Hormone replacement therapy is a term used for any form of hormone therapy where patient is given medical treatment. In this treatment, patient receives hormones to overcome the lack of naturally occurring hormone or to substitute other hormones. The various common forms of hormone replacement therapy are written below in the article- have a look!
Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hormone replacement therapy for menopause:
In this therapy, the treatment is provided to reduce the discomfort caused due to low levels of oestrogen and progesterone hormones in body. One or more groups of medications are given to patients which are primarily designed to boost hormone levels in body. The main hormones which are involved in this therapy are progestins, oestrogens, progesterone and sometimes testosterone. HRT not only treats symptoms of menopause but also prevents the occurrence of ailments like osteoporosis, heart ailments and cancer in women.
- Hormone replacement therapy for transgender gender variant and transsexual:
This therapy is also used by intersex people. They go for this therapy in their childhood age to confirm gender they were assigned at birth or in later ages to change their gender which they were assigned at the time of birth. This is known as hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male) and hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female).
- Androgen replacement therapy:
This hormone therapy is given to patients who are suffering from the signs and symptoms of hypogonadism ailment. Moreover this therapy is also prescribed by doctors for lessening the effects or to delay the process of normal aging in men. Also, androgen replacement therapy is used by men who have suffered from cancer and other ailments and have lost testicles function.
The hormones used in hormone replacement therapy are synthetic hormones. They are created artificially in laboratories but the good news is that they act just like natural hormones once they are injected inside the human body.
