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Benefits and Risks of the Hormone Treatments
Although the idea of hormone treatments is alive for quite a long time, the medicine has gained another therapy member, known as the bioidentical hormone therapy. Tough this therapy is very popular for the offered benefits it is not so easy to practice, so there are only just a few specialized hormone doctors in Canada. Experienced bioidentical hormone doctors can offer preventive medical exams to help you get rid of the negative effects of stress, signs of early menopause and andropause (the male menopause).
The hormone replacement therapy treats the signs of the menopause, such as night sweats and heat and prevents osteoporosis. This kind of treatment is available under the form of a pill either estrogen or combined hormones – estrogen and progestin. Progestin helps the prevention of uterine cancer. Furthermore, hormone replacement therapy is used to prevent heart diseases after the menopause.
Despite the proved benefits of this kind of therapy, there are certain risks involved in this procedure that might weight much more than the pluses. Combined hormone pills increases the risk of breast cancer, blood clots, coronary heart diseases and even dementia, when they are used for a long time for women after menopause. Tough, some older research over the estrogen pills showed that they do not affect the level of coronary heart disease risk, don’t influence the level of breast cancer risk but, at the same time, they increase the risk of stroke and decrease the risk of hip fracture (for women who have hysterectomy).
There is no doubt that before considering trying out the hormone replacement therapy, you should perform a medical evaluation, in order to set you health issues and needs. Start by talking about this option with your doctor and ask him about the possible risks and benefits, regarding your medical history, about how to manage the effects after the menopause choosing from a list of alternative therapies, have a healthier lifestyle (diet and everyday exercises, avoid alcohol and smoking).
The health association in Canada is continuously trying to investigate the possible risks of using bioidentical hormones by different pre-market reports and post-market supervision. Risks appear mainly because women do not take into consideration the recommended period of taking hormone pills, which is between one and two years, depending on the person’s health situation, and tend to take them for a much longer time. After a deep and detailed analysis of the pro’s and con’s you should put them in balance and see if the benefits overweight the risks for your needs and decide if you are willing to take the risk and do that treatment.
Even tough, for the time being hormone doctors can’t really draw a line between the risks and the benefits of the hormone replacement therapy, they are trying to obtain a clearer image of the ways how hormones influence a women’s body during menopause and after it. By learning more about this process, they want to find a safer way to help women take advantage of the benefits of the estrogen and progestin hormones in ameliorating menopausal symptoms.
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