Hypothalamic Hormones: Signs of Brain Tumor and Treatment
Womens Health Issues
Hormone imbalance is a complex health issue that adversely affects women each year. If you are concerned about the poor management of your hormone levels, and if traditional hormonal treatment is not effective, it is prudent to ask about the issues associated with hypothalamic hormones and what treatment you may need.
Hypothalamus hormones are a key health risk in women that often leads to poor outcomes in hormone replacement therapy. Because the hypothalamus releases different hormone types than that found in the pituitary and other organs, testing the hypothalamic hormones is often not readily done by doctors and is easily overlooked by the treatment team. If you have poor responding hormone replacement therapy, it is important to ask your doctor about hypothalamus testing.
To diagnose a complication involving hypothalamic hormones, your physician should run not only blood work but also a CT scan, or MRI, to address possible issues of the hypothalamus. Specifically, your doctor should address the levels of the types of the hypothalamus hormones represent and, if possible, whether there is a lesion or tumor present on the hypothalamus. When present, further treatment beyond hormone therapy may be needed to balance your hormone levels.
When confirmed as suffering from hypothalamic hormone irregularity, if the condition is related to a tumor or lesion on the hypothalamus, you can expect there will be minimal opportunities for surgery. Instead, your doctor may recommend radiation therapy to eradicate the lesion or tumor. In addition, medications should be provided to boost your hormone levels while the lesion or tumor is addressed.
Hormone imbalances are common among women but are typically resolved with hormone therapy. If, however, you have hypothalamic hormone complications, then further treatment is needed and often this will involve testing and treatment more than traditional hormone therapy. Always seek out this type of testing and treatment and never settle for traditional hormone replacement therapy when it does not prove effective.
Sources: Human Hypothalamus, by D. F. Swaab
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