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How To Deal With Menopause And Related Health Concerns

By on June 24, 2011

menopause symptoms and treatmentMenopause is an important phase of life which every woman passes through in her life and this is the time which makes her lose her mental balance and physically too she is undergoing so many changes which she is not able to deal with. But if women know and get all the knowledge related to menopause they can easily handle and deal with it by learning few easy ways to overcome menopausal symptoms.

Know What Is Menopause

It is very important to know about menopause or stopping of periods in woman after certain age. After certain age there is reduction in the production of hormones in women, which is much lesser than the required level for menstrual cycle to start. That is why when this level of hormones starts decreasing they start moving towards menopause. This means after certain age the ovarian gland in women stops producing estrogens hormone and this is the most effective hormone in women which causes regular periods in them. Some women really welcome this stopping of menstrual cycle as they feel that they get rid of every month’s problem of facing PMS and periods, while others really face problem and are not ready to accept these changes in their body.

Menopause is an important turn in every woman’s life, which affects the feminine aspect in her body, because after menopause she would not be able to conceive at all. This stage in her life is not any kind of disease which needs to be dealt with great care or medical supervision. Generally the average age of menopause is 51 years , but sometimes it varies from arriving as early as 38 years of age to as late as 54 years of age.

Detect Pre-Menopausal Symptoms

Before the arrival of menopause there are few symptoms or indications in women at the age of approximately 40 years which are termed as changing or alteration phase in her body and referred to as Pre-menopausal symptoms. In this stage mostly the period of ovulation decreases and there is imbalance in the hormonal level of the ovaries. This reflects as irregular periods, heavy blood flow during periods or bleeding at a totally different time from the expected menstrual cycle. There are different kinds of menopause which can also occur in woman’s body like Surgical Menopause or Cold Turkey menopause.

Some Common Troubles During Menopause

During menopause all the glands which secrete hormones get blocked and that is why there are many changes which occur in her body, but sometimes it might happen that there might be no indications before menopause. In such cases the only change which occurs in their body is that their periods stop at once. While in women going through menopause they face changes in periods along with respiratory problems and physical and emotional changes. Some of the common symptoms are listed below:

During menopause the vaginal walls become thinner, there is loss of lubrication on the walls, dryness increases on the vaginal walls and all these factors start affecting the sex life of the woman.

The woman starts facing mental lethargy or she starts feeling mentally unstable, which is why she is unable to take any decision promptly. She suffers from Hot flushes, which means suddenly she will start feeling very warm and in the night she might start sweating and she feels restless too.

The woman undergoing menopause will face problems related to heart and bones too. The skin starts thinning, waist widens and the muscles start becoming stressed and weak which brings along weight gain too. Since the bone density lessens there is fear of bones getting cracked very easily. The joints start becoming immobile and loss of friction between the joints causes symptoms of arthritis in them.

With the onset of menopause woman start suffering from eye sight related problems, sleep apnoea, loss of memory, emotional problems and many a times depression too.

exercise to deal with menopause

Dealing With Menopause

You cannot stop menopause, however by taking required diet rich in vitamins and nutrition’s you can reduces the number of problems arising while going through menopause. If you follow a healthy lifestyle with optimistic approach it will help you in sailing smoothly through this tough period. Here are few tips listed which can be used to make menopause easier.

HRT Or Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hot Flushes can be controlled with the help of Hormone Replacement Therapy, which means such kind of cure which uses hormones like estrogens, progesterone, Tibolon and many combined therapies to subside the various symptoms which occur during menopause. There is no fixed dosage for this therapy, it is altered according to the need of the patient who is undergoing menopause. One third women undergoing menopause do not show any symptom, one third show just normal symptoms and the reaming one third are the ones which require the HRT treatment. HRT treatment is very effective in controlling the vasomotor symptoms like hot flushes, night sweats and urogenital symptoms.
HRT is very successful in overcoming Urogenital or vaginal atrophy and sex related problems like vaginal dryness, superficial Diaspereuniea and urinary frequency.

Treating Menopause With The Help Of Yoga And Exercise

Yoga and heavy breathing exercises or medium controlled diaphragmatic breathing should be made part of regular exercise routine. It has been found in many researches that heavy breathing exercises help in controlling and reducing hot flushes by 50%.If you will do regular exercise for 5 days in a week for 30 minutes then severe diseases like osteoporosis can be treated easily and you will get relieved from various menopause relate health concerns. Aerobic exercises, stretching work outs make your body flexible and swimming, jogging, walking etc. helps in making the bones strong and healthy.

Treating Menopause With The Help Of Balanced Diet

Eating a lot of dairy products like milk, curd, cheese or paneer and green leafy vegetables like broccoli or spinach everyday helps in providing required amount of calcium to our body, which in turn makes our bones strong. After menopause even the gynaecologists suggest women to take daily 1200-1500mg of calcium in the form of supplements to keep their bones healthy and strong.

Except for these ways by following a healthy and happy lifestyle women can make their menopausal period both pre and post very smooth and an easy going experience.

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