Everyday 3500 women enter menopause. Maybe more. Natural menopause usually occurs between the ages of 43 and 55, which means we could live half our life in menopause! Our hormone levels can start dropping 15 years before that, so we should not wait until we actually stop having menstrual cycles to seek treatment. And 20% of men are in andropause by the age of 50. The symptoms are not fun!! During this pandemic, the inability to go about our daily routine adds increase stress to our lives and can actually make our symptoms worse.
Menopause impacts 25 million women worldwide each year. We all know the symptoms.....hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings or depression, sleep problems, fatigue, brain fog and no sex drive. Those are just the ones I hear most commonly. Menopause is also associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, and osteoporosis. Men with low testosterone have the same risks and experience fatigue, depression, moodiness, loss of muscle mass, erectile dysfunction and low libido.
We need estrogen! It has 400 functions in the female body. Estrogen deficiency is a state of accelerated aging. In a 2013 study, researchers estimated that over the past decade 18,600-91,600 postmenopausal women, ages 50-59 who have had hysterectomies may have died prematurely because they were not given estrogen!
WHY NOT?!
Fortunately we have very safe, effective and convenient alternatives to synthetic hormones. Bio-identical hormones are not only "natural"; bio-identical means they are EXACTLY like the hormones we used to produce. They bind to our bodies' hormone receptors EXACTLY like the hormones we used to produce. They DO NOT increase our risk of cancer, stroke, blood clots nor heart attacks. As a matter of fact, bio-identical hormones are protective against these things! Specifically testosterone replacement does not cause prostate cancer in men! The French Cohort Study published in 2002 followed 3,175 postmenopausal women taking bio-identical hormones for 9 years, proving there was no increased risk of breast cancer. There are many more studies out there proving the same facts. Most of us have heard about bio-identical creams, which are very safe. Bio-identical hormone pellets are another safe, effective, convenient alternative I provide at Sei Bella Med Spa! I personally have been getting pellets for almost 7 years. I love them!
You can read more on my website at www.seibellamedspa.net.
Give us a call today and get your appointment set up to start feeling better. 501-228-6237
Anne R Trussell MD ABAARM
owner/physician
Sei Bella Med Spa
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