Hormone Replacement: Positive And Negative Outcomes
Changing someone’s life with hormone replacement is easy. Hormone replacement can provide individuals with myriad health issues with a seemingly fresh slate. People who haven’t been able to even consider feeling “good” for years are able to achieve better general health through hormonal balancing. It is vital.
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.
Experienced professionals should require very thorough testing prior to hormone replacement. But once testing is completed an experienced professional should also first prescribe natural remedies based on dietary and exercise regimen changes.
The best solution is to achieve hormonal balance with minimal interference. If this can be achieved through changing the diet of the individual or increasing their activity level…this is the best solution. But when natural remedies do not solve the problem hormone replacement therapy is the next option.
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.
The negative effects of hormone replacement therapy is typically a result of hormone therapy that is done without proper testing and diagnosis. When there is not clinical deficiency hormone replacement can create problems rather than solving them. It isn’t a quick fix for any problem. It is a response to a very specific problem. Some people think that testosterone shots and human growth hormone (among other things) are general cure alls. This could not be farther from the truth.
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.
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