大家好, 我是邹世恩, 一名妇产科MaleDoctor,I have been an obstetrician and gynecologist for 15 years and have been lucky enough to help many patients.
However, I also regret to find that many female friends know very little about their own bodies and women’s unique knowledge.
For example, many female friends do not understand the real meaning of [menopause]. For the sake of the so-called [ovarian maintenance], they eat health care products at random and spend money in vain, which also affects their health.
If we have a basic understanding of women’s menopause and aging, these problems can be completely avoided.
Does menopause mean getting old fast?
Menopause is a major turning point in women’s physiological function, from prosperity to decline.
The time of menopause has different effects on the body in the morning and evening. The answer to this question is not absolute.This is becauseAging is rich in connotation and has many influencing factors. Ovarian dysfunction is not the only factor.
Medicine has replaced menopause with perimenopause and menopause.
Modern medicine believes that the essence of menopause is ovarian failure. When follicles are exhausted and there is no growth of follicles, sufficient estrogen and progesterone cannot be produced, and menstruation will naturally stop.
According to the survey, the average menopause age of Chinese women is about 50 years old. If menstruation does not come for one year, after excluding pregnancy, we can identify women as menopausal.
When a woman is formally menopausal, it means that there is basically no estrogen or progesterone in the body. Estrogen, in particular, is necessary for women’s major organs to maintain normal function.
Once menopause occurs, organs begin to age, including skin aging, wrinkles, vaginal dryness, sexual pain, mental and nervous system abnormalities such as hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, etc., and will also face problems such as bone mass reduction to osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, etc. caused by cardiovascular and metabolic problems.
Of course, I have also seen many women in their 20s and 30s who have premature ovarian failure. They also do not have estrogen and progesterone, but they still look younger than women in their 50s who still have menstruation. Also, women who are menopausal at the same age of 50, if they work all the year round, will definitely look older than those who will dress up in the city.
In a word, the aging of appearance is affected by many factors, while the aging of internal organs is very closely related to estrogen.
Menopause at 40 and 55 years old
Which is better?
Estrogen deficiency brings many health problems, involving a wide range of organs and tissues, and the severity is proportional to the duration of deficiency.
For example, chestnuts are generally believed to have serious osteoporosis after 10-15 years of female estrogen deficiency.
Osteoporosis is a silent disease, most of which are asymptomatic. Once fractured, it is troublesome and difficult to heal. It has a high mortality rate and disability rate. Therefore, if you are menopausal at the age of 40, you will have to face this problem from the age of 50 to 55.
However, the family is 55 years old and has just menopause. Can it be compared?
For these problems brought about by menopause, we suggest [what is missing and what is missing] and recommend estrogen and progesterone supplement therapy.In principle, natural hormones are used, but no matter how natural hormones are, they are not natural hormones produced by the human body itself.
Therefore, women who are menopausal at the age of 40 need to use 15 more years of estrogen and progesterone.
Although the natural side effects of estrogen and progesterone are negligible, there are still a few. For example, the risk of breast cancer does not increase within 5 to 7 years of hormone use, but beyond this time, the risk increases slightly.
Of course, I would also like to make it clear that the increased risk is very small, less than 1 ‰ per year. In other words, the number of new breast cancer patients per 1,000 people after one year of use is less than the risk brought about by bad lifestyles such as less exercise, obesity and drinking alcohol.
Then again, is menopause at 55 really good? Not necessarily!
If you are not menopausal at this age, or even have menstrual cramps in your 60s, you should be careful.
Because the fluctuation of estrogen in the menstrual cycle is severe, estrogen is very high before and after ovulation, while hormone therapy brings low levels of hormone concentration. High and low estrogen stimulation for several years, relatively more likely to suffer from hysteromyoma, endometrial lesions and breast lesions and other issues.
No matter 40 years old or 55 years old menopause, there is nothing to be afraid of. The hormone supplement, the physical examination is good, life is still good.
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