Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is surrounded by a series of myths that fall on people with uterus, especially in the period of menopause. It is in this track that medical teams often prescribe hormones such as estrogen and progesterone in an attempt to mitigate the classic symptoms of this moment of life.
HRT can be done with tablets, use of gels or transdermal adhesives. Often, wrong information is disseminated that contribute to the creation of a stigma around hormone replacement and expanding the belief that it brings only risks to the body and can even make people get fat.
To elucidate myths and truths on the subject, the CNN He talked to the endocrinologist and doctor from the University of São Paulo (USP) Lorena Amato. She explained that hormone replacement therapy offers risks than smaller than benefits.
“There are risks, depending on the type of replacement, especially if, for example, the use of oral estrogens, which can trigger venous thrombosis, embolism, increase the risk of breast cancer – the latter more associated with progesterone,” he said, then denying that replacement can make some patient fat.
“Hormone replacement therapy does not fatten. Eventually, in some women, progesterone can cause fluid retention.”
How does hormone replacement therapy work?
According to Amato, hormone replacement is recommended only for people negatively affected by menopause -related symptoms, including insomnia, fogachos, tiredness and libido loss. The strategy, therefore, is not prescribed to everyone who goes through menopause.
“Some women do not have any discomfort in menopause, feel good, and with good lifestyle they will be able to look good without the need for hormone replacement therapy,” he explains.
Another variable is the replacement time, which will change from patient to patient. “You even make a contraindication or when the patient decides to suspend.”
Can you get pregnant by doing hormone replacement?
HRT does not necessarily function as a contraceptive, as the endocrinologist explains. If the patient is ovulating, he can get pregnant. This happens, for example, when hormone replacement is started in perimenopausal, a period before menopause.
“It is important to warn that hormone replacement therapy does not work as a contraceptive. So if the therapy therapy has begun, when menopause was not yet diagnosed, there is some chance, however very remote, to get pregnant,” he said.
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