estrogen for young women

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.

As I understand it, when one injects testosterone (lets say Testosterone Enanthate) the body converts (with an enzyme) the excess testosterone into estrogen. The pituitary gland also senses this huge influx of testosterone and sends a message to the testes in the form of Oestrogen to shut down the bodies natural production of testosterone.

In pre-menopausal women, the ovaries create most of the estrogen, and after primary treatment, taking Tamoxifen will be sufficient to block estrogen from cancer cells. If needed, for young women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer, ovaries can be temporarily shut down with ovarian suppression injections. For high-risk women, ovaries can be surgically removed (oophorectomy).

I was on estrogen replacement for years after my hysterectomy. I had few concerns about taking it, since I was young when I had my ovaries removed, and the benefits outweighed the risks. I'm not on it now, but am thinking about going back on it. The hot flashes are a killer, and I won't even go into the vaginal dryness.

Plus remember tha there have been no studies looking at estrogen increasing ovarian cancer recurrence in women with a known ovarian cancer. So you are left with the option of just not taking estrogen because of a theoretical risk versus taking it because of the known benefits of sexual function, strong bones, improved quality of life. I have pasted the WHI summary below: Findings Summary Gynecologic cancers are cancers of female organs other than the breast.

Terrific story! Thanks. : ) And thanks for all your hard work. Is your OVCA estrogen-dependent? Have you asked your doctor about taking anti-estrogen medication? I'm on one called Aromasin. It kills up to 95% of the estrogen in your body. I'm hoping it works for OVCA; it's in clinical trials for it now (it's used for breast cancer at the moment.) And hey, at least you're entering menopause as your winter is approaching in Australia. Happy hot flashes!

Why do pregnant women have mood swings ??????

I did have irregular periods due to a higher than average level of estrogen. I'm sure they did blood work that showed that? If not, that's easy to do. I also had thyroid issues and combined, those two factors made me have periods every 3 to 4 months! Such a pain that was! I was in my 20's though so wasn't worried about menopause like I would be now. For whatever reason, women with high levels of estrogen are MORE likely to have candida or yeast overgrowth.

I know this because one of mine is poly cystic. Usually it's both ovaries though. You can go on medication to help - an issue for young women is estrogen is required for building bone mass and reducing the risk of osteoporosis etc when you're old. So hormone regulating medication can help.

Some herbal products (like soy isoflavones, red clover and some Chinese herbs) can act like estrogen in our bodies, and may not be safe for women who need to avoid estrogen. Also, there are some antidepressants that are supposed to be helpful for those of us who can't take the hormones, so that might be another option you could ask your doctor about. Take care!

I feel like this may be one more disappointment for my dad esspecially. Any advice ? How do young pregnant women deal with the negativity?

You are so young to have to deal with this. I totally agree with Gail. I also had breast cancer in my family history so HRT was out of the question for me. So I know alot of people suffer horrible effects of menopause, but I personally (being put in surgical menopause at 39), hasn't been that big of a deal. Had some hot flashes in the beginning (only now and then now), nothing that big to deal with.

This type of treatment is one of the appropriate hormone (anti-estrogen) treatments of estrogen receptive breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

Menapause occurs and is always accompanied by a depletion of estrogen. Vaginal dryness is a major menopause issue and they treat it with estrogen cream. Know this from a reliable source so any women that is going through or post menopause should talk to their doctor if they have lubrication issues. It's treatable. And young women can go through perimenopause or have an imbalance. It's a major reason for vaginal dryness, estrogen depletion.

) 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.

I was prepared for the mood swings, hot flashes, and all the other weird stuff that came with it. But not for this long. And now depression, no sex drive, major hot flashes, and bad insomnia. Nobody can answer me on how much longer. I think I ran my only ova into the ground. What should I do?

t understand why some doctors continue to tell women we are too young to start the menopause process when we are clearly experiencing symptoms! So keep pushing it. I did, and finally saw a female doctor and she is at least trying to help me out and is sympathetic. I am 43 and I have normal hormone levels but no periods and lots of anxiety, irriatibility, sleeplessness, depression, and I have been on anti depressants for years. I had my tubes tied and an ablation.

You are young to have this. It's much more common in menopausal age women. The usual cause is low estrogen levels which cause vaginal walls to thin. What is your doctor's solution for this? Are they doing hormone checks on you to see if you are imbalanced? Do you have regular menstruation?

It is not associated with ovarian cancer although a life long exposure to excess estrogen (which occurs in untreated women who do not ovulate regularly) can lead to a build up of the lining of the uterus. In some cases, this excess estrogen stimulation can lead to cancer of the lining of the uterus (endometrial cancer). The treatment is easy, - birth control pills or the addition of progesterone by itself.

If I recall, there is a testosterone patch for women in the UK. We do not have any approved / commercial testosterone products for women here in the U.S. which is a shame. Some of the testosterone will probably convert to estrogen but you will probably need more estrogen than that. I assume you are still taking the zumenon for now?

If you are trying to prevent the growth of endo, you would need to either stop your body from producing the estrogen (which is not a good option if you are young) or counteract the estrogen and prevent it from growing the tissue (by using progesterone). If you are hoping to conceive in the short term or even if you aren't ready, I recommend getting a second opinion with an endo specialist. There has to be other options out there for you.

If estrogen was the cause of breast cancer more young women would be being diagnosed with it when their estrogen levels are at their highest. Most diagnosis are made in post menopausal woman. There is one theory of thought that it may be estrone that really feeds breast cancer. Estrone is what our fat cells produce after menopause. Estradiol is what our ovaries made in our 20's and 30's. "Screaming to be Heard" by Dr. Elizabeth Vliet is a wonderful resource.

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