“Hormones are chemicals made in your body
that relay messages through your bloodstream.
For example, your hormones tell your body to eat and…”.1
Umbrella
What may the Hormones Umbrella include?
Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:
- Estrogen
- Hormones
- Oestrogen
- Progesterone
- Testosterone
- Women’s Sex Hormones
Hormones
What are hormones?
DotS the definition of hormones may vary. The (United States) Endocrine Society’s definition is:
“Hormones–Made by endocrine glands, hormones are chemical messengers that travel in the bloodstream to tissues or organs. They affect many processes, including growth, metabolism, sexual function, reproduction, and mood”.2
The (Australian) Jean Hailes for Women’s Health’s (JH) definition is:
Menopause
What causes menopause?
In What Causes Menopause? the JH explain:
Menopause Hormones
What three hormones are of particular relevance at menopause?
In What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause the JH elaborate on:
- Oestrogen
- Progesterone
- Testosterone.
The change in hormone levels can lead to different menopausal symptoms”.5
Oestrogen
What is the role of oestrogen?
In Changes In Hormone Levels the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) elaborate on:
“As the primary “female” hormone, estrogen promotes the growth and health of the female reproductive organs and keeps the vagina moisturized, elastic (stretchy), and well supplied with blood”.6
Perimenopause
What is the association between perimenopause and hormones?
The JH explain:
During perimenopause, does oestrogen decline in a nice neat regular fashion, getting less and less each month?
“Estrogen levels generally decline during perimenopause, but they do so in an irregular fashion. Sometimes there can be more estrogen present during perimenopause than in the past”.8
Progesterone
What is the role of progesterone?
The JH explain:
Progesterone is produced when an egg is released. It prepares your uterus for a fertilised egg and pregnancy. As you approach your final period, your progesterone levels decrease”.9
Testosterone
What is the role of testosterone?
The JH note:
You might think testosterone is a male hormone but it also plays an important role in women’s sexual desire, emotional wellbeing and bone and muscle strength.
Testosterone decreases gradually with age. In some women, levels fall by half between the ages of 20 and 40 years”.10
Health Care Provider
What if I need help with my hormones?
If you need help with your hormones, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this. Together you can clarify your signs and symptoms, discuss your options and if required, agree on who may be the most appropriate health care provider to help you.
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- A Guide To Birth Control In Your 40s and 50s
- Menopause: Ensuring A Tranquil Transition
- Menopause: Understanding the Changes and Finding Relief | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 256
- The Many Ways Hormones Can Impact Your Health
- Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
- Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: A Simple Approach To Menopausal Assessment and Management
- Webinars: Previous – Reproductive Conditions and Consequences for Menopausal Health and Management
- What’s the Connection Between Estrogen and Osteoporosis?
- 2023 PCOS Awareness Month [Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome] [September, United States]
- A Guide To Birth Control In Your 40s and 50s
- Aging Changes In Hormone Production
- Are My Hormones Making Me Fat?
- Askearlymenopause.org [Ask EM] [+ Video: What Is Early Menopause?]
- BMS Statement on Testosterone
- BMS TV: Testosterone Explained
- Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
- Bioidentical Hormones Explained – A British Menopause Society Video
- Bioidentical Hormones: Are They Safer?
- Brain Hormones
- Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapy [Video]
- Compounded Bioidentical Hormones Therapy
- Consumer Health: Treating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Deciding About Hormone Therapy Use
- Do You Need Hormone Testing?
- Endocrine Diseases
Endocrine Library
- Endocrine Society [United States]
- Endocrine Society [United States]: Patient Engagement
- Endocrine Topics
- Endocrine-Related Organs [+ The Essential Guide To Your Hormones]
- Estrogen
- Estrogen: What It Does and 5 Benefits
- Find An Endocrinologist
- Feel-Good Hormones: How They Affect Your Mind, Mood and Body
- Glossary
- Health-Related Quality of Life In Women With Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Scoping Review of the Literature and Implications for Targeted Interventions
- Hormonal Health – Clues Made Clear
- Hormone Therapy: Is It Right for You?
- Hormones
- Hormones Are Key In Brain Health Differences Between Men and Women
- Hormones and Endocrine Function
- Hormones: A Balancing Act?
- I Forgot To Ask the Doctor – E9: The Menopause: Can Every Woman That Wants It Have HRT?
- Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Postmenopause Health – Early and Premature Menopause [+ Video: Menopause Only Happens In Your 50s]
- Is Menopause Making Me Put on Weight? No, But It’s Complicated
- Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Menopause [+ Video: Menopause]
- Mastering Midlife Mood Changes With Marlene Freeman, MD
- Menopause
- Menopause
- Menopause
- Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Questions for Your Health Care Provider
- Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Symptom Tracker
- Menopause Patient Information [Videos] 1. What Is Menopause?
- Menopause Patient Information [Videos] 2. Talking To Your GP About Menopause
- Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series: Understanding Menstrual Health and Menopause
- Menopause Preparedness Toolkit: A Woman’s Empowerment Guide
- Menopause Symptoms: Mayo Clinic Expert Outlines Hormone and Nonhormonal Therapies
- Menopause Treatments: What Works, What Doesn’t
- Menopause and Mental Health
- Menopause: Ensuring A Tranquil Transition
- Menopause: Understanding the Changes and Finding Relief | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 256
- Mood and the Menopause
- Multilingual Resources
- Navigating Menopause: Expert Insights and Solutions | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 245
- PCOS
- PCOS Awareness Association
- PCOS: Emotions
- PCOS: Symptoms & Causes
- Perimenopause
- Perimenopause
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month [September]
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) – Multilingual Fact Sheets
Reproductive Hormones [+ What Does Estrogen Do?]
- Risks and Benefits of MHT
- Society for Endocrinology [United States]
- Testosterone Replacement In Menopause
- The Chemical Question: Does Focusing on Hormones Undermine Mental Healthcare?
- The Many Ways Hormones Can Impact Your Health
- Thyroid Hormone: How It Affects Your Heart
- Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
- Topics
- Understanding Menopause – Booklet
- Understanding Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – Booklet
- Understanding Premature & Early Menopause – Booklet
- Updated PCOS Resources Available, Including Multilingual Fact Sheets
- Video Series-2022: Hormone Therapy: Understanding the Risks and Benefits
- Video Series-2022: Perimenopause, Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions
- Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: A Simple Approach To Menopausal Assessment and Management
- Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: What Women Should Know About Menopause and Brain Fog
- Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: When Your Periods Leave Too Early
- Webinars: Previous – Predictors of Premature and Early Natural Menopause
- Webinars: Previous – Reproductive Conditions and Consequences for Menopausal Health and Management
- Webinars: Previous – The Early Menopausal Patient
- What Are Hormones and What Do They Do?
- What Causes Menopause?
- What Everyone Should Know About Menopause Symptoms
- What Is Menopause?
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause
- What’s the Connection Between Estrogen and Osteoporosis?
- Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This? Episode 3: Dr Annice Mukherjee: Your Essential Menopause Toolkit
- Yourhormones.info [You and Your Hormones: An Educational Resource From the Society of Endocrinology, United States]
Sources
Where may I find the Sources quoted?
You may find the Sources quoted at:
Sources
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- Glossary. Endocrine Society https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/glossary Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Causes Menopause? Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/causes-of-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- Changes In Hormone Levels. North American Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org/for-women/sexual-health-menopause-online/changes-at-midlife/changes-in-hormone-levels Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause: Oestrogen. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- Changes In Hormone Levels. North American Menopause Society https://www.menopause.org/for-women/sexual-health-menopause-online/changes-at-midlife/changes-in-hormone-levels Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause: Progesterone. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023
- What Is Menopause? Hormones and Menopause: Testosterone. Last Updated: 09 May 2023 | Last Reviewed: 19 August 2022. Jean Hailes for Women’s Health https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause/about-menopause Accessed: 10 May 2023