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Menopause
Menopause is the period in a woman’s life when her menstruation ceases. It usually starts between ages 45 and 55. Menopause occurs because the woman’s ovary stops releasing the hormones progesterone and estrogen.
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Do women with Asperger's Syndrome go through menopause earlier than other women?
There is no evidence that shows that women with Asperger's Syndrome start menopause eariler or later than other women. This, however, has not been a highly researched area of Autism Science.
2nd Answer, this one from a perimenopausal woman with Asperger's syndrome:
There is not a connection between Asperger's syndrome and onset of menopause. However, women (and men!) with Asperger's often seem cranky and sensitive enough to be on menopause!
What medicine will reduce menopause symptoms?
A common OTC herbal therapy for menopausal symptoms is black cohosh. It can be found in products such as Estroven®. There are also other OTC menopausal medications but ALWAYScheck the ingredients and ask a pharmacist if it is safe to take with your current medications. NEVER start an herbal medication without checking with a pharmacist FIRST!!!! There are a lot of interactions that most of the general public is not aware of. Estroven® helps address menopausal symptoms with unique formulas that include soy isoflavones, black cohosh, calcium and boron, vitamins E, B-12, B-6, other B-vitamins, and folic acid, and proprietary herbal blends to address specific symptoms Prescription options: If hot flashes are your problem, ask your doctor about Clonidine. It can reduce the symptoms of hot flashes but it can also decrease your blood pressure. Hormone therapy is also an option but should be considered carefully as it can increase the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, blood clots, and many other problems. Estrogens (hormones) are available as tablets, creams, vaginal inserts, and patches. The will help decrease the symptoms of menopause but should not be taken long term. Hormone therapy should be re-evaluated every 6 months. Talk to your doctor before starting hormone therapy.
Why do some women get hot flashes while they are in menopause and others don't?
Women typically start to have hot flashes during their menopause. Since there is no clear consensus amongst the scientists regarding the cause of the hot flashes during the menopause, it is also unclear why some women don't get them at all while others do.
Are eggs still present after menopause?
there may still be some eggs but once the estrogen plummets they are no longer viable & will be absorbed into the body. Early in life eggs are the healthiest & most viable. late in life eggs are notable for the high likely hood of contributing to birth defects. Which is yet another reason we have evolved the process of menopause to put us out of the baby making business as we get too old to make healthy babies or be around to take care of them.
Usually woman experience perimenopause and menopause (I call it PM&M for short!) beginning in their forties or fifties. Some women experience it earlier than 40. This is what we call premature menopause. Premature menopause can be due to genetic makeup, an illness, or medical procedure.
There is a lot of information out there about PM&M.
About every 4 weeks, a girl that is able to become pregnant has her period.
In front of this period, her body gets ready to attach a fertilized egg in the womb.
As the egg wanders down and is not fertilized, it will not attach.
When the body realizes that the egg did not attach, it gets rid of all preparations for the possible child. This is the actual period.
After the period, the cycle starts again to prepare for the next egg.
It is sort of a cellular safeguard, making sure that the conditions met for each egg is optimally safe and secure.
A crude explanation but mostly to the point.
Does vitamin e help with hot flush's?
Never heard any credible report on that. Vitamen E is generally a great addition for skin & blood health, so probably doesnt hurt.
The best thing I have found for menopause has been BHRT, Pellet therapy The Pellet therapy has been a GOD SEND! There isn't much talk on this board about it and it definitely goes against all the conventional wisdom of loading us up with more estrogen. If you can't think outside the box, don't even go see a pellet therapy clinic. If you can listen & are open to a better way, you should at least go.
Their philosophy won me over & it works for me so no hate mail please, I'm healthy & happy, that's all I care about.
* Their premise is that menopausal & post menopausal women, don't need supplemental Estrogen
* Their premise is that the worst days we have in our cycle are the days when our estrogen is the highest...PMS.
* The Dr at my clinic (a female!) even inelegantly called estrogen the B***H Hormone.. Like I said if you are too sensitive to listen, Do Not Go.
* Their premise is that pre-menopausal my body made testosterone & then converts it to estrogen & progesterone as my body needed it. They also say that since I haven't had a Hysterectomy it will still convert if I get testosterone!
* Their premise is that by giving testosterone & letting my body make what it needs, It would get me off the roller coaster & it did!
* The pills, patches & creams all spike your system because they hit you pretty fast, the pellets last 90 days & are very slow to dissolve & are absorbed from my fat buttocks. That happens slowly.
I had to leave my belief in the sacred estrogen and the Dr that had been my light & hope, but I later realized had also been the one that had sold me the ticket to the roller coaster..
I have now been taking Natural Hormone Pellet therapy for 3 years and the hot flushes are gone, joint pain gone, I sleep great & have energy for the grandkids & my sex drive is almost too much but that is hot too.
How does a man handle his wifes rage during menopause?
This question has not been answered because there is no answer! You're on your own, Pal. Just like the rest of us! We're all dying slow deaths from the venom spewed out of the depressed, raging, sexless, three-headed beasts! Enjoy the ride! mmmwwwaaaa ha ha ha ha!!
How do you relieve Menopausal symptoms?
If you look to herbs and minerals you might find what your looking for. I have a friend going through this and natural cures in my opinion is the safest not drugs that have harmful side effects. Ask your Dr. before using anything especially if your already taking something. Owlman
AnswerThe above poster gave you excellent advice. I have gone through menopause and chose not to take Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) because it's dangerous. Short-term use if a woman is having an extremely rough time of it is fine, but SHORT-TERM ONLY! HRT has been linked to breast cancer, blood clots (especially in the legs) and there is no evidence that HRT strengthens bones or the heart (that was on the news at the beginning of last year.) I chose to go to a Homeopathic doctor for the symptoms I had. Women in menopause go through hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, crying jags for no reason, cranky, feeling over whelmed, some memory loss and sometimes low libido. Most of these symptoms can be dealt with on your own such as putting your under part of your wrists under cold water or a wet cloth on the back of your neck. For night sweats (didn't get many) I used a fan on low so the breeze just went over my body. When I got moody I cheered myself up with keeping busy at things I enjoyed, went for long peaceful walks and enjoyed nature or kept a low profile until it passed. When I had the odd crying jag I'd let go with a vengeance and get it out of the way and felt better. Instead of succumbing to memory loss I wrote things down, did crossword puzzles, studied things at night school and on the Internet. I kept busy! I found that Homeopathic medicines did work, but take longer to work than most conventional medicines, but natural is safer.
I also learned to have a good diet and one big thing I came to realize was to change where I bought my meat and poultry. I went to a meat market and bought free-range meat, poultry and eggs. They don't have hormones in them. The meat you buy at your local grocery stores is loaded with it. I ate a diet of fresh vegetables and fruit, 3 1/2 ounces of protein at each meal, exercised, grains and dairy and 8 - 8 ounce glasses of water a day and also drink a full glass of Pomegranate juice that is high in antitoxidants. Surround yourself with friends socially because and have some good laughs.
The mental attitude of a woman is important as well. Some women feel when they are in menopause they are old, feelings of uselessness and some women even pine over the fact they can no longer have children, but in reality this is just another phase of a woman's life and an exciting one. My life is full of excitement because I now have the time to tap into the things I do well and enjoy such things as writing, artwork, gardening, plus I volunteer and work. I am MY own person for a change and I come first instead of putting others first that I have done in the past as so many women have. If women in menopause have children then they will have a rich reward of grandchildren and I've seen some hot looking grandmothers out there! LOL My girlfriend is a grandmother of two boys and is 63 years old and looks 49.
It's also beneficial to take up Tai Chi, Yoga, swimming, getting those walks in or working out at the gym and treating the body as a whole .... mind, body and spirit. I am a Christian (not forcing this down any one's throat) but feel at peace and know that I have learned so much from my past and also learned that my faith has seen me through many painful times and only made me stronger.
So, it's up to each individual woman to do the best she can and not look at menopause as a dreadful disease. My girlfriends and I get together and poke fun at ourselves or each other and laugh ourselves sick. Laughter really is the best medicine!
How do you deal with menopause?
Unfortunately, no one prepares us for perimenopause or menopause (I call it PM&M for short), but we must change that!
Then educate yourself. Learn about the various symptoms, tests and options available. You can use the internet or pick up some books, ask the sisterhood what their experience have been. Form your own PM&M support group!
Focus on finding a gynecologist who specializes in PM&M. It is helpful to interview a few before you pick one. I went through several doctors before I found one that was right for me. This PM&M is big business. You need a smart doctor to help you make the right decisions.
I am not a scientist or a doctor. I am an ordinary woman who had a really difficult and often depressing time with PM&M. I was not prepared. I struggled.
Can agnus castus and black cohosh be used together to treat menopausal symptoms?
They can be, and often are, used together. Off the health food store shelves, some formulas have it combined and some don't. Herbal practitioners who formulate for each individual client may combine them, along with other herbs, but not always.
Okay either you have a wart or very dry skin and somehow you got cut but otherwise I dont know. from where.......
How does a woman know she is not in menopause?
As soon as you notice some irregularity in your periods, you might be starting the process, which is called peri-menopause. That will be your condition for as long as you have period, which could be anywhere from 5 to 15 years depending on all factors of your health and family history. When you have not had a period for a full 12 months, you would then be considered in full menopause. In fact, once you've gone the year without a period (or spotting), you are actually Post-menopausal. Talk to other women and discuss everything about menopause at http://www.minniepauz.com Join the forum and ask questions of a qualified doctor.
If you have not had your period for 10 months is that considered menopause?
Here you must also see your age, if it is say 48 years of age and you have not had your period for ten long months , thenit is considered menopause.
From your description, I am assuming you had unprotected sex. Get PROTECTION! Cycles vary with lifestyle and stress. Sounds like a normal cycle and you are being hypervigilent.
What problems may women experience at menopause?
Most women going through menopause (and even peri-menopause/pre-menopause) experience:
- Hot Flashes
- Night Sweats
- Sleeplessness
- Fatigue
- Menstrual Irregularity
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Decreased Sex Drive
- Skin, Hair and Nail changes
- Brain Fog/decreased concentration
- Emotional changes (including irritability, anxiety and depression)
Many doctors and women opt for HRT because of the intensity of the symptoms, but there are natural and MUCH safer herbal remedies available. Luckily with the internet, women can inform themselves easily these days.
How does an infrared sauna help menopause?
Infrared saunas are EXTREMELY good at helping the body to detox. One of the issues with women and menopause (and especially overweight women) is that they tend to carry around a higher toxic load because toxins are stored in the fat cells. Because of this, the body has a more difficult time keeping hormones balanced (and this can make menopause an even more difficult transition than it needs to be).
So regularly detoxing the body by using an infrared sauna can be a helpful addition to other healthy menopause relief approaches, such as herbs and phytoestrogens.
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What age can a women go through menopause and what is the symptoms?
It lasts approximately 10 years according to doctors. It's another part of a woman's life where she ceases to have menstrual periods and will never be able to have children. Women can suffer from mood swings, depression, hot/cold flashes, lethargy, sore breasts, weight gain or sometimes weight loss along with low libido.
Menopause is nothing to fear and it's no different than starting your periods, getting pregnant, and now you are simply into a different phase of your life. A good healthy diet, those 8 - 8 ounce glasses of water per day and exercise is a must! Yoga and other relaxing techniques also help a great deal. Hot flashes .... put a cold cloth on the back of your neck, or run the under-sides of your wrists under cold water. Works every time. If a woman is moody and depressed constantly it's better to be treated with antidepressants than HRT. HRT should be used as a last resort.
Personal experiences:
- Women are also between a rock and a hard place. Hormone Replacement is the only answer from most doctors, but I went through it naturally with a good diet and could put up with some of my symptoms. I also took Tai Chi and worked out. Hormone Replacement is related to breast cancer, stroke, heart attacks, no correlation for not getting Osteoporosis and can cause blood clots in especially the legs. If some women are having a very rough time then short-term Hormone Replacement can be effective. Long term is simply a no-no.
- I was discussing Menopause with a nurse and told her that I felt Menopause just didn't last 10 years and that the symptoms just lessened and how could doctors (mostly male) derive that a woman was only in Menopause for 10 years when she would never have periods again. She was interested because she was doing a study on this very thing and agreed with me.
- Ask your question and learn about the transformation going on in your body and you'll be less perplexed and fearful of the changes going on in your body. Don't keep it a secret and share your knowledge with your husband (I did.) I find this a time of my life where I am free to do the many things I always wanted to do and I'm writing a book and hope to have it published. I'm considered a good artist and I love to garden and go fishing. I'm enjoying life, but of course, like anyone else I have my bad days and that's normal.
Are night sweats a symptom of lymphoma?
Many bad night sweats is not a sign of cancer. You can be overweight. You can also have menopause symptoms. That doesn't mean that you have lymphoma, but if you want to know what causes your night sweats; visit a local doctor.
How do you know that you are going to have menopause?
you will have your "menopause either in your late 40's or early 50's
How long does menopause last in female humans?
Post menopause begins a year after a woman's last menstrual period ends. It lasts the rest of her life unless she undergoes hormonal treatments to induce a menstrual cycle.
Should post menopausal women take evening primrose oil?
Yes. The effectiveness of evening primrose oil stems from an ingredient called gamma-linolenic acid, or GLA, an essential fatty acid thought to have anti-inflammatory and other healing properties. When ingested, GLA is converted to prostaglandins, compounds that help regulate several bodily functions and can either control or contribute to the control of inflammation. Evening Primrose is also used for relief from certain skin conditions and for diabetic control.
Why are fluids produced by seminal vesicle and prostate gland important?
this fluids nourish the sperm and lubricates the epididymis and vas deferens
