Well, there really are two sides to a coin, and for that matter every other thing!!! Same is the case with Hormone Replacement Therapy. Over the period of time it has been known to serve as cure for many ailments caused due to lowered levels of testosterone in human body. On the other hand, there has been an array of unwanted side effects associated with it as well, if administered without the supervision of a qualified and experienced medical officer.
Previously, hormone therapy had also been suggested and used for the treatment of prostate cancer quite often. Well, quite recently, according to the findings of National Institute of Health, the use of hormone therapy for prostate cancer has been put under a big question mark.
Earlier, men diagnosed with prostate cancer spreading beyond the prostate gland, or those who have had experienced recurring of the disease had been treated with a specific kind of Hormone Replacement Therapy; it comprises of (sometimes) surgical and more often pharmacological castration.
What it actually did was to contribute towards shutting down the source of male hormones (also referred as testosterone ) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT or 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone; another male hormone that gets converted from testosterone within prostate). Recent research greatly hints towards this practice contributing towards fueling cancer.
This recent study greatly suggests that the side effects of this kind of chemical castration caused by Hormone Replacement Therapy in such circumstances can be of disastrous consequences, majorly including:
Reduced or total lack of sexual drive and desire
Impotence
Increased experience of lowered energy and fatigue
Loss of lean muscle mass
Growth of male breast tissues
Hot flashes
Depression
Deteriorated bone conditions leading to osteoporosis
Research also reveled another biggest of the side effect associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy under these conditions which contributes towards forceful hormone blocking approach in use for treatment of prostate cancer patients dramatically increases the risk of (often fatal) cardiac issues.
The study conducted under the supervision of eminent epidemiologist Mieke Hemelrijck of King's College in London, observed the records of about 30,642 Swedish males with different states of prostate cancer who got Hormone Therapy as primary treatment for their ailment and established the fact that their risks of getting infected with various cardiac diseases, heart attacks, arrhythmia, and heart failure were as high as 19% to 26% as compared to the individuals who were never treated with such a therapy for prostate cancer.
Their findings indicated that the prostate patients treated with Hormone Replacement Therapy were exposed to significantly higher risks of developing all types of cardiac issues and majority of them were more likely to succumb to those symptoms as a cause of their death as compared to those who never had such a treatment particularly for prostate cancer.
In the past this kind of therapy has been used for dealing with a host of other issues, particularly related to treating various symptoms of aging with great success, and medical specialists can keep doing so with equal significance, only if Hormone Replacement Therapy is applied under strict expert medical supervision in the right areas.
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