Hormone Replacement Therapy: Who Is a Candidate …

Hormones are essential to your overall health. Hormones are chemical substances that are found in your body and produced by your body. They regulate the way that cells and organs act within your body. Your bodys hormones interact with each other and need each other to function properly. If you become unnaturally depleted in your hormones that can cause serious issues, which is why we offer hormone replacement therapy at Institute for Womens Health.

To better understand the way the hormones in your body work with each other, think about a symphony. In a symphony, there are a number of different instruments that have a particular role to play. In order for all of the instruments to play together and produce pleasant music, they must be tuned to each other. Each instrument must play at a volume and a duration stipulated by the music they are playing.

It is the same thing with the hormones in your body. In order for your life to be enjoyable and pleasant, you need your hormones to be in tune with each other. Each hormone should be present in your body at a level stipulated by what your body needs at the time.

Your hormone levels are going to fluctuate throughout your life. Some fluctuation is normal. For example, teenagers and young adults will have a rush of hormones as their body transforms from being a child to being an adult. When a person reaches their middle-age years, their bodys hormone production begins to slow down.

There are number of things that can impact how well your body is able to produce hormones. For example, if you are under a lot of stress, if you do not sleep well, if you have an unhealthy diet, or if you are near toxins, your body may produce too much or too little of a particular hormone. The same is true of individuals who over exercise as well as those who do not get enough exercise.

Hormone replacement therapy can be customized to meet your particular needs. In the past, hormone replacement therapy was seen as a one-size-fits-all treatment. This meant that every man and every woman who received treatments would receive hormones at the same dosage. Now, thanks to customized hormone treatments, this is no longer true. Men and women can get hormone replacement therapy specifically designed to address the symptoms they have and their body type.

Not too long ago, the only option available for hormone replacement therapy was synthetic hormones. Its important to understand that in this context synthetic means that the hormones produced do not have the same chemical structure as the ones your body produces. Bioidentical hormones are those that are produced synthetically but have the same chemical structure makeup is what your body produces naturally.

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help you balance your hormone levels. It can give you the energy, focus, and desire you had when your hormones were working properly.

Contact our office today to schedule your consultation! We are conveniently located in nine different offices around San Antonio, TX.

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