Is hormone replacement therapy (HRT) a treatment for menopausal women? period in which the woman suffers from the deficiency of estrogen and progesterone hormones that until then were produced monthly by the ovaries.
The lack of ovarian hormones causes several problems. Some of the symptoms of estrogen deficiency are hot flashes, difficulty controlling body temperature, sagging, drier urinary and reproductive system mucosae (which leads to pain in sex), mood swings, anxiety and depression, decreased of libido and insomnia. Progesterone deficiency, in turn, causes cramps, nausea, fluid retention and irritability.
Without proper treatment for proper restitution of hormones that are no longer produced by the ovaries, a woman's body is more vulnerable to increased cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
Hormone replacement treatment should be performed with hormones that the woman has always had in her body, which ensures that she will not experience side effects.
We can find a number of hormone replacement methods. Estrogen can be administered orally in the form of adhesives, a gel that is absorbed through the skin, implants and nasal as a spray. Progesterone is administered orally only.
To define the best method to use, it is essential to seek the advice of a physician. In the case of HRT, the ideal is to seek help from a gynecologist combined with an endocrinologist, after all each woman needs a different hormone dosage for a certain period of time.
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