As a woman, you have particularly dramatic benefits to realize from hormone therapy, for very sound medical reasons.
First, the bad news. Very often, the symptoms of conditions such as the menopause, early menopause, perimenopause, PMS and adrenal fatigue are caused by hormonal imbalance. And the good news? It means they can be treated by bioidentical hormone therapy.
What is Menopause?
Officially, it’s the time when a woman ceases to menstruate. It usually occurs around the age of 51, although it can actually be many years before or after this. What’s happening in your body is that it’s producing fewer fertility hormones – estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. This is the root cause of the symptoms and changes that accompany the menopause. When the menopause has a trial run and occurs at a much earlier age, it’s known as the perimenopause. This condition also has a lot to do with hormone imbalance, as well as factors such as poor nutrition and lack of exercise. The changes become apparent a long time before menstruation ceases altogether. These symptoms include:
As you get older, and especially when you approach menopause or even perimenopause, symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats become more common. You may also find you have trouble getting a good night’s sleep, and become prone to putting on weight. This is because with menopause and perimenopause, you start making less estrogen, and even less progesterone. Your adrenal glands then try to compensate if they can. Your hormone profile is changed, as is the individual you used to be. This also sets the stage for the diseases to which you may be genetically predisposed to, as well as many other chronic and serious health problems.
Sound familiar? Thought so! The bad news is that the menopause is an inevitable part of life. The good news? BHRT can help you beat the symptoms and recapture your old self. You can feel decades younger. You can recapture your zest for life and love. You can enter a new chapter in life, where you enjoy the best of every world.
Don’t be afraid… Say goodbye to menopause misery
It’s a monster-sized threat to your self-esteem. You’ve been dreading it for years. Yet the menopause need not be like that. In fact, it need not be such a big deal at all. It does not mean the onset of old age. You’re not on the start of a slippery slope. In many ways, life can actually improve!
For a start, you won’t have to put up with all the hassle and misery of periods. Nor need you worry about getting pregnant. Many women even report that their sex life gets better after the menopause. While if you bring bioidentical hormone replacement therapy into your life to reverse the symptoms like hot flashes, loss of energy and all the rest then you really are coming out on the winning side.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help dramatically. The treatment uses the exact same hormones as your body used to make, so your hormone balance is restored. Hormones can be made in several formats, from creams and gels to skin pellets and nasal sprays. However, it’s the way bioidentical hormones are made that is so important. When used for women, they’re female hormones made in a laboratory and based on compounds located in plants. Processed by a highly trained compounding pharmacist to a formula customized to meet your unique needs. When processed, the hormone is identical to those made in the human body – estrogen, progesterone and androgen. This enables your body to metabolize them in a totally natural way, with negligible risk of side effects.
Crucially, however, when replacing the ovarian hormones – estradiol and progesterone –Dr. Rashid does not just use hormones that are bioidentical. She also replaces your hormones in a rhythm as close as possible to that produced by your own ovaries. The treatment not only relieves your symptoms, it provides protection from age-related diseases. You feel and look younger, and enjoy an altogether higher level of health.
‘There are many ways to take hormones into your body. But your body only makes them one way’ -Dr. Rashid