Does a 60 year old woman need estrogen ointment?

A 60 year old woman does not necessarily need estrogen ointment, only when the patient appears due to lack of estrogen and discomfort or disease need to be used under the guidance of a doctor. Women before and after menopause due to the decline in ovarian function leads to a decline in the level of estrogen in the body, and then may appear a series of symptoms, such as hot flashes, anxiety, etc., general symptoms are not obvious do not need special treatment, but when the patient’s symptoms are more obvious or when the emergence of disease, supplemental estrogen treatment, such as atrophic vaginitis, vaginal dryness, osteoporosis, etc.. Long-term estrogen supplementation may lead to lesions in the endometrium and mammary glands. Therefore, patients with diseases caused by low estrogen levels need to be treated with estrogen ointment under the guidance of a doctor.