What is estradiol?
Estradiol is a crucial hormone for women’s reproductive health. It’s a form of estrogen that affects your heart, blood vessels, bones, and brain, too. It’s the most prominent type of estrogen during your reproductive years.
Because it plays such a big role in your overall health, it’s important to know what normal estradiol levels look like, how those levels change as you age, and what it means if your levels are too high or too low. Understanding normal estradiol levels is especially important if you’re having trouble getting pregnant, if you have period problems, or if you’re going through menopause.
If you’re taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), monitoring your estradiol levels is especially important.
In this article, we’ll explore normal estradiol levels by age, the factors that affect these levels, and what it means if your levels aren’t in the typical range.