Hormone replacement therapy can be beneficial to both men and women, although the need for hormone replacement therapy can look quite different for each gender. Regardless of gender, hormones help to control many bodily functions such as body temperature, mood, appetite and physical and emotional health. Things like stress, age, dieting, lifestyle and pregnancy, menstruation and menopause in women can cause hormonal imbalances. Hormonal changes can potentially be identified if you are seeing abrupt, unexplained changes to your body that aren’t a result of lifestyle changes. In both genders, hormonal changes can cause symptoms such as mood swings, fatigue, weight gain, decreased libido, depression, muscle loss, joint pain, memory loss, loss of bone density and loss of stamina. For women, symptoms can also include hot flashes, vaginal dryness and lack of skin elasticity. Your doctor can help you determine if the symptoms you are experiencing are the result of a hormone imbalance. We serve patients from Henderson NV, Midway NV, Gibson Springs NV, Paradise Hills NV, and Winchester NV.