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If you are not sure you
are going through the menopause then go
along to your doctor where he/she may
suggest a blood test to check out your
hormones levels.
Normally oestrogen
levels begin to drop approx ten years before
the menopause
(last
period). Well balanced diets and light
exercise can help ease certain symptoms that
are experienced by women going through the
change of
life.
The menopause can either
be a happy time in a woman’s life where
she feels that life is now for living by
not having to put up with those dreaded
monthly cycles, however in contrast we
have the women who feel that their life
is over due to the fact that her child
bearing days are now a thing of the past.
Either way there are some great help
groups to give support and advice, don’t
suffer alone. Depression has set in more
often than not for some women when in
menopausal mode. Some menopausal symptoms
can easily be confused with other
ailments so this is why it is important
to speak with someone in the medical
profession.
The menopause can leave
many women depressed and stressed out
where unknown to them at the time they
experience mood swings which can entail
losing control of their temper for no
reason. Some very serious cases of the
menopause symptoms have left women with
the feeling or the urge to end it all.
This is an emotion that can be dealt with
- with the right medication/treatment.
Your health is very delicate at the time
of gong through the change so talk to
someone if you are suffering from any
symptoms that you feel may be the
beginning of the menopause. This is a
time in your life when major changes come
about of which is out of your control
because it is a natural happening of the
body, however discomforting menopause
symptoms that women suffer from can be
eased. You can find out about the
treatments and therapies used to help
control the symptoms and ease pain. Talk
to your doctor so that they can determine
the right type of medication for your
health issue.
No matter how
severe the symptoms you must never be tempted
to take advice from someone else or take their
medication as this can be very dangerous
indeed. The only person qualified to determine
certain illnesses and prescribe medicines is
your doctor.
Clinics have
specially trained nurses for treatinting
patients, however it is the doctor that is in
the position for diagnosing and writing out
prescriptions.
The menopause, is
referred to as the change of life, it is
defined as the end of the last menstrual
period. The age given on average for the
Western woman is 51 years of age to see the
menopause.The change of life happens when the
ovaries no longer respond to the controlling
hormones released by the pituitary gland of the
brain. And it is because of this that the
outcome - results in where the ovaries fail to
release an egg each month and to produce the
female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone.
You can find out more on this from medical
staff at your local clinic or pick up a
pamphlet.
You will find that
what happens is when the fall in levels of
hormones in the bloodstream occurs then this is
what gives rise to the menopause
symptoms.
Symptoms of the
menopause can be experienced early like
irregular periods for some time before the
actual menopause has been diagnosed. This is
clinically known as climacteric, or
'perimenopause', when explained means the
gradual decline in the normal function of the
ovaries. Problems commonly known to show the
presence of climacteric is when you notice the
change in your monthly cycle e.g. erratic
periods as well as time lapses in between and
the amount of loss.
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