It’s one of the lesser appealing parts of the aging process but as it progresses, we experience a decrease in sex hormone levels. And with these hormone changes come a variety of symptoms that can have a disturbing effect on just your daily routine but your overall health and wellness as well. As we enter spring and begin to consider our springtime “to-do’s”, it’s not a bad idea to add hormone replacement therapy to the list.
Changing hormones is a pain but they don’t have to be. The best way to restore hormones and get back to feeling yourself is with natural hormone therapy. While not a new process, there are still some misconceptions and hard feelings toward hormone replacement therapy. If you are one of the individuals who are on the fence about exploring this option, here are some benefits to consider about this groundbreaking treatment option.
How Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Can Help You
One of the most common and disruptive symptoms of menopause is hot flashes and night sweats. In fact, more than two-thirds of women begin experiencing hot flashes in the years leading up to menopause. This uncomfortable symptom causes sudden feelings of warmth in the upper body and can include flushing and sweating. Night sweats occur when you’re asleep and can wake you up in the middle of the night as well as make it harder for you to fall back asleep.
While not as common in men, men who are undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer are subject to hot flashes as well. For both men and women, one of the hormone replacement therapy benefits that’s most popular is the alleviation of hot flashes and night sweats.
Of course, alleviating those two is not as popular as the fact that natural hormone therapy can restore your sex drive. In both men and women, another common symptom of hormone level decline is a low libido and the lack of desire has been known to put a strain on romantic relationships. Visiting a San Antonio hormone therapy clinic for hormone replacement therapy optimizes your hormone levels as they’re customized for your particular needs, and modified to have the same structure and function as the hormones that are naturally produced in your body. This, in turn, restores your sex drive.
As we age, gaining weight is common with losing weight becoming a little more complicated. If weight loss is a struggle, hormonal changes could be to blame as these changes can decrease your muscle mass and increase body fat. Having your hormone levels tested at our San Antonio hormone therapy clinic will determine if your hormones are making it difficult for you to lose weight and if bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is an option for you.
These are just a few of the most common symptoms that natural hormone therapy can help with however, there are many more that affect millions of people every day. There are some circumstances that would prevent a person from qualifying for hormone replacement therapy but the best way to discover them is to visit Dr. Neera Bhatia’s San Antonio hormone therapy clinic. Following a comprehensive evaluation, she will determine which treatment option is best for your needs. To learn more about hormone replacement therapy benefits, contact our office to schedule your consultation today at 210.222.2694!
