After three years of menopause, has the sex hormone level returned to normal?

Patient's question:

No

Doctor's answer:

The common factor affecting all menopausal women is the decline in hormone levels. Due to the atrophy of the ovaries, estrogen and progesterone levels continue to decline. For postmenopausal women in a natural state, their estrogen is no longer produced by the ovaries but is converted from androgens in the periphery, while androgens are produced by ovarian stromal cells (not follicles) and the adrenal glands. It can be imagined that the estrogen level in the body at this time is much lower than before menopause.