Hormone Replacement for Women
Is bioidentical hormone replacement therapy right for me?
Hormone replacement therapy is a healthy approach to ensure the optimal levels of hormones your body needs. Restoring and maintaining a balance of hormones is critical for every woman’s mental, emotional and physiological well-being. Without this hormonal balance, women often experience a number of symptoms, including:
- Hot flashes
- Night sweats
- Mental fogginess
- Breast tenderness
- Bloating
- Vaginal dryness
- Low libido
- Less than ideal body shape and composition
At Youth Diagnostics™, we provide testing and consultation to help you determine if any symptoms you experience are related to any hormonal or non-hormonal conditions. Perimenopause, for example, usually occurs when a woman’s hormone levels fluctuate, producing symptoms associated with the deficiency or excess of estrogen accompanied by inadequate or absent progesterone production. Though perimenopause is often blamed on age, some of these symptoms can occur at any time in a woman's life and may not necessarily be diagnosed correctly.
At Youth Diagnostics™, we specialize in providing hormone replacement therapy to help women balance and maintain optimal levels of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. As physicians with many years of experience in the field, we have seen hormone replacement therapy provide numerous improvements in the overall personal well-being of our patients.
As one example, supplementing your body with human growth hormone has been shown to provide the following benefits:
- Reduced fat mass of about 10 to 14 percent after approximately six months, predominantly around the waist, without changes in diet or exercise
- Increased lean muscle mass of approximately 7 to 10 percent in the first six months of therapy
- Improved bone density after one year of therapy, depending on pre-treatment density
- Improved cardiac and lung functions, including lowered diastolic blood pressure
- Increased physical and mental energy levels
- Increased hydration of the skin
- Accelerated healing of wounds
- Improved immune system functions, including re-growth of the thymus gland, which is responsible for the function of T-cells
- Decreased total and LDL cholesterol levels, as well as increased HDL levels
- Improved sleep
- Improved vision
- Improved mood
Individual results will vary based on a number of unique and personal factors. Patients with very low hormone levels tend to see more dramatic results than those with higher levels.
For more detailed information on hormone replacement therapy and whether it is right for you, click here for Youth Diagnostics™’ comprehensive guide to hormone replacement therapy for women.
