Benefit Hormone Replacement Therapy
It Temporarily Restores The Healthy Feeling, But Doesn't It Mean Benefits You ...
In this section we will discuss about benefit hormone replacement therapy. However, it
is important to understand wha Hormone Replacement abbreviated as HRT is. HRT is a therapy used
to increase the levels of estrogen in your body.
Women who enter their menopause age will experience effects of ovaries stop producing
estrogen. Problems such as hot flushes, headaches, excessive tiredness, depression, joint
pains, night sweats etc . are some of them.
Actually, many other problems will arise few years after the menopause, that are:
painful intercourse, loss of libido, dry vagina and urinary problems such as poor bladder control.
And the long term effects are osteoporosis (which is having brittle bones) and an increased risk
of strokes and heart attacks.
The main aim of having HRT is to restore the missing oestrogen in the body so that these
adverse effects are reversed. However, even if you are on HRT, you must remember that
oestrogen replacement won't stop the process of become old, however, it will have some effects
on the changes which have been bought about as a result of the menopause.
When the lost oestrogen is replaced, many of the symptoms which occur as a result of
the menopause are treated and woman can continue to have pretty much the same quality of
health that they had pre-menopause.
How HRT helps alleviate some of the symptoms of the menopause, and some consider it as
benefit hormone replacement therapy will be explained below:
- Night sweats and hot flushes - HRT is very effective at stopping these. In fact, sometimes
the improvement can be seen in a matter of days of starting the treatment.
- Problems during intercourse - the tissues making up the vagina and vulva are quite
sensitive to oestrogen and when oestrogen levels start to fall dramatically these tissues tend
to become dry and thin which makes having sexual intercourse quite painful. Oestrogen creams
are recommended to be used for a couple of weeks and then repeated as necessary.
- Headaches - the effect of HRT on headaches is not easy to guess. In some cases HRT can
help with migraine headaches and in others it can actually aggravate the situation. If you
find that taking HRT is causing your migraines to become noticeably worse then you should
change the dosage or try a different type of HRT treatment until you find one that helps
alleviate your migraine symptoms.
- Joint and muscle pain - HRT has been known to help with joint problems particularly in
the joints of the shoulders, elbows, hands and wrist.
- Skin and hair - After the age of 40 or thereabouts, the skin starts to quickly become
thinner. Part of this is due to the ageing process but the lack of oestrogen also has a bearing
on this. HRT can help to lessen the thinning that is caused by the lack of oestrogen. Many
women also find that the texture and condition of their hair also changes and that their
hair starts to thin after menopause. HRT can help to improve hair texture. **
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