Hormone Replacement Therapy and Early Menopause
Menopause, including early menopause, can affect the quality of a woman’s life for several years, and possibly for the rest of her life. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is designed to greatly improve the quality of a woman’s life, by eliminating, or reducing the symptoms of menopause and early menopause.
The unpleasant symptoms associated with early menopause are due to the lack or reduction of estrogen that’s being produced. All types of Hormone Replacement Therapy contain estrogen, which replaces the estrogen that your ovaries are no longer producing. HRT relieves hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and other symptoms related to early menopause.
Hormone Replacement Therapy is especially recommended for women who experience early menopause. Studies have shown that women who have early menopause are at greater risk for heart disease and osteoporosis than women who experience menopause later in life.
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