Sex hormones play a crucial role in sexual development and reproduction. In females, the main sex hormones are estrogen and progesterone. They help develop and maintain female sex characteristics and play an important role in fertility, pregnancy, and the menstrual cycle.  The female hormones control heart rate, sleep cycles, sexual function, and reproduction.    T r

The most common cause of low estrogen is menopause. Every woman knows that menopause is in her future.  But most women don’t realize that they’ll spend far more time in peri-menopause than in menopause. Or that post-menopause will last longer than perimenopause and menopause combined.  Here are a few common question you may have:

• How Do I Know if I’m Going Through Menopause? …
• What Can I Do About Hot Flashes?
• Interrupted Sleep: Is This Normal?
• What Are My Options for Treating Vaginal Dryness?
• How Long Until I Feel Normal Again?
• How Can I Maintain a Healthy Weight?

While you may hear a lot about how hormones affect women’s function and life, they play an important role for men, too. Testosterone is the major sex hormone in males and plays several important roles. The production of testosterone starts to increase significantly during puberty and begins to dip after age 30 or so.  Testosterone is most often associated with sex drive and plays a vital role in sperm production. It also affects bone and muscle mass; the way men store fat in the body.  Testosterone starts to decline 1%  a year after the age of 30.   When testosterone levels begin to decline significantly men may have andropause symptoms like women experience menopausal symptoms.

What are the symptoms of low testosterone?

• Reduced sex drive.
• Erectile dysfunction.
• Hot flashes.
• Less strength or stamina
• Low or zero sperm count (azoospermia), which causes male infertility.