Identical Hormone Therapy

By Jake Alexandre


Before the term identical hormone therapy came about, people, mostly women, used the hormone replacement therapy for curing their hormonal problems. Hormonal issues included problems like a gradual loss in the reproductive cells, or deficiencies in the already existing hormonal tissues. The therapy procedure involved substitution of artificially made hormones with the original ones, which were rendered useless for the body.

What is Hormone Replacement Therapy? Quite coherent from the name itself, Hormone replacement therapy refers to substitution of hormonal tissues in women. Initially this was done because women faced disturbances, e.g. a failure of sex drive or there were deficiencies or lacking in the hormones themselves. However, this resulted in multiple risks and side effects. Women undergoing HRT suffered frequent heart attacks, breast cancer and mental strokes. This urged the government to officially ban the hormone replacement theory by 2002 and forced women to look for alternatives. At the same time, Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) emerged. Today, more people opt for Bio-identical Hormone Therapy.

Use of BHRT But up till now, some of you might be wondering whether BHRT is safe and should you use it. First of all you need to identify the problems. Mostly these are hormonal problems. If you are facing any of the problems given below than you are likely facing menopause and need to refer a doctor and undergo the BHR therapy. During menopause, a woman may experience extreme hot or cold flashes. There may be a menstrual imbalance and improper periods. There may be an irritation or an annoyed feeling that may make you upset at odd times. You may feel your hair getting thinner and may also feel feeble and weak. In these cases, you may surely be experiencing menopause. For this BHRT is the best cure.

Why do women require Bio-identical hormone therapy? Nowadays, women are increasingly facing hormonal issues. Not just relating to sex, but the women outlook is also deteriorating and they are putting on fats. Sometimes because of the hormonal disturbances, they may become insomniac. Thereby, the women prefer BHRT supplements or creams. The best point is that they can be designed to fit ones needs and so can be found varying from people to people. It is it's this feature, which helps it to fully cooperate with the women body

Why do men require Bio-Identical hormone therapy? The problem of hormones is faced not just by women, but a lot of men also suffer from this. However, in men's case, it may vary a bit. Men may require BHRT because of andropause. This is a term identical to menopause but is meant to refer men. Perhaps the greatest hormonal problems of men are decrease in numerical strength of testosterones that is technically the most important component in reproduction.

Other than this, men may feel annoyed and irritated, besides being uncomfortable. To all these problems, there is just one solution and that is BHRT. So you see, how, just one treatment can cure the major abnormalities and bridge deficiencies in both, men and women.

Possible risks However, Bio-identical hormones are still left to be explored. This is just the initial stage. Although there are no proven reports of its side effects, some unofficial reports show that an imbalance in the natural and artificially produced hormones can cause uterine cancer. But there is a long way to go...




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