Womens Health Blog

When women cross the age of 50, then the menopause stage is occurred in the women’s life cycle. In menopause stage termination of ovulation along with menstrual cycle occurs. So there is downfall in estrogen and progesterone levels.
So women have to replace their hormones after the stage of menopause. The main reasons behind this are: -

1.) Bad effect on memory.
2.) Unnatural effect on libido.
3.) Cardiovascular health gets affected.
So Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) includes the replacement of natural hormones of the body after doing a surgery.

Premarin (estrogen) is the most common brand of HRT. Other brands used are: -
i.) provera (progesterone)
ii.) prempro (combination)

Why HRT surgery is required?

1.) Hot flashes get developed during the pre-menopausal period. So it becomes unbearable for women.
2.) Some women develop the problem of depression (rational thinking).

So such symptoms can be cured by HRT.
Other solution to this problem is testosterone another hormone which can be use for curing libido.

Advantages of HRT are: -

1.) It maintains the bone mineral density which gets reduced as the age increases.
2.) Risk of osteoporotic fracture also gets reduced.
3.) It helps in improving sleeping power.
4.) Women get great relaxation from hot flashes.
5.) HRT not only improves memory but also the cognition.
6.) Also highly indicative hot flashes can occur again if this HRT treatment is stopped after a short period of time.
7.) Also around 80% of the symptoms are reduced and quality of life gets improved.

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