Sex hormone imbalances can occur at puberty, after childbirth, in midlife, after tubal ligation or hysterectomy, while taking birth control pills or counterfeit female hormones, such as Premarin and Provera.
The female hormonal balance between the estrogen hormones and progesterone is essential for women to obtain and maintain health and wellness. The three human estrogens require the balance of progesterone to prevent the hyper effects of estrogen which can lead to a host of health problems. Good health occurs when the hormones in the body are produced in adequate amounts and are in proper balance. Think of this as hormonal harmony.
The estrogen hormones and progesterone decline as a woman ages to around 35. But progesterone declines much more rapidly than the estrogen hormones.
We listen to your unique description of symptoms and then prescribe the appropriate natural hormones to achieve hormonal balance to resolve your symptoms. Natural hormones are derived from plants and then molecularly changed to be authentic, biologically identical hormone molecules that your body used to produce before menopause, or which is currently producing but in less than adequate amounts to provide hormonal balance.
Depending on the degree of the progesterone deficiency, estrogen dominance may manifest itself with one, some, or all of the following hyper effects:
Although progesterone and estrogen are the two dominant hormones that women produce, it is important to remember that women also produce small doses of testosterone. For women, the production of testosterone peaks at ovulation to stimulate a woman's desire for sexual relations.
Testosterone has the following effects on the body:
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1806 Humble Place Dr.
Humble, TX 77338
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