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On Hormone Therapy La Jolla

By Freida Michael


Hormone replacement is a process in which the female hormones and sometimes the male one are used to treat menopausal symptoms. Menopausal symptoms include Hot flashes, Dryness of the vagina, mood swings, insomnia and lowered sexual drive. The forms of hormone therapy La Jolla CA are in the form of pills, patches, injections, vaginal creams, tablets or rings.

It may provide relieve to some troublesome menopausal symptoms. It may also give protection to bone thinning but it does have its risks too with the major ones been predisposing one to blood clots. Heart diseases, cancer of the breast and even stroke.

The client and her doctor analyses and together decide if this treatment is really necessary. The reproductive systems of women are not completely similar. Medical officer begins by asking all the relevant medical history. For those beginning the treatment, a short term, and low dose treatment of about five years is safe for any woman.

The risk of having blood clots becomes higher if the patient is on pills for birth control or does smoke in addition to taking estrogen. However the risk can be lowered by utilizing skin patches containing estrogen instead of the other forms the hormone comes in.

Hormonal treatment involves use of just one or more of the hormones found in females commonly progestin, estrogen and sometimes even testosterone in treatment of signs and symptoms experience due to menopause stage in life. These include decreased desire for sex, sleep disorders, mood swings, vaginal dryness and hot flashes. The remedy is in forms of a ring, tablet, vaginal cream, injection, patch or a pill.

Most women take estrogen. Some of them still have their uterus in place. They are advised to take progesterone to reduce chances of developing endometrial cancer. Progestin can also be found in several forms like pills, patches, vaginal creams and injections. It is recommended that they undergo the treatment in cycles. In this, estrogen in given as a pill or a patch for twenty five days with progestin being added between the tenth and fourteenth day. For the remaining days, estrogen is administered. For the last three to five days in the cycle, no hormone is taken.

For some women, additional medication is recommended if they are experiencing severe menopausal symptoms or is they have a higher risk for osteoporosis or disease of the heart. One of the supplement might be testosterone which is the primary male hormone. It improves the sexual drive. The patients are also prescribed with additional non hormonal medication.

Various steps can also be taken to change ones lifestyle in dealing with menopausal problems. Taking a healthy diet and also exercising regularly helps in decreasing the osteoporosis maintain heart muscles in a healthy state and improve balance of the hormones. Regular checkups are also recommended when one is on this treatment. Danger signs when on this remedy include vaginal bleeding or any symptom you deem not to be usual. This necessitates you to call your health care service provider immediately.




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