Hormone levels naturally decline with age, and deficiencies can cause unpleasant symptoms affecting quality of life. Replacing declining hormones through bioidentical hormone therapy provided by specialists like HormoVital can provide relief.
Hormone levels decline due to natural aging, often accelerated by poor lifestyle factors. Deficiencies commonly involve estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid, DHEA, and growth hormones. Let's overview what causes declines in key hormones:
Menopause ending menstrual cycles markedly reduces estrogen/progesterone. Surgical removal of ovaries also causes deficits.
Low testosterone in men over 30 is largely due to age-related testicular dysfunction. Contributors include chronic illnesses, obesity, medications, diabetes, infections, radiation/chemotherapy, alcohol use, and genetic disorders.
Thyroid disorders involve over/underproduction of thyroid hormones. Common causes are autoimmune diseases, radiation, medications, pregnancy, and family history. Iodine deficiency and aging can also contribute.
Levels of DHEA, a precursor for estrogen/testosterone, peak around age 30 then decline. Factors speeding depletion include high stress levels, insulin resistance, obesity, hypothyroidism, and adrenal fatigue.
Natural growth hormone secretion declines significantly with age. Poor sleep, high stress, overweight, hypertension, and high cholesterol also lower growth hormone.
Low hormones cause wide-ranging signs spanning physical, mental, and emotional realms. It's important to recognize deficiency symptoms:
If experiencing hormone deficiency signs, prompt diagnosis and treatment provides relief preventing progression of adverse impacts. HormoVital' comprehensive programs can identify deficiencies and create customized treatment plans.
Bioidentical hormones are structurally identical replications of hormones naturally occurring in the body. They are NOT synthetics or foreign substances. Key advantages are:
Let's examine the major bioidentical hormones in detail:
Estrogen deficiency causes hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disruption, vaginal dryness, bladder issues, brain fog, anxiety/depression, heart disease risks, and osteoporosis. Restored estrogen improves these problems and more including:
Progesterone works synergistically with estrogen producing further benefits like:
Declining testosterone causes low energy, reduced muscle mass, weight gain, low libido, erectile dysfunction, poor concentration, and depressed moods. Normalized testosterone alleviates these issues, also providing:
Low thyroid function produces fatigue, weight gain,memory lapses, depression, musculoskeletal pain, constipation, cold intolerance, dry skin, and hair loss. Corrected thyroid hormone levels resolve these problems while improving:
Age-related DHEA decline contributes to risks of heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, and depression. Restoring DHEA improves these areas and additionally enhances:
Deficient growth hormone causes central weight gain, muscle loss, fatigue, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and impacts to cognition/memory and skin condition. Normalized growth hormone produces benefits such as:
At HormoVital we utilize best-practice approaches customized for the individual to maximize treatment success. Key elements include:
Comprehensive blood, saliva, and urine testing analyzes hormone levels and health markers establishing an accurate deficiency diagnosis. Follow up testing helps optimize and adjust dosing. We partner with top local labs like Huntersville Diagnostic Center providing convenient testing services.
FDA-approved bioidenticals are prescribed in personalized doses via gels, pellets, patches, injections, creams or compounded formulations based on treatment goals and convenience. We craft combinations best replicating natural hormone physiology.
Symptoms are regularly assessed and testing repeated to ensure response to treatment and proper dosing. The care team works closely with the patient to provide supportive guidance for best results. We also provide nutrition advice and lifestyle recommendations.
Vitamins, supplements, peptides and other regenerative therapies complement hormone replacement providing comprehensive treatment support. We offer amenities like IV hydration therapy to further restoration. HormoVital also partners with experts like therapists, nutritionists and fitness trainers for maximum benefit.
Our welcoming Huntersville clinic offers a relaxing setting for consultations, testing, treatments and follow up. The full-service onsite Vibrance Medispa also provides aesthetics and wellness therapies synergizing with hormone therapy for amplified restoration.
Seeking timely treatment for hormone imbalance is critical to avoid prolonged suffering and long term health consequences. Let's examine key reasons early intervention matters:
Left untreated, hormone deficiency signs intensify causing amplified discomfort spanning hot flashes, sexual dysfunction, pain, disrupted sleep, and mood instability among other problems. Restoring balance quicker provides faster relief.
Depleted hormones long term massively heighten incidence of heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disease, and cancers. Replacing them earlier significantly dampens these elevated risks.
The body progressively sustains amplified collateral destruction when operating hormonally deficient including factors like surging inflammatory damage, declining organ function, accumulating plaques in blood vessels, decreasing bone mineral density and progressive oxidative assaults on tissues. Minimizing this accrued harm protects health.
Individuals in protracted deficiency states become increasingly refractory to treatment due to factors like receptor site damage and enzymatic dysfunction accumulated over time. Those treated expeditiously in earlier deficiency phases respond better to therapy with enhanced benefits.
Prolonged low hormones fray cognition causing issues like memory lapses and foggy thinking. Briefer deficits protect neurologic function. Certain regions of the brain like the hippocampus supporting memory specifically need adequate hormones.
Seeking prompt treatment for hormonal imbalance is key to quickly resolving deficiency symptoms for best restoration of health and quality of life. HormoVital offers readily available testing and care.
Bioidentical hormones are not necessarily safer or more effective than synthetic hormones for menopausal symptoms. However, some small studies show bioidentical progesterone may carry a lower risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular issues than synthetic progestins. More research is still needed in this emerging area.
Aligning lifestyle factors potentiates hormone therapy success. We provide personalized guidance on healthy living optimization including:
Good sleep supports hormone and brain health. We offer tips like maintaining consistent bed/wake times, limiting electronics before bed, creating an optimal sleep environment and stress reduction techniques. As needed we can refer to sleep specialists.
An anti-inflammatory diet high in produce, healthy fats and clean proteins aligns with hormone balance while avoiding excesses. Our nutritionists provide personalized plans along with targeted nutritional supplements like fish oils, vitamin D and magnesium further supporting therapy.
Excess stress disturbs hormone pathways worsening depletion. We teach resilience practices like mindfulness meditation, gratitude journaling, breathing exercises, forest bathing in nearby state parks and connective therapies like reiki and acupuncture to ameliorate stress.
Regular exercise assists healthy hormone levels and function. Our exercise physiology advisors can create customized fitness plans maximizing metabolism and blood flow supporting treatment. We also connect patients to local resources like Huntersville Fitness Cooperative.
The full-service Vibrance Medispa within HormoVital also provides aesthetic treatments like laser and injectables along with intravenous therapies, vibration platforms, photobiomodulation and cryotherapy that synergize with hormone therapy promoting better treatment outcomes.
Implementing positive lifestyle habits provides the best framework for hormone therapy to resolve deficiency symptoms protecting future health and enhancing quality of life.
In Summary
Hormone deficiency is common with aging causing unpleasant physical, emotional and cognitive symptoms lowering quality of life. Restoring waning hormones to youthful ranges through bioidentical therapy provided by clinics like HormoVital resolves these issues while protecting long term health. We offer fully customized state of the art care tailored to the individual for optimal treatment success supported by healthy lifestyle guidance. Reach out today to start your hormone restoration journey!
