Only approximately 30% of the women at their menopause suffer from menopausal flushes. However, without hormonal treatment, all will have vaginal dryness, mucosal atrophy, urinary incontinence, low libido, more skin and body flaccidness, loss of muscle mass, to not mention the cognitive side, loss and lack of focus and memory. All of these, associated to the lack of sleep and the downgrade in quality of life in this lifetime period for women. This is common for a woman at her menopause. Honestly, I find odd the lack of effort towards treating a woman that asks us for help, the ability to put even more doubts into their mind (even more!) by not answering their questions and raising those, with the perception that “hormones are not good for you”!!!

Only those who do not deal with women, are unable to comprehend the suffering that most go through, most of the time hidden and with a lot of effort kept, feeling deep down that a lot is changing. I find it “a crime” to not treat a woman on her menopause. Hormones are not harmful for you if it is at the right levels. It can lead to diseases at high levels….as it can at inadequate low levels.
It is not sensible to pick on the scientific unknown by telling a patient “don’t go on to that road, as that is dangerous”. The hormones need to be balanced with one another for everything to function well, it is our obligation to avoid turning hormones into less good substances to our body, by avoiding coffee, tobacco and alcohol for example.
A woman should be treated with bioidentical hormones that do not increase their “innate” risk and it can even decrease the stress that the woman is exposed to. Yes, cancer is also related with stress, we can be sure about it.
This situation could be avoidable, if doctors were clarified in relation to bioidentical hormones.

To use bioidentical and non-bioidentical hormones isn’t the same thing. YES! Surely the “pills” used during menopause increases the risk of breast cancer in 10-24% of the cases in relation to those who do not take it. As studies state. YES! If associated to a progestin this risk is even higher, increasing in studies by 67% and the cardiovascular risk is even higher! YES! All of this is true and no studies state the opposite. However, we are talking about non-bioidentical hormones.
There aren’t many sets of studies with BH as they were made with non-bioidentical hormones. It is a fact. But we cannot fail to acknowledge the existing, the experience of over 40 years of use of these hormones, that are nothing new as the ignorance assumes it to be, and that produce significant improvements to our quality of life.
Frequent complains of women with hormonal imbalance are irritability, low libido, vaginal dryness, urinary incontinence, lack of sleep, tendency to put weight on, skin flaccidness, distress of the musculoskeletal system and in years osteoporosis, a very serious public health issue which we should all be alarmed with, as all of the therapies that we own are anti-reabsorbing not able to build a “new” bone, therefore is crucial to prevent. As well as if the level of oestrogen is not close to 90 ng/L we can never beat osteoporosis with the therapies that we have at the moment.

As seen, apart from the physical issues that arise from the lack of hormonal replacement, it is also associated the emotional and psychological issues. “Empty head”, “loss of focus and memory”, “flushes” uncomfortable to the point of causing enclosure to some women, the tendency for depression and aggressiveness are frequent symptoms.
We will only live once. We have to live it the best way we can, with good quality and happiness, not by becoming a weight to the society or to our family in the future.
Keeping hormonally balanced represents more health and joy.