Staying healthy can be a challenge, but at AgelessMN, we believe in supporting women at all stages of life. While hormone therapy is a well-known option for perimenopausal and menopausal women, we’re increasingly seeing younger females who can benefit from hormonal balance.
Hormone therapy can help support sexual health, stronger bones, and a stable weight, regardless of your age. It can also be a way to reduce or eliminate unpleasant symptoms like night sweats and brain fog that can affect women even before they reach perimenopause.
Hormones like estrogen play a crucial role in regulating many bodily functions, from the menstrual cycle to bone density. While hormone levels naturally shift throughout a woman’s life, imbalances can occur at any age, leading to a variety of symptoms.
Hormone therapy at AgelessMN involves replacing hormones like estradiol (the most potent form of estrogen) or estriol (a weaker estrogen), depending on your individual needs. It may also include other hormones like progesterone. We’ll work closely with you to establish a personalized regimen that’s right for you.
Note that hormone therapy can also refer to therapy for different things, including treating cancer or thyroid problems. For this reason, some doctors use the phrase “hormone replacement therapy” when talking about hormone therapy for women. However, thyroid issues are common in women hitting midlife, so it’s a good idea to get your thyroid levels checked. Low levels of thyroid function can easily be fixed with a different kind of hormone therapy.
A few women may also suffer from low levels of testosterone, which can lead to fatigue, reduced sexual function, muscle weakness, and thinning hair (female pattern baldness). We can check all of your hormones and establish what you need to improve your health.
Hormones are chemical substances that your body makes in glands of the endocrine organs. While there are glands throughout your body, the pea-sized pituitary gland at the base of your brain is responsible for making hormones that tell the other glands what hormones they should make.
Hormones are important to both physical and emotional body functions. When hormones are in balance, the body and emotions work as they should. When they are out of balance, there can be major impacts on a woman’s body, emotions, and daily life. Knowing what hormones are at work in the body, their function, and how they fluctuate throughout the month and throughout a lifetime is good information to learn. This will help you identify signs of imbalances as well as give you peace of mind if you are experiencing “normal” hormone fluctuations. When you have a hormonal imbalance, the gland making your hormones produces too much or not enough of that specific hormone.
Estrogen is a hormone most associated with women’s health and considered one of the key elements of a woman’s sexual and reproductive health.
Systems and functions that rely on estrogen:
Estrogen imbalance is one of the most common hormonal issues affecting women. Estrogen decreases in women as they reach a certain age, and it is not uncommon for women to begin feeling “off” as a result of their dropping estrogen levels. Recognizing the signs and beginning a proactive course of treatment can help you get your health back on track.
Symptoms of Low Estrogen:
While many people mistakenly assume that testosterone is a hormone only important to men’s health, it serves a critical function in women’s bodies as well. As a woman, your body uses testosterone to produce a form of estrogen called estradiol. Testosterone is key to a thriving libido, excellent bone density and muscle strength, energy, and the production of new blood cells.
Signs of low testosterone in women:
Progesterone, in combination with estrogen, interacts with chemicals in your brain to control your mood and your general sense of well-being. Progesterone keeps a balance with estrogen, the other primary sex hormone, in those assigned female at birth. Progesterone also helps to produce testosterone, the primary sex hormone in males. A small amount of progesterone is made in the adrenal glands in both men and women, which release hormones for a variety of bodily functions
Low progesterone can affect your body in several ways, sometime causing noticeable symptoms.
Symptoms of low progesterone (in people who aren’t pregnant) include:
Estrogen is a hormone most associated with women’s health and considered one of the key elements of a woman’s sexual and reproductive health.
Systems and functions that rely on estrogen:
Estrogen imbalance is one of the most common hormonal issues affecting women. Estrogen decreases in women as they reach a certain age, and it is not uncommon for women to begin feeling “off” as a result of their dropping estrogen levels. Recognizing the signs and beginning a proactive course of treatment can help you get your health back on track.
Symptoms of Low Estrogen:
Current research and studies have consistently demonstrated the safety and efficacy of estrogen therapy when appropriately prescribed and monitored. Modern estrogen therapy, particularly bioidentical hormone therapy, has been shown not to increase the risk of breast cancer. This understanding has evolved significantly from older studies that used different formulations and dosages. We stay up-to-date on the latest scientific findings to ensure the safest and most effective treatment plans for our patients.
Thyroid hormones control your body’s metabolism. They help transform the food we eat into energy. Thyroid hormone represents the combination of the two main hormones that your thyroid gland releases: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).
Abnormal thyroid hormone levels usually cause noticeable symptoms. Since thyroid hormone is responsible for controlling the speed of your metabolism, too much thyroid hormone can make it faster than normal and too little thyroid hormone can slow it down.
These imbalances cause certain symptoms, including:
Our team can run some simple blood tests to see if any of your hormone levels are irregular.
Not all women use hormone therapy to treat symptoms of menopause. Some women may not experience disturbing symptoms, for example. However, many women gain benefits from hormone therapy and some may take it for the rest of their lives. These benefits include:
Hormone therapy, in other words, can help you get through menopause happier and healthier and can support your appearance as you age. It can also significantly improve your sexual health and can, through a combination of improved sexual function and mood, support your intimate relationships. Adding testosterone therapy when needed can help avoid thinning hair and can also improve sexual function.
The primary benefit, though, is to keep you from being miserable during perimenopause. While some women sail through, many experience a variety of unpleasant symptoms that can interfere with their relationships, work, and overall enjoyment of life. Hormone therapy can mitigate these symptoms and support your overall wellness into old age.
If you are reaching ‘that time’ in your life, you can revitalize your life and feel and look younger with bioidentical hormone therapy from AgelessMN. We provide safe, effective hormone therapy at our clinic in Maple Grove.
Come to us and we can check and balance your hormones to reduce uncomfortable symptoms and help you stay healthy and happy!
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