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HORMONE REPLACEMENT
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Female Intimacy Compounds
Estrogen therapy (ET) increases the estrogen level in your body. Estrogen impacts multiple systems of the body.
When given through an estrogen patch or skin cream or gel (transdermal estrogen), estrogen enters the bloodstream directly, without passing through the liver. The estrogen in pills must be processed by the liver before entering the bloodstream, which puts stress on an impaired liver.
Estrogen therapy (ET) is used to increase estrogen levels in postmenopausal women who have no uterus. This treatment may help prevent perimenopausal symptoms, osteoporosis, and colon cancer.
Women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who experience early menopause after having their ovaries removed (oophorectomy) or because of other medical reasons typically take ET to reduce their risk of early bone loss and osteoporosis. Historically, women have continued using ET for years beyond menopause. Some women now discontinue ET around the age of menopause.
Women with a uterus who take estrogen also need the hormone progestin to prevent the estrogen from overgrowing the uterine lining, which can lead to endometrial (uterine) cancer. Estrogen-progestin is called hormone therapy (HT).
How it affects you
Systemic estrogen therapy (ET) affects your entire body and reverses the effect of low estrogen. Systemic ET may:
• Reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes.1
• Improve moodiness and sleep problems related to hormone changes.2
• Maintain the lining of the vagina, reducing irritation.
• Increase skin collagen levels, which decline as estrogen levels decline. Collagen is responsible for the stretch in skin and muscle.
• Help prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis by slowing bone loss and promoting some increase in bone density.1
• Reduce the risk of dental problems, such as tooth loss and gum disease.
Low-dose estrogen. Researchers are studying the effects of low-dose estrogen therapy. Low-dose estrogen may keep bones strong and may relieve hot flash symptoms.3 But the long-term risks of taking low-dose estrogen are not yet known.
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