Climacteric syndrome. Difficult period in the life of a woman

The physiology of a woman is such that her ovaries gradually cease to produce sex hormones, estrogens and progesterone, by the age of 40 to 45, and, consequently, sexual functions are gradually dying out. The menstrual cycle is broken, becoming lean and irregular monthly. The ability to conceive and give birth to a child - significantly decreases, and then completely disappears. Comes a climax. This is a natural process and, unfortunately, inevitable. This is a very general description of those specific changes that a woman's body is exposed to with age. Other changes refer to the natural aging of the organism and, unfortunately, are inevitable. The impetus for the onset of menopause can sometimes be and operations on the female genitalia, as well as removal of the ovaries. The climax, which begins under such circumstances, is usually called artificial.

Climacteric changes can not be considered separately, it is an integral part of not only physiological processes, but also life in general. By the age of 40-50, women reach professional heights, they have a life, usually arranged, as well as adult children. By the age-designated women, we already have to go through the pain of losing the closest people and take care of our own, sometimes due to the age and illness of helpless, elderly parents. There are also experiences about the grown up children who go out into a great life and leave the parental home. They also give birth to their age-related diseases. Yes, and the climacteric syndrome that is often perceived, as a harbinger of the onset of old age. And this is an additional stress for a woman, because because of a lack of female hormones, the skin loses its elasticity, wrinkles appear. Problems arise in the intimate sphere of life.

In countries where the temperate climate is predominant, menopause usually occurs at the age of 50. There is an early onset of menopause (35-40 years) or later (at 55-65 years). Here, in some measure, genetic predisposition is also superimposed. A small proportion of women (about 10%) have no symptoms at all during the menopause. For most of the women experiencing menopausal syndrome, the unpleasant sensations associated with the restructuring of the body are expressed to a lesser or greater extent. But how climacteric syndrome occurs is very individual.

At 50% of women there is a premenopausal syndrome, which worsens the quality of life. Its manifestations: irritability, sleep disturbance, nervousness, unexpectedly at the most inopportune moment the arising fever and sweating. Very rarely, but even mental disorders can arise against this background. To alleviate premenopausal syndrome, you need to drink more fluid, reduce the amount of salt consumed, but increase the intake of calcium, which is necessary during this period in connection with the loss of bone mass.

Official medicine offers treatment for climacteric syndrome hormone replacement therapy, which is the safest and most effective way to normalize the hormonal background. Also used are plant hormones - phytoestrogens, regulating metabolism and, most importantly, the hormonal balance of the body of women. Phytoestrogens significantly reduce the symptoms of menopause. In addition, the risk of developing mastopathy and cancer is reduced. It is equally important that osteoporosis and thyroid disease are prevented. Such treatment of climacteric syndrome is not superfluous to know every woman.

And in the rest, you just need to survive menopause syndrome, because women after 40 years of their advantages. As the heroine of the well-known, loved by everyone movie said: at this age, life is just beginning.