{"id":7841,"date":"2023-02-07T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=7841"},"modified":"2023-03-08T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T08:36:11","slug":"how-much-of-an-impact-do-female-hormones-have-on-our-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/rare-diseases\/how-much-of-an-impact-do-female-hormones-have-on-our-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"How much of an impact do female hormones have on our bodies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-7842\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/02\/07210533\/sallyanne-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/02\/07210533\/sallyanne-headshot.png 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/02\/07210533\/sallyanne-headshot-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Sallyanne Brady<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Founder, The Irish Menopause<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have a female reproductive system, then you will go through perimenopause. It\u2019s up to you to educate yourself about hormones and discuss the possibilities with your doctor \u2013 nobody else will do this for you.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Our bodies have been sending us messages constantly since puberty with clear instructions for the day ahead. Enter your mid to late-30s, and the messages don\u2019t come some days. What are the messages, you ask?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-understanding-female-hormones\"><strong>Understanding female hormones&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hormones are\u202fthe body\u2019s chemical messengers. They carry information and instructions from one set of cells to another. The endocrine system (which releases the hormones) influences every cell, organ, and function of our bodies. Our life since puberty has been all about hormones. As women, we need to understand their importance and what may happen without them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Female hormones affect various parts of the body<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our bones can begin to deteriorate, lose mass and may later on lead to osteoporosis. Our hearts rely on oestrogen too, it needs it to protect our arteries and blood vessels. Moreover, brains are full of hormone receptors. Our digestion \u2013 yes that is also affected.&nbsp;Did you know that even your gut has hormone receptors? Receptors are everywhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our joints will end up hurting too. No, it\u2019s not just getting old. Hormones are like a lubricant; when they\u2019re gone, the body will stiffen up. You will have an awful lot of unexplained aches and pains. You may even be diagnosed with a new onset of conditions such as fibromyalgia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Hormones are like a lubricant; when they\u2019re gone, the body will stiffen up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why oestrogen is an important hormone<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our vaginas and bladders are greatly affected by hormones. You will, all of a sudden, be getting new bouts of urinary infections, thrush and urgency, among others. The vagina needs local oestrogen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaginal atrophy, which essentially means the &#8216;wasting away&#8217; of the vagina, will happen without oestrogen. This can lead to a prolapse, and even worse, sepsis from an infection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Menopause only happens for<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>one day<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Menopause is only for one day \u2014 the day you have been period-free for 12 months or 24 months if under the age of 50. The day after this one day, you are then post-menopause. Welcome to the rest of your life without hormones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, do you get the picture? There isn\u2019t a centimetre of our body that doesn\u2019t have a hormone receptor. Every woman needs to be equipped with this information, and more people should understand how female hormones work. To sum it up \u2014 \u2018When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras!\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a female reproductive system, then you will go through perimenopause. It\u2019s up to you to educate yourself about hormones and discuss the possibilities with your doctor \u2013 nobody else will do this for you.&nbsp; Our bodies have been sending us messages constantly since puberty with clear instructions for the day ahead. Enter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/rare-diseases\/how-much-of-an-impact-do-female-hormones-have-on-our-bodies\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":7843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5778],"tags":[5779],"class_list":["post-7841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rare-diseases","tag-rare-diseases-q1-2023"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/02\/07210532\/GettyImages-1312606489-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/02\/07210532\/GettyImages-1312606489-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"henryphillips","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/henryphillips\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7841"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8460,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841\/revisions\/8460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}