What is Menopause ?
Menopause is a natural phase that will be experienced by every woman who usually occurs over the age of 40 years. This is an end of the menstrual cycle of biological processes that occur due to decreased production of the hormone estrogen produced by ovaries (ovarian). A woman said to be experiencing menopause when her menstrual cycle had stopped for 12 months. Cessation of menstruation will have an impact on the health consequences both physically and psychologically.
How do the symptoms of menopause?
The symptoms that arise and interfere in every woman's perceived age before and during menopause in the form of irregular menstruation, hot flushes (hot flashes chest area, neck, which spread to face up to the scalp), night sweat, heart palpitations, headaches / migraine, vertigo, insomnia (difficulty sleeping), joint pain, muscle pain, fatigue, decreased sex drive, to the emotional changes like anxiety, depression, and irritability.
Long-term consequences that must be considered in postmenopausal women is osteoporosis (brittle bones), coronary heart disease, stroke, and dementia.
The symptoms that arise and interfere in every woman's perceived age before and during menopause in the form of irregular menstruation, hot flushes (hot flashes chest area, neck, which spread to face up to the scalp), night sweat, heart palpitations, headaches / migraine, vertigo, insomnia (difficulty sleeping), joint pain, muscle pain, fatigue, decreased sex drive, to the emotional changes like anxiety, depression, and irritability.
Long-term consequences that must be considered in postmenopausal women is osteoporosis (brittle bones), coronary heart disease, stroke, and dementia.
Menopause Symptoms
Bleeding
Bleeding here is bleeding out of the vagina. Unlike the arrival of irregular menstruation, bleeding occurs in menopausal women is irregular. These symptoms mainly occur at the beginning of menopause. Bleeding will appear several times in a span of several months and then stopped altogether. Since the advent of early menopause, these symptoms are often called transitional phenomena.
Hot flashes and night sweats
Burning sensation often experienced by women entering menopause. This feeling is often perceived from the face spread throughout the body. The heat is often accompanied by redness of the skin and sweating. This feeling is often the case for 30 seconds up to several minutes. Although the explanation of this phenomenon is not known with certainty but is thought to occur as a result of fluctuating hormone estrogen. As is known, at the time of menopause, estrogen levels in the blood will drop sharply and therefore contributes to several body functions controlled by these hormones.
So far have not found a method to estimate at what age this phenomenon will appear and when it will end. The heat is already happening even before a woman enters menopause. These symptoms will disappear within 5 years in approximately 80% of women, the rest will continue to experience up to 10 years.
Unfortunately, despite the burning sensation and redness, the suffering of women who are menopausal are also coupled with sweating at night. These symptoms will certainly disturb the sleep disorder that causes a woman who experienced it will always lack of sleep.
Symptoms of vaginal
Symptoms of the vagina arise as a result of the changes that occur in the lining of the vaginal wall. The vagina becomes dry and less elastic due to the decrease in estrogen levels. In addition there are also itching of the vagina and the more severe is the pain during intercourse. Changes in the vagina is also resulting in menopausal women prone to vaginal infections.
Symptoms of urinary
Changes that occur in the lining of the vagina also occur in the urethra tract. The urethra is the channel that channel urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. Urethra channel will also dry up, thinning and reduced keelastisannya a result of the decrease in estrogen levels. This change will cause menopausal women prone to urinary tract infections, always wanted to pee and wetting.
Emotional and cognitive symptoms
Women who will enter menopause often experience emotional and cognitive symptoms are varied. These symptoms, among others, mental fatigue, memory problems, irritability, and rapid mood changes. It is very difficult to know the symptoms of which are influenced by hormonal changes. These emotional changes are sometimes not aware of women who are menopausal so it needs a special approach to this problem. This approach to convince the woman on what is being sustained. Cold sweat break out also gives the impression of physical fatigue resulting from sleep deprivation.
Other physical changes
Other physical changes include changes in body fat distribution in postmenopausal women where fat will accumulate on the hips and abdomen. Changes in skin texture, wrinkling skin, and sometimes accompanied by acne.
