods each month. Our bodies create an egg, which is referred to as ovulation. When we enter into perimenopause our periods may become infrequent or more frequent, lighter, heavier, longer or shorter. This is all in preparation for menopause, which means that we have gone 12 months without having a period.

During perimenopause we may still get our period, but our body may not produce an egg each month. We gradually get our periods less and less until we stop all together and we are in menopause.

We stop producing eggs because the estrogen levels in our bodies decrease. Sometimes our body becomes even more imbalanced when testosterone levels get mixed up too. Hormone replacement therapy is a means of replacing the hormones that our body naturally makes with hormones which were created in a laboratory.

Symptoms of perimenopause and menopause include night sweats, hot flashes, migraines or headaches, dizziness, nausea, stomach cramping, bloating, gas, weight gain or weight loss, hair loss, additional facial hair, water retention, mood swings, depression, anxiety and more.

Sometimes the hormone replacement therapy is the only way we can treat these symptoms. There are a variety of herbal supplements out there and there are other lifestyle changes as well as dietary habits we can do in order to combat these symptoms. However, occasionally hormone replacement therapy is necessary and unavoidable.

Hormone replacement therapy is sometimes used in conjunction with other medications. It all varies according to your specific symptoms and any other underlying medical conditions. In order for your doctor to determine whether or not you are a good candidate for hormone replacement therapy, he or she must first determine that you are indeed in perimenopause or menopause. This can be done with blood and hormone tests. If it’s determined that this is the problem and that your symptoms are not related to some other medical issue, your doctor may speak with about hormone replacement therapy.

There are some unpleasant side effects involved with taking hormone replacement therapy tablets, but there are other options available such as patches, gels and creams. What your doctor prescribes will be dependent on your unique need. If you experience some negative side effects, you should speak to your doctor immediately.

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