Monday, June 3, 2013

Hormone Therapy For PCOS - The Dangers


Hormone therapy for PCOS is something many women look into either being advised by doctors or hearing that this condition is cause by a lack of estrogen and so thing they can take drugs to get it back. While on the surface this looks ideal there are many dangers we understand about hormone replacement therapy and we also now know that hormone imbalances from PCOS are actually caused by something deeper making this a way to treat symptoms not the root cause.

Dangers of Hormone Therapy

Firstly if you are deciding to undergo hormone therapy here are some risks associated with such actions that were uncovered fairly recently that has stopped this practice for most cases.


  • A 41% INCREASE in strokes

  • A 29% INCREASE in heart attacks

  • A 22% INCREASE in total cardio vascular disease

  • A 24% INCREASE in breast cancer

  • Also increased rates of blot clots and Alzheimer's disease

Scary statistics for those looking for a quick fix ...

Treating The Cause of PCOS

You do not need hormone replacement therapy for curing PCOS though because the root cause of this condition is not a lack of estrogen. The higher levels of testosterone and lower of estrogen in women with PCOS is actually a symptom of insulin resistance which is the root problem. Hormone therapy for PCOS does not deal with this at all but there is good news for those who are tired of the condition and its pain and infertility in natural methods and lifestyle changes that have been proven to reverse the effects, shrink cyst sizes and normalize hormone levels.

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