Creating a new balance

Woman is gradually overcoming menopause and included postmenopausal Postmenopause - is it possible to control it? . It can be stated with certainty, when, after the last menstrual period is held annually. Estrogen and progesterone are still produced in the body, but in much smaller quantities. But as the hormone levels are more stable than during menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and mood swings Mood swings in women - bad character or a disease? Disappear.

Women may experience symptoms such lack of estrogen, like vaginal dryness Vaginal dryness: Causes and Symptoms Problems with bladder control and thinning of the bones. During this period may be prescribed hormone replacement therapy.

For women with hypothyroidism, it is important to remember that if you eat a lot of phytoestrogens (found in soy products), or you are taking hormone replacement therapy, you should check thyroid and may adjust therapy. Estrogens, whether in the form of plants or drugs can interfere with the activity of the thyroid gland and cause the symptoms of hypothyroidism. Even if your blood tests are normal, if you have hypothyroidism symptoms, especially fatigue, fluid retention, headaches and depression, perhaps you should increase the dose.

If you have had a hysterectomy, and you take estrogen, you may be better if you'll also take natural progesterone Progesterone - norm and pathology . Progesterone balances estrogen, affects the water retention, increases the absorption of the thyroid gland and the metabolic rate, and acts on the bone growth. Tearfulness also treatable by progesterone. Synthetic progesterone has no such positive effects, by contrast, often causes bad mood, bloating, fatigue and other side effects.

Women aged fifty and older should be tested for hypothyroidism every few years. For sixty years hypothyroidism observed in 17% of women. Thus, it is a very common problem, but it is often overlooked, symptoms referring simply to the account of age. At older ages, hypothyroidism is often misdiagnosed as dementia.

Symptoms

Before fifty years of menstruation in women are less long and lean or, on the contrary, long and heavy suffering and their regularity. In most cases, between individual passes all menses longer period of time, until they cease altogether. But sometimes it is the time starting heavy intermenstrual bleeding, and menstruation, so plentiful that resemble bleeding. But still, after a while there comes a last menstrual period and menopause begins. Determine the date of the last menstrual period not earlier than one year, as there is no certainty that after a few months will not see another menstruation.

Changes in oranizme

Sometimes, due to a decrease in blood estrogen have problems with urination: Frequent urination (including at night), painful urination (this may be a sign of acute cystitis), sometimes incontinence.

Undergo changes and the vulva of women: thins, becomes dry and vulnerable vaginal mucosa, sometimes in this area can cause irritation and itching, as well as the selection of different nature. Some women (especially a lot of giving birth) can occur uterine prolapse.

There may be disturbances, and sexual desire: and immediately after the termination, it is usually low, but then, once established permanent hormones, sex drive is restored.

The changes that take place with the menstrual cycle, accompanied by a number of other symptoms. The most well-known symptoms of menopause are hot flashes (sudden feeling of heat, accompanied by redness of the face and upper body), they often continue to harass women after the menopause for several more years. The cause of hot flushes - reduction in blood female hormone estrogen, which causes malfunction of the thermoregulatory center in the brain. Some women have hot flashes do not happen even before the cessation of menstruation, while others are concerned about the time, many times a day. The severity of the symptoms can also vary from mild sensation of warmth in the face of multiple tides up with significant facial flushing, severe sweating, palpitations, and fever, which is accompanied by a shudder.

At night, the tides are manifested in the form of sweating, the degree of which may also be different. In some cases, heavy sweating causes the woman to wake up at night (and sometimes more than once) in order to change clothes, which, of course, does not add to her good mood and performance breaks during the day.

No less common symptom during menopause is a headache that occurs with cramps or, on the contrary, a sharp sudden expansion of the blood vessels of the brain associated with disruption of the autonomic nervous system. Vascular spasm in the brain a headache can be moderate or more intense or less continuous character. With the dramatic expansion of the pain catches up suddenly, it is very strong, the type of migraine, on the one side of the head. Migraine woman can not stand loud noises, bright lights, strong smells.

Often during menopause, sleep disturbances occur, which is associated, including hot flashes and night (sweating), irritability, weakness, fear and anxiety Anxiety - how to distinguish normal from disease? .

Since hormonal changes lead to violations of protein metabolism in the skin decreases the amount of collagen and elastin fibers (these are composed of proteins) which are framed skin. The result is thinning of the skin, which also becomes less elastic and is collected in folds. Suffer and skin appendages - nails and hair.

The psychological perception

All these symptoms are often very poorly tolerated by women and can lead to the formation of a neurosis Neurosis - reaction to the nervous shock Accompanied by irritable weakness, fatigue, constant change of mood, lack of confidence in their abilities, and sometimes inappropriate behavior. At this time, many women are constantly in conflict with others, both at home and at work, and then calmed down, blame the self, thinking that they just can not control himself. For some women in this period are characterized by panic attacks, so-called panic attacks Panic attacks - fear of nowhere . This is the result of violations of the autonomic nervous system, panic attacks may start suddenly, and as suddenly pass.

If such complaints to see a doctor, he explained that the period of menopause, all these phenomena are quite natural, and eventually they will. As a rule, consult a doctor and light sedatives Sedatives - take valerian and be happy?   helping women move this difficult period.

Formed constant depression, bad mood with wanton tears, which can turn into a real depression. Especially characteristic of depression with symptoms of impaired memory and concentration - it is very oppresses women.

You just need to go through the menopause, and if it runs very hard, then seek medical advice.