HRT Therapy Benefits

- The Role Of Hormone Replacement Therapy In Menopause

HRT therapy is used to increase the levels of oestrogen in your body. 

Women go through the menopause when the ovaries stop producing oestrogen.  As a result of this, in the short term, women will experience symptoms such as:

• hot flushes
• headaches
• excessive tiredness
• depression
• joint pains
• night sweats
• etc

However, it is the intermediate symptoms that tend to cause many problems and these arise a few years after the menopause:

• painful intercourse
• loss of libido
• dry vagina
• urinary problems such as poor bladder control. 

HRT therapy seeks to counteract these effects, and other dangers after the menopause. This includes osteoporosis (which is having brittle bones) and an increased risk of strokes and heart attacks.

The main aim, therefore, of having Hormone Replacement Therapy is to restore the missing estrogen in the body so that these potential effects are reversed.  That said, even if you go on a course of HRT therapy, the effects of growing old aren't kept at bay forever.

When the lost estrogen is replaced,, many of the symptoms which occur as a result of the menopause are treated. Women can then continue to have pretty much the same quality of health that they had pre-menopause.

How Hormone Replacement Therapy Helps Alleviate Some Of The Symptoms Of Menopause

• Night sweats and hot flushes - HRT is very effective at stopping these.  In fact, sometimes the improvement can be seen in a matter of days of starting HRT therapy.
  
  
• Problems during intercourse - the tissues making up the vagina and vulva are quite sensitive to estrogen and when estrogen levels start to fall dramatically these tissues tend to become dry and thin which makes having sexual intercourse quite painful.  estrogen creams are recommended to be used for a couple of weeks and then repeated as necessary.
  
  
• Headaches - the effect of HRT on headaches is not easy to guess.  In some cases it can help with migraine headaches and in others it can actually aggravate the situation.   If you find that taking HRT is causing your migraines to become noticeably worse, you should change the dosage or try a different type of HRT therapy until you find one that helps alleviate your migraine symptoms.
  
  
• Joint and muscle pain - HRT has been known to help with joint problems, particularly in the joints of the shoulders, elbows, hands and wrist. 
  
  
• Skin and hair - After the age of 40 or thereabouts, the skin starts to quickly become thinner.  Part of this is due to the ageing process, but the lack of estrogen also has an effect on this
  
  HRT therapy can help to lessen the thinning that is caused by the lack of estrogen.  Many women also find that the texture and condition of their hair also changes, and that their hair starts to thin after menopause.  Hormone Replacement Therapy can help to improve hair texture.

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