HRT may increase joint pain

Women on hormone replacement therpy because of joint aches may experience an increase in pain after stopping treatment warn an expert. This is because estrogen appears to have ubiquitous effects on the female anatomy, where its deficiency may lead to vasomotor and psychosomatic symptoms associated with menopause.

The experts said musculoskeletal aches were common in women of menopausal age and this was reflected in studies conducted in many countries and there is a difference in women of difference cultural backgrounds. Study also said the figture of women complaining of musculoskeletal aches seem to hover around the fifty percent region.