Estrogen for women over 50
Common Questions and Answers about Estrogen for women over 50
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How is your estrogen and your DHEA-S? When your doc tests your testosterone, does he test bio-available testosterone, and does the doc test sex binding hormones, LH, FSH, to get the entire pic of your androgens and how your body is using the testosterone?
Estrogen and testosterone and very very closely related - so it could be that your testosterone is simply converting over to estrogen instead of staying as testosterone. This cannot be controlled really - it just happens.
I’m 50 and for my age I would say I’m in pretty good shape. I have 2 thing that are bothering me one is that I’m tiered all the time, I have to take a nap at lunch and I can fall a sleep while in my car at a red light. the other thing that bothers me is when I’m with my wife and I get erect I may loose that erection before we have intercourse. I know I’m getting older but I would like to think that I’m not to old at the age of 50 to still live life.
Thank you for the encouragement! That's great to hear about your friend with twins. So mine could be twins, too, right? Is there a # people usually see who are having twins? Or a cutoff below which it's not likely to be twins?
I don't know the exact odds, but they are slim. Fertility begins to decline in our 30's (very gradually) and by 50 it is pretty rare for a women to get pregnant without help. However, it is not impossible, and it can happen. So, as long as she is still ovulating, if you wish to avoid pregnancy, using protection is not a bad idea.
Overall, males had higher progression rates at 66% versus 41% for women. However, for those under the age of 50, fibrosis progression was 51% for males versus 11% for females. Over age 50, the rate jumps to 77% for males versus 61% for females.
These data show a strong relationship between gender and fibrosis progression. The researchers surmise that estrogen may have a protective benefit for younger women with HCV. They recommend the use of estrogen replacement therapy for menopausal women.
Most of all my specialist and drs except for one specialist says I need to take combined hrt. Estrogen only taken by a lot of women in the 60 s showed there was an increase in uterus cancer for those who had their uterus in tact. The 70s saw a big increase in this type of cancer which is why they prescribe combined.
Overall, males had higher progression rates at 66% versus 41% for women. However, for those under the age of 50, fibrosis progression was 51% for males versus 11% for females. Over age 50, the rate jumps to 77% for males versus 61% for females.
These data show a strong relationship between gender and fibrosis progression. The researchers surmise that estrogen may have a protective benefit for younger women with HCV. They recommend the use of estrogen replacement therapy for menopausal women.
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As you are probably aware, there is an association of increased risk for BC in menopausal women using combination HRT (estrogen and progesterone), esp. for lobular cancer. (I don't believe there is as much information re a link to BC when estrogen alone is used, but I could be wrong.) In the recent years since the trend has changed to using the lowest doses of HRT for the shortest possible time, BC rates in this country have dropped.
Melasma is a very common skin disorder, especially among pregnant women. 15% to 50% of pregnant women get it. Between 1.5% and 33% of the population may get melasma and it happens more often during a woman’s reproductive years, and rarely happens during puberty. It usually starts between 20 and 40 years of age.
Who is at risk of melasma?
Fairer-skinned people are less likely to be affected by melasma than those with darker brown skin or those who tan well.
I have heard that men wanting to either reassign their gender or simply to dress as women can take estrogen and that it minimizes the male genitals after a while, but have never heard how much. The only man I ever talked to who was into dressing female, looked great (in other words, you would not be able to tell he was anything but a very striking woman) even in a swimsuit, and although he was doubtless taking hormones, he had not had an operation.
I had my surgery on 10/28 and glad its over. I can't believe a week has gone by already. I spoke to my doctor late Monday and she told me the pathology report showed Estrogen/Progestorone +/HER2- and the lymph nodes were negative. She said the tumor was 2.7 cm and said chemo was probably 50/50. It's being sent out for the onco test to see which way to go. I am 52 and post menopausal. I will be picking up the pathology report tomorrow.
Hi Sandra,
Granulosa cell tumors produce estrogen and estrogen levels are a good marker to evaluate for recurrence. I am not aware of any studies showing that estrogen causes these tumors to grow. I have pasted a very nice review from emedicine below.
best wishes
Background
Three major types of ovarian neoplasms are described, with epithelial cell tumors (70%) comprising the largest group of tumors.
yea im on zumenon 5mg 2 tabs a day and they r not helping me at all and i fee they dont listen everytime i see my hormone doctor, just wish they would understand how im feeling especially at such a young age but im seein them on friday so fingers crossed
so if i had a ystectomy at 39 and took hormones for years and then stopped and now back on them at 50 wii it help me with dryness,sweats,energy,sex life...i think its making me feel tired and giving me dierehha..
I had a hysterectomy 2 years ago. I am currently 50. The doctor put me on estrogen as soon as I had it for estrogen replacement therapy. Now two years after having no symptoms or problems at all, I have almost every symptom of going through menopause except the hot flashes. I don't have hot flashes, I sweat all the time. Can't sleep.
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