The menopause is very much in the news these days. For the first time ever, it’s being spoken about openly and candidly.
Menopause symptoms can vary wildly
Some women sail through it and others suffer traumatic symptoms. Most women, however, will have some sort of symptoms. These can include hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia, anxiety, depression and joint pain.
Hormone replacement therapy has been a real breakthrough in the easing of menopause symptoms. It has many benefits, depending on the type of HRT you use, including increasing collagen production and keeping your skin looking more youthful.
However, there are a number of different types of HRT which can be a little confusing. There is regular synthetic HRT and also bioidentical hormones, which more closely resemble our natural hormones. These, in turn, are divided into body identical hormones (which are regulated and available on the NHS in the UK) and compounded hormones which are unregulated.
To find out more from a doctor who specialises in prescribing HRT, have a watch of the video below.
Dr Shahzadi Harper can be found at THE HARPER CLINIC
She has also written a book called The Perimenopause Solution
Comments 1
I am 70 years old.
I have been on Premarin vaginal cream for three months to help with UTIs.
I have heard one should stop this after three months. Is that correct? And if so can one go back into it a few months later?
Oestradiol 2 (Vagufem) apparently is safer than Oestradiol 1 (Premarin)? Is that so? Is there rather a bio identical cream? I am not taking any progesterone- should I be?
What would you suggest for UTI issues?