Hormone Replacement: Positive And Negative Outcomes
Individuals who have been suffering from a hormonal imbalance for much of their adult life will applaud hormone replacement therapy
. They will claim that it changed their life. They will say that it made it possible for them to lead a happier, healthier life.
But just because it can easily make drastic change for the better in those who need hormone balancing doesn't mean that hormone replacement is a good treatment for everyone. Many believe that being depressed, sad, overweight or obese automatically means that you need hormone replacement therapy.
Thinking this will result in negative results. Hormone replacement therapy should only be considered after proper testing and diagnosis. Proper testing will accurately identify low hormone levels and clinical deficiencies that require hormone replacement therapy. Accuracy is absolutely vital when hormone imbalances are being considered.
In addition to completing very thorough testing to correctly identify all hormonal lows and/or deficiencies an experienced professional will prescribe natural remedies prior to prescribing hormone replacement. Natural remedies include exercise and diet regimens.
The body can often achieve balance on its own. This allows for minimal interference. Changes to the exercise regime and the general activity level as well as nutrition requirements can often make a difference to hormone levels. If they do not alleviate the problem then hormone replacement is often considered next.
Most individuals over 30 years old have one or more hormonal imbalances. And most of the individuals over the age of 30 have questions about hormone replacement. It's a valid, effective therapy, but must be treated with respect. Altering hormone levels can have drastic negative effects. On the other hand...when the hormone replacement is handled correctly it can have drastic positive results.
Negative effects of hormone replacement are typically a result of hormone therapy that wasn't a result of proper testing and diagnosis. Hormone replacement without proper diagnosis typically creates problems rather than solving them. There is no cure all when it comes to hormone replacement.
Avoiding possible problems is easy; individuals just need to insist on a full exam of all their hormone levels before any sort of hormone replacement therapy starts. Experienced professionals often discover (through thorough testing) a number of hormone levels with issues that are causing symptoms to present. Treating one of the imbalances will not solve the problem. All hormonal imbalances must be identified and rectified in order to have a complete treatment with complete results.