Hormone replacement therapy is a medication containing the female hormone. It’s used to treat common menopausal symptoms.
Integrated Family Medical center provides excellent hormone replacement therapy, providing natural hormones to restore and balance the body’s function.
What Role Do Hormones Play In The Body?
Endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream. Hormones serve as chemical messengers, coordinating, and controlling activities throughout the body. Hormones that are mostly replaced include:
Progesterone: Progesterone is a hormone that promotes pregnancy. It is a primary hormone during pregnancy and helps develop the breast tissue that is used for lactation.
Estrogen: Estrogen is a sex hormone common in women who menstruate.
Testosterone: Testosterone is produced in the ovaries and by adrenal glands. It helps in maintaining libido.
What Are The Symptoms of Hormone Imbalance?
Hormonal imbalance occurs when too much or too little hormone is present in the bloodstream, depending on which hormones and glands are affected. The symptoms are as follows.
Mood swings: Estrogen, which is a female sex hormone, has an effect on the neural transmitters in the brain, a chemical that boosts mood (serotonin). Fluctuations in estrogen can cause depressed mood during the phase before periods stop completely.
Heavy or painful periods: if accompanied by other symptoms such as the frequent need to urinate, painful intercourse, constipation, and lower back pain, then you may have fibroids. Fibroids are cancer-free growths that develop around the womb. They are thought to be quickened by estrogen.
Low libido: low libido is common in women in menopause due to reduced testosterone and estrogen levels.
Fertility problems: A woman’s fertility commonly drops after the age of 35. Early menopause and hormone-related problems such as PCOS affect your fertility.
Causes of Hormone Imbalance
Hormonal imbalances occur when endocrine glands stop functioning correctly. Endocrine glands are cells that store, produce, and release hormones into the blood. There are endocrine glands throughout the body that control different organs, including pituitary glands, hypothalamus glands, and gonads (ovaries and testes).
Causes of hormonal imbalances include chronic or extreme stress, hormonal replacement or birth control medications, and being overweight.
What Are the Risks and Benefits of HRT?
HRT’s main benefit is that it is a beneficial and reliable method of controlling symptoms causing menopause. It can make a difference in a woman’s well-being and quality of life. HRT also reduces women’s risks of developing some forms of cancer and osteoporosis.
Combining HRT increases the risk of developing womb cancer, ovarian cancer, stroke, and breast cancer. Systematic HRT increases the risk of blockage in the pulmonary artery (pulmonary embolism) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Hormone therapy is acceptable for relatively healthy women bothered by moderate menopausal symptoms. At Integrated Family Medical Center, Kalpana Desai, MD proudly provides natural hormones to balance and restore body functions. If you feel that your mental and physical vitality is declining, schedule an appointment with them today and learn more about hormone replacement therapy.