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How To Address Peri-Menopause (Hypogonadism) In Men And Women
The ailment known as Peri-menopause gives us some insight about menopause. The problems associated with peri-menopause will get worse and not better if left untreated. If sleep has dropped down to 6 or 7 hrs daily on a regular basis then you are on your way to full menopause. Sleep at 4-6 hrs a night is a strong indication you are there. Many women who are in full-blown menopause (aka profound hypogonadism) report that their sleep is sometimes at best one or two hours a night.
The signals or symptoms will continue to show up and things will get worse for you because you illness that you have in peri-menopause, hypogonadism, will progress to profound hypogonadism (menopause), unless YOU search out and demand treatment for it. It is most likely that you may know of the terms hypogonadism or peri-menopause but hypogonadism, is simply the term for lower than normal levels of your gonadal hormones. If you look, you will see that it is a well-defined illness and it causes the same type of health issues (sleeping, hot flashes, memory recall, etc) in both men and woman!
For men it sometimes called, "andropause." In the end it doesn't really matter because when not treated and allowed to continue unabated, it will progress to profound hypogonadism/menopause.
There is bad news and good news about this condition. First, bad news is that this is real. Hypogonadism is not just a funny sounding word, it real business. The Good news is that it is treatable! At this time though, the illness is only addressed by current medicine procedures in men. It's unfortunate because it does not actually take sides.
The manifestation of the symptoms of hypogonadism is the same if you are a man or a woman. The hormones perform the same body functions for us in either sex.
When there is a reduction or loss of a hormone, there is a loss or a complete absence of the effect that that hormone has on your body. The gonads, (for woman - ovaries, for men - testicles) produce all of the same hormones for use by the body (Estradiol, dhea, Progesterone, testosterone, and countless others!)
Another interesting item is that hypogonadism and profound hypogonadism are endocrinopathies and that means that specific clinical trials are not required by the FDA and other regulatory agencies to show and prove that it's in the best interest of people to treat them. Any clinical trials used when working with problems that classify as endocrinopathies are used to find the best products and treatment regimens. This classification has a history that illuminates it's successes and the classification is a consistent part of or medicine as we know it.
A classic example is diabetes. The success of having the proper treatment applied when symptoms establish and show up mean that being diabetic is means you won't be as unhealthy as you would have been in the past had you had it. The problem that lies before us is that the progress for peri-menopause is much slower. In fact, the clinical trials used for menopause do not measure any hormone levels. That is a strong red flag because menopause is a hormone imbalance ailment.
If you feel you have the symptoms of peri-menopause aka hypogonadism then do not allow treatment to be delayed. Communicate to your doctor that you refuse to let any hypogonadism turn to "profound hypogonadism" without a good fight! Remember, when you're peri-menopausal you still have gonadal function and you can easily supplement your natural hormone production with small amounts of gonadal hormones.
Over time, you will increase your supplement dosage until you are at full hormone replacement since as you'll be completely replacing the hormones your gonads once supplied for you. The upside if this is that you will be healthier since you will already be dealing with your treated endocrinopathy!
Keep on this path and you will have a more enjoyable life than those who don't treat peri-menopause when they can.
About the Author Richard Barthallo's research into peri-menopause has shown him that there are options to treat hypogonadism before it becomes menopause.
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