When it comes to menopause, People always associate it with emotional instability and shouting, Also think menopause women are terrible. In fact, Menopausal women are not so destructive. On the contrary, they suffer from many ailments: hot flashes, palpitations, sleep problems, and even osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases. Whether you are a woman or a man, it is best to understand some menopause knowledge and care for yourself and your family.
What is climacteric?
Female menopause mainly refers to a period of time before and after menopause, Medicine calls this period more perimenopause. The onset of menopause, It is closely related to the decline of ovarian function. At birth, There are 2 million follicles in a woman’s ovary. From childhood onwards, these follicles will begin to degenerate gradually, leaving only about 300,000 follicles by puberty. Of these, only about 400 follicles will eventually mature and ovulate. When these follicles gradually deplete, the ovarian function will gradually fail, the hormone in the body will decline, and eventually permanent menopause will occur.
Menopause strikes, it’s really bad.
The average menopause age of Chinese women is 49.5 years old, 80% of whom are 44 ~ 54 years old. Once you embark on the road of “running to five”, it is not far from the following climacteric symptoms.
The most common symptom is hot flashes. Redness of skin on the face, neck and chest often occurs repeatedly. After that, it is accompanied by hyperthermia and sweating. It is usually more likely to occur at night or when you are excited or nervous. Severe attacks occur more than ten times a day. In addition, palpitations, vertigo, headache, insomnia, tinnitus, anxiety, irritability or mild depression often occur. The severity and duration of symptoms vary from person to person, and some even last for more than 5 years, seriously affecting the quality of life.
In addition to these recent symptoms, there will be many long-term symptoms. Some middle-aged and elderly women will repeatedly suffer from urinary tract infection and vaginal dryness. In addition, the incidence of osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease will also increase significantly compared with premenopause. These are all related to low estrogen levels.
How do you judge that you may have entered menopause?
Due to the decline of ovarian function, Women may have menstrual disorders, For example, the menstruation time is not fixed, the bleeding duration is long or short, and the amount of bleeding is more or less. Therefore, menstruation can be a signal of menopause. Specifically, If you are over 40 years old, and in the last ten months, the menstrual interval is irregular, the length of the cycle changes by more than one week, or there are clinical manifestations such as hot flashes and sweating, you can go to the hospital gynecology department for further examination.
Doctors need to ask in detail about your menstruation and whether you have various perimenopausal symptoms, and whether you have had any previous medical history of hypertension, diabetes, thrombosis, breast cancer or endometrial cancer. At the same time, you will be examined with corresponding physical examination, ultrasound, hormone level and other examinations to determine your ovarian function.
In this way, you can pass menopause gracefully.
When menopause strikes, many people’s first reaction is to prepare some medicine [recuperation]. In fact, what needs to be adjusted most is the lifestyle and mentality.
1. Diet:
Food is mainly low-fat and low-salt, and the daily salt intake should be less than 6 g; Eat not less than 250 g of vegetables and fruits every day, eat fish at least twice a week, and properly eat whole grain fiber; Strictly quit smoking and limit daily drinking to no more than 20 g.
2. Sport:
Regular exercise can effectively improve our body metabolism, Significantly reduce the incidence of adverse cardiac events, stroke, fracture and cancer during perimenopause and postmenopause. The best frequency of exercise is at least 3 times a week. At least 30 minutes at a time. Aerobic exercise is the main exercise (e.g. Fast walking, jogging, long distance slow swimming), and the intensity needs to be moderate (simple judgment: you can speak normally but cannot sing during exercise). In addition, it is recommended to add strength training (e.g. Lifting dumbbells) twice a week to exercise muscles and slow muscle atrophy.
We should follow the principle of “doing what we can” and at the same time pay attention to avoid injuries to muscles, joints and bone systems.
3. Social aspects:
It is suggested to take part in more social activities and find someone to chat with. Or to carry out mental activities, find interesting things to distract your attention, all help to maintain a good state of mind, will also have obvious relief effect on climacteric symptoms.
Having a correct understanding of menopause, and doing the above points well, it is not difficult to pass menopause gracefully. If climacteric symptoms are serious, you can consult a doctor, and after the doctor’s evaluation, you can carry out standardized hormone supplement therapy.