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Bioidentical Hormones Therapy: Comprehensive Treatment to Optimizing Hormone Imbalance Written by Dr. Jacque Alexander FNP-C
“I’m fatigued, gaining weight and unable to lose it regardless of diet and exercise. I could care less about intimacy. I am losing more hair, my body aches and I have no motivation to do anything, let alone exercise.” Desperate for help, you seek medical treatment. Your provider explains lab work, physical exam and diagnostics are “normal” or, maybe, you get diagnosed with high blood sugar, obesity, depression, hypertension or high cholesterol. You initiated medications to mitigate the symptoms of depression, medications to decrease blood sugar, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and instructed to increase physical exercise, improve diet and decrease stress. Your start medications, modify 22 march • april 2021
lifestyle, and may feel slightly better for a time but not completely and /or it is short lived. Does any of this resonate with you? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of hormone imbalance. Depending on the root cause of symptoms manifested, conventional treatment options may only mask symptoms of disease(s) caused by hormone imbalance. What are hormones? Why are they important? Hormones [i.e. testosterone, thyroid, estradiol, progesterone] are chemical messengers, made by endocrine glands, with the main purpose of to control actions to cells and organs in a “lock and key” fashion.
