Are your peri-menopausal or menopausal symptoms affecting your quality of life?
Do you show the symptoms of hypothyroidism?
Are you dealing with chronic fatigue, painful periods, or menopause related symptoms?
Is acne, weight gain, unwanted facial hair, or fertility problems affecting your quality of life?
If so, you may have a hormone imbalance.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is a treatment which can help you manage these concerns.
Keep reading to find out more.
What Is Hormone Therapy?
Each of us has a series of hormones that course through our bodies. Serving as chemical messengers, these hormones control most of your body’s major functions.
This includes basic systems like letting you know when you’re hungry, but it also manages mood, regulates emotions, and affects your immune, digestive, and reproductive system, among many others.
So naturally, when these hormones are out of balance, it can lead to a wide variety of different health concerns.
In some cases, your body can be encouraged to produce the hormones you need on its own via non-invasive natural means.
However, in other situations, your hormone levels can be supplemented (replaced) to ease your symptoms.
Enter bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
What Does Bioidentical Mean?
Bioidentical- or bio-equivalent- hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is different than other forms of hormone replacement therapy, since the hormones are molecularly identical to the ones your body should be producing on its own.
These hormones are derived from plants, and can be considered safe and effective as treatment for a variety of hormonal concerns.
Natural Menopause Relief Treatments
As you age, your hormone levels will naturally drop. This is true for both males and females, but is particularly so for women approaching menopause.
However, bioidentical HRT can be used to bolster your fading hormone levels, which can significantly reduce the severity of your menopause symptoms.
There is no cure for menopause because it isn’t a health disorder – it’s a regular, natural part of life for most women. As a result, bioidentical HRT is designed not to eliminate menopause entirely, but to ease its symptoms.
In particular, menopausal bioidentical HRT can help with:
- Hot flashes
- Night Sweats
- Sleep
- Mood
- Joint pain
- Vaginal symptoms
- Bone Health
- Heart Health
Is menopausal hormone replacement therapy safe?
Please see the links below for a list of menopause societies from around the world, their resources and position statements:
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
Website: https://www.menopause.org/
Deciding on hormone therapy handout: http://www.menopause.org/docs/default-source/for-women/menonote-deciding-about-ht-2017.pdf
2017 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society: http://www.menopause.org/docs/default-source/2017/nams-2017-hormone-therapy-position-statement.pdf
The British Menopause Society (BMS)
Website: https://thebms.org.uk/
BMS & WHC’s 2020 recommendations on hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women: https://thebms.org.uk/publications/consensus-statements/bms-whcs-2020-recommendations-on-hormone-replacement-therapy-in-menopausal-women/
The International Menopause Society
Website: https://www.imsociety.org/
Revised Global Consensus Statement on Menopausal Hormone Therapy:
Read the MHT Global Consensus Statement